When I was a kid, pink was my obsession. Nearly everything in my room was pink, as well as almost all of my clothes and toys. Whenever someone asked me what my favorite color was I would say “Pink!”...

     She had a smile that radiated joy. Her purple hair glistened in the sunlight and filled her face with color. She grinned as I ran and jumped into her arms. Inside she was hurting. She wasn’t...

     Tears streamed down my face, as I watched a 7-year-old girl point out her most hated body features on Tyra’s talk show. Ten girls stood before Tyra on live TV and circled their noses, their...

      I felt like a Disney Princess. As I stared in my hotel room mirror, I started to reconsider journalism for a career at Cinderella’s palace. My white ball gown laced up delicately in the back,...

“I’m gonna cut yer toes off and then stick them in yer eye. You won’t be able to see nuttin’ but yer toes.” I stood in the corner of a wooden pole trying not to release the burst of laughter...

I was hanging out in my second floor bedroom, minding my own business. It was Saturday night, sometime around 11:00, and I was growing sleepy. I was also aware that I had to set my alarm and get up early...

     Memories are supposed to come and go but, this was no memory. I’ll never forget the expression on my face or anyone’s around me.      “OH! Let’s stop at the beach and take pictures,”...

     Books and eBooks: they serve the same general purpose. Yet as technology develops and people seek more futuristic ways of living, the popularity of eBooks has grown immensely.      Although...

     The sick strange darkness came creeping on, haunting me every time, like spiders catching insects and eating their insides.  The punishment I had to endure was far from being over. In the darkness...

     “Did that seriously just happen?” I think to myself. I couldn’t believe what had just occurred. Only me. This would only happen to me. What was I thinking?      It all began when...

     In honor of Halloween, what scares you? My physics class, some people might say. Or clowns. I don’t understand this, seeing as I never felt traumatized or threatened by the giant red nose they...

     I felt like an insect. For two hours I had been driving into black when suddenly my headlights were washed out by an overwhelming light. I approached the illumination with a captivation I had...