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“Don’t worry. Lots of kids have moved here and made new friends in the blink of an eye,” my new teacher tells me. “Oh, and don’t be concerned about your braces. Most everyone has them here.” Great. Even my new teacher thinks I’m... (more »)

When I look at my mom, I see a mother happily settled with a husband and a daughter. I see that though age has thickened her waistline and lined her face, she still carries herself with the youthful legs of a 20-year-old and lets her thick, black... (more »)

When I was younger, I loved a book about a little girl whose grandma had passed away and went to heaven. I’m not sure why I liked it, I didn’t really know the words or exactly what they meant, but I know that I liked the sound of it being... (more »)

Before I first stepped into the frigid atmosphere of Mr. Scalo's realm, I pulled on my fur-lined parka and took out my sealskin gloves, well-prepared and ready to brave the cold. Well, actually, I just shivered and tugged at the ends of my... (more »)

The evening of December 8, 1980, John Lennon, beloved singer, songwriter, and political activist, was shot and killed in front of his apartment building in New York City. He was only 40. Lennon is a hero to me. Even though he was not alive during... (more »)

“Who did you sit with at lunch today?” I asked him. “Nobody.” He responded starring down at his worn shoes. “Why?” I questioned, almost immediately after the words left his chapped lips. “No one will sit with me, but I... (more »)

I can see the whisk of the mysterious midnight water as I looked left and right, the calm sea dragging time towards our deathly destiny. If only everything was so calm. The bloody picked fingers nervously twitch, screwing and unscrewing lids of... (more »)

When you hear the term “hero,” you might picture Superman lifting a bus or Spiderman spinning webs from his wrists, battling villains with ultra-­super powers. But not all heroes are mythical – some exist, right here, right now, everywhere... (more »)

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. -- Alice Walker Everything is so vivid when something goes wrong. I remember every smell, every noise, and every little detail. The cold night air smelled like boiled peanuts and the warm smell... (more »)

Many people think of Justin Drew Bieber as a phony, a wannabe, but they can label Justin with any name, but they don’t even know him. Underneath his notorious hair, he is a legit person. He may never meet me, and I may never come within... (more »)