i am grateful
for that fateful August afternoon
i was disgusted at the time
but now
i am grateful
for every time you touched me
with your filthy hands
i am grateful
because it could have been worse
because it could have gone farther
but mostly
because it could have been her
i am grate...
If I had known the first real day of freshman year would change my life so completely, I wouldn’t have worried about it as long as I did. Lunch was what I had worried about the most, and it ended up being the best part.
I had been invited to sit at the band table, but before I was even able ...
I’m not into sports. I’m not interested in Future Farmers of America, or in Business Professionals of America. The only school club I’m in is Christians in Action. There is a teacher who stays in the room to make sure that we’re not doing anything we shouldn’t be, but she doesn’t partici...
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