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#19111voted by our readers
By bubbagump96 GOLD
Frederick, Maryland

I looked out my mom’s bedroom window and saw a boy on the swings at the park. I ran down the stairs and out the back yard to greet him. I stopped breathless at the pole, trying to...
bubbagump96 GOLD, Frederick, Maryland
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A friend shares their umbrella. A best friend grabs it and yells 'Run, Forrest, run!'".


#19112 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#19113 Nonfiction
By AbbyCruz BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
AbbyCruz BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#19115 Nonfiction
By simpleandtrue PLATINUM
Moraga, California
simpleandtrue PLATINUM, Moraga, California
28 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
\'let the life that you live dictate who you are, not Facebook.\'

#19116 Nonfiction
By KennaWenna GOLD
Topeka, Kansas
KennaWenna GOLD, Topeka, Kansas
18 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If your eye's could speak what would they say?" -The Book Thief

#19117 Nonfiction
By poetry_ally BRONZE
Redlands, California
poetry_ally BRONZE, Redlands, California
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is funnier with friends

#19118 Nonfiction
By BraelynBailey BRONZE
Durham, Maine
BraelynBailey BRONZE, Durham, Maine
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#19119 Nonfiction
By leahgeraldino SILVER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
leahgeraldino SILVER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
'what goes around comes around"

#19120 Nonfiction
By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.