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#2021voted by our readers
By Sara Isaac SILVER
West Orange, New Jersey

When I was six years old, I opened up a dusty, file cabinet drawer labeled “patient charts”. In it, I found one of my father’s (a Podiatric surgeon) manila envelopes containing sev...
Sara Isaac SILVER, West Orange, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

#2022 Nonfiction
By Seaheart GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
Seaheart GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A pen is a sword that has a shield of paper and an armor of words

#2023 Nonfiction
By allycaroline21 PLATINUM
Rochester, New York
allycaroline21 PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
22 articles 32 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Swim for the music that saves you when you&#039;re not so sure you&#039;ll survive.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.&quot;<br /> <br /> &amp; tons more.

#2024 Nonfiction
By mynameiselle GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
mynameiselle GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2025 Nonfiction
By Dayna Love BRONZE
Canfield, Ohio
Dayna Love BRONZE, Canfield, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2026 Nonfiction
By this_is_myself PLATINUM
Ukiah, California
this_is_myself PLATINUM, Ukiah, California
24 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
The more you love your own decisions, the less you need other people to.<br /> <br /> I dont know who said it, but I love it!

#2027 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#2028 Nonfiction
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By OttersBox BRONZE
Lake Saint Louis, Missouri
OttersBox BRONZE, Lake Saint Louis, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2029 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#2030 Nonfiction
Katie_Potatie PLATINUM, Leavenworth, Kansas
36 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
There are no regrets in my life; because there is no time for mistakes. -(ME) Katie quote