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#22801voted by our readers
By Written-in-ink SILVER
Asheboro, North Carolina

You know those people who have been there our whole lives, the ones who changed our diapers, scared away the monsters in our closet, and comforted us when we were sad? We all know...
Written-in-ink SILVER, Asheboro, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”


#22802 Nonfiction
By CarterTomich GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
CarterTomich GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#22803 Nonfiction
By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful." -Ellen Hopkins

#22804 Nonfiction
rots28 DIAMOND, East Hampton, Connecticut
85 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you&#039;re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone&#039;s feelings.&quot; <br /> &mdash; David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)

hannahkm2003 BRONZE, Durham, Maine
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22806 Nonfiction
By pinkplants PLATINUM
Brandon, Mississippi
pinkplants PLATINUM, Brandon, Mississippi
39 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.&rdquo; <br /> ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

#22807 Nonfiction
By EmmaMcK BRONZE
Langley British Columbia, Other
EmmaMcK BRONZE, Langley British Columbia, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Country Roads, take me home.&quot;- John Denver &quot;God often gives nuts to toothless people.&quot;-Matt Groening &quot;You have to be someone.&quot;-Bob Marley

#22808 Nonfiction
paigelaborde BRONZE, River Ridge, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#22809 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#22810 Nonfiction
By 5neitzel BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
5neitzel BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments