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Treasure of Waukesha County
By Xtin5678 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin

Red sign: DANGER. NO SWIMMING. This won’t put a damper on my day. I stroll down to the ice cream shop instead. Yellow sign: BE ADVISED. I dip my toes through the water whi...
Xtin5678 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#8272 Nonfiction
Going Strong!
By Basketballlover67 SILVER
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Basketballlover67 SILVER, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
a perfect world, when he's with her, he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her, he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her, his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone, he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world, he would realize that she wasn't the one he was supposed to be with and I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn't a perfect world and people do get hurt; you smile when you feel like crying; you act like you're okay when you're falling apart inside; and you let it go. You move on, because there's nothing else you can do." Author Unknown

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#8273 Nonfiction
Just Keep Pushing
By Anonymous
#8274 Nonfiction
Dreary, Snowy, and Wet
By luke23pilots BRONZE
Defiance, Ohio
luke23pilots BRONZE, Defiance, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just do it

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#8275 Nonfiction
True Stories from the Emergency Room
By HanaGZR BRONZE
Burr Ridge, IL, Illinois
HanaGZR BRONZE, Burr Ridge, IL, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 16 comments
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#8276 Nonfiction
Collapsing
By fun_amy_lynn PLATINUM
Winnipeg, Other
fun_amy_lynn PLATINUM, Winnipeg, Other
25 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are a brilliant man.&quot;<br /> &quot;No, a brilliant man would know how to not start a war.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Pearl Harbor (movie)

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#8277 Nonfiction
Battling with My Health
By Anonymous
#8278 Nonfiction
Living with the Past MAG
By Anonymous
#8279 Nonfiction
My Grandfather's River
By CgWillis GOLD
Racine, Wisconsin
CgWillis GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
19 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that?&quot; --Coach Brevin.<br /> <br /> &quot;What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.&quot; --Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#8280 Nonfiction
Trapped in Toxic Friendships
By Shade1987 BRONZE
Billings, Montana
Shade1987 BRONZE, Billings, Montana
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—<br /> I took the one less traveled by.”<br /> — Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken”

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