As a freshman stuck in junior high, I found it easy to feel separated from the high school “experience.” Teachers constantly said, “You’re in high school now. What you’re doing matters,” but...

My brother truly is like no other As a little girl, I loved playing with my younger brothers, Matthew and Daniel, and my younger sister, Jessica. Since the four of us are only four years apart, it wasn’t...

With the thought of leaving home to attend college is close to becoming a reality for many seniors, my friends talk about their excitement to “finally” get away from their parents and live on their...

Back in elementary school, snow used to be the best thing ever to happen. No matter what time of the year it was, my friends and I considered any form of wintry weather to be a blessing. In our young minds,...

Landon’s eyes are two different colors. They’re mainly blue, but in one segment of his left eye, the iris, is brown. Almost orange. But definitely not blue. He doesn’t like people looking at his...

Our world has changed. When I was a kid I had three brothers who put substantial time toward torturing me. My brother Jack and his friend Thomas, whom I cleverly dubbed ‘Evil Jack and Evil Thomas,’...