Dear love,  I seek you out in every grocery store, in every cup of coffee my lips touch. I look into a stranger's eyes and see a future, a white gown and a picket fence. I find you very rarely, in...

I’ve written all my life, from my name in preschool to writing features on websites.  I loved writing.  Until I no longer did.  Writing used to be a way for me to calm down and keep my emotions...

I will never go to parties or pretend to enjoy every waking moment of life itself. Like fireflies, I will capture the best of memories in a clear glass mason jar. I will never forget the memories of a...

I’m no gamer girl — I’ll be the first to admit that. That was at least what I thought before I picked up a mobile device and downloaded a game called Plague Inc. From the moment I paid 99 cents,...

Freshman Mia Martin loves to follow everyday trends in fashion through social media and fellow classmates. She often switches aesthetics; some days are more rough chic, some have a more punk look, and...

Resource room teacher Kara Kimball cares for her students not only through the pages of a book but also in life’s hardships.  Kimball has an unknown past in criminal justice, something you would...

My favorite stranger. Faces crowded me in an airless room, my anxiety cowering behind me like a child faced with a stranger.  Knots in my throat only tightened as more smiling faces passed me by....

Isabel Oppenhuizen - Thank you for always being there for me at my worst and loving me at my best! I’m so thankful for our time together every day, and I couldn’t imagine a day without your black...

My room is messy. My mother often tells me cleanliness is close to godliness. If so, my room is the antichrist. My room is a shelter from what’s wrong in my life; my mess covers me like a warm...

Blood, revenge, and carnage in a tiara and red ball gown.  Patty Bladel (Debbie Ryan) is your average self involved seventeen-year-old facing the consequences of an eating disorder and often misfortune,...