I managed to reach a point where I began making false promises to myself and others about addressing my situation. Among those empty promises was the one where I claimed I would give up drinking, attend rehab and try to get my life back on track. I even fiddled with the thought of seeking inpatient assistance if things weren't working as planned. Let's be clear and fair.…
The Arrival I had originally planned to travel to Rio on September 5th through September 12th. A perspicacious and experienced hunter named Rainsford accompanied me. It was nighttime when I first spotted land of any sort. It was vaguely visible and was opaque, so misty that even Rainsford couldn’t see it. Utterly tired, I began drifting off, dreaming of the adventures we were soon to face.…
The social norm that I violated was singing out loud on a public place. Well I did not really get to sing loudly on a bus or train. I did however sing loudly while I was shopping in Wal-Mart. I thought it was the next best thing than singing on a bus or something. Since there are tons of people at Wal-Mart in the first place.…
Who Knew? Who knew the day I was looking forward to for the longest of time would be the worst day of my life? Who knew that it would affect the rest of my life? Who knew that I would shed so many tears everyday beyond that point?…
What Shouldn’t Be in This World My grandma once told me that the world is full of imperfections. But if I could change at least three of the imperfections, I know what they would be. Drugs, they harm your health and causes you to do stupid things. Over-thinking, causes you to stress, worry, and anger.…
I was raised my entire life as a Roman Catholic. However, my curious nature led me to always take its teaching with a grain of salt. In Catholicism, there is a sacrament called Confirmation, intended to strengthen a Catholic’s faith and relationship with God. Part of this holy sacrament required me to attend a retreat with other fellow teenagers who were also on the journey to becoming closer to God.…
As I grow older it becomes more and more evident that life is bunch of paradoxes that we navigate through daily to survive. And it is more complex and perplexing to understand when you are a teenager. I have few of my own paradoxes and I will try to be as honest as I can be. Here is my list of the paradoxes I live with on daily basis, 1.…
Looking through my sights I just see the two lines I’m a hunter in the grass like I’m hunting two lions I put twenty in my clip like I put in two dimes Running through a field like I’m dodging two mines I’m stuck behind a wall like a pair of two mimes I think above the world like I carry two minds I’m the better half of myself you see…
Last year around the end of the year, right before nationals, I got hit in the head and got a concussion. When I got my concussion, I was at baton practice. We had run through all of our team routines. Usually, after practicing twirl teams, we work on solo tricks. Each practice we have one specific solo trick that we focus on and practice.…
"So your choosing him over me?" said Alexis Harrison. "I'm not choosing him over you, said Sarah Warehouse. "We're best friends,"said Sarah. "Doesn't seem like it,"said Alexis. "Why are me starting to fight more nowadays," said Sarah.…
For some odd reason, when we began to leave the car wouldn't crank, because the battery had died. Now we were stuck with no signal and night fall soon to come. I was scared to death and the only thing running through my 10 year old brain was ghost. The current foggy weather that oddly fell upon us didn't help my fears at all on that gloomy autumm night. 2. My happy…
Prologue Time passed slowly in the small town of Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Nothing bad ever happened. At least, not anything that happened in the eyes of the people that lived there. I moved there when I was sixteen, with my mother, my father, and our crusty old fat cat. My mother was a taller woman, thin- almost unhealthily so, so that her clothes hung off of her a bit.…
Imagine a child, one who is exuberant, amiable, and full of humor. A few years ago, that child would have resembled me. I was a kid who loved to be around friends, and make everyone laugh; however, there was an event that drastically changed that: I got into a four-wheeling accident after sneaking out with my friends. Before I got into the accident, I was an audacious and social kid; afterwards, I became much more cautious and introverted.…
The Text She actually texted me. My thought as I’m looking for shoes in the mall with my friend and look down at my phone. I feel the oxygen leaving my body, but there seems to be none coming in. “Lex, what’s wrong?”…
The alarm screamed, waking me from a dream of a monumental journey through a land that had been long forgotten. I moaned and turned the noise off. As I pulled myself upright, a wonderful aroma entered my nose. Mom is cooking bacon. Now I have a good reason to get out of bed.…