This year when I went to Ocean City me, my grandparents, my aunt and my cousins Bella, Nic, and Sophia. Most of the time at the beach we were playing in the sand and the shallow water. Then I and my cousin Nic decided to ride the waves with tubes. I got a little to far out and my aunt called for me to come closer as I was swimming back I was facing shore as I was almost where my aunt wanted me my cousin Nic screamed: "Ciana look out".…
Narrative Have you herd of someone called Bethany Hamilton? Bethany overcame losing her arm to a shark and faced her fears to get back on the surfboard. No matter what happened that didn't stop her from doing what she loves. She is one of the best and also one of the most talented women’s surfer.…
Signing Off in an Open Letter to the universe in this year of completion. As I bow at the feet of The All, source, spirit, the universe, god and the divine, it is with every inch of my being that I say, “OK, you win. I am to play, dance and sing.” It is from this space of realising that for as devoted, as I have been your servant, your student.…
The night was frigid. The winds had picked up to about 15 to 20 kilometers and the temperature had of course dropped down to about minus twenty to minus twenty-five. Scott had been at a party with friends and had gotten somewhat drunk off all of the booze he'd had. A rocker through and through he had on a t-shirt over top a long sleeve and a leatherjacket, ripped up jeans and running shoes. Not the greatest for the conditions in which he was walking home in.…
On July 18, 2011, I was 9 years old. That morning, at 10:00 a.m., I was at my swimming lessons at the Mora Aquatic Center. Leah and I went to our swimming lessons. After we finished at 11:15 a.m., we went to the park to eat lunch and play around until 12:30.…
If I was granted one wish, mine would be to unfurl the mystery that is a dog’s dream. Koda’s twitching paws, fluttered breathing, and muffled whines prompt me to wonder at the source of agitation in her serene slumber. How could a dog’s mind, so pure in its capability to love unconditionally, be able to conjure the evil within nightmares? Do dogs invent new scenarios, supernatural powers, or personal utopias within dreams, as humans often do? My mind ponders these questions as Koda, my nine-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever, yields herself to sleep and, quite possibly, an ephemeral world so idyllic that it exceeds human comprehension.…
A tsunami of emotions asphyxiates me in disorienting turbulence. I don’t want to leave my bed. My feet are cold, no, not in the literal sense, in the figurative sense. Something is amiss. Something is banging around somewhere where there shouldn’t be any banging, at least to my immediate recollection.…
Beware of the Creek BY: DANIELLE OLIVIERI My grip on the rocks began to weaken and I felt myself slowly slipping closer into the creek. Those moments could have been my last. But luckily, I was able to make it of that situation. Why don’t we rewind the story a little bit to find out how this happened.…
The cold metal felt nice, my headache softly pounding behind my eyes almost in time with the steady engine of the zeppelin as it lit through the cloudy sky. We’d reach Agona soon and we knew that. An involuntary sigh left me at that, the quiet of my cell resonating the melancholy ache and looming fear that fact brought about in me. A rehabilitation camp, the place where people go and when they leave they aren’t people anymore.…
My Sacred story begins in a mining town called Mackay, This is the place where my parents meet for the first time, my parents were young when I was born my mother was 16 and my father just turned 17. It was never easy for my mother especially when my father left and my mother family had also abandoned her. My mum had two choices give me away or tough it out and work everyday. My mother is one of the strongest people I know she worked two jobs and raised me at the same time.…
Pierced by Reality The idea of me getting my body pierced at age twelve was outrageous. It was crazy. It was foolish.…
I was six when I first rode a bike without training wheels. In my six-year-old mind I believed that it was going to be the most monumental event, the talk of the town, the highlight of my life. As Madelyn Delaney took the world by storm on her bike, without training wheels. As you can see it was very important. My bike had pink handles with sparkly streamers sticking out the sides and a hard plastic magenta helmet to match.…
You’re Gunna Be Okay “You’re gunna be okay” My grandmother said as I was panicking over the chaos which had just ensued. I could not feel anything because my adrenaline was off the charts, but I knew it was bad just by my view from the porch. I looked at my feet and saw one shoe only on my left foot.…
Narration Summer is when people have fun with friends, enjoy the hot, dry air, go swimming, and live it up. It is when they are finally out of school and feel free again because they have nothing to worry about for the next three months. However, if someone wants shoes as nice as the Mizuno Wave Inspire 12’s like I did, one has to do a little work. The shoes looked so light that when wearing them, it would feel like walking on clouds, and the color was a gorgeous Key West green.…
An Emotional Ride Clothes. Check. Books. Check. Tickets.…