If My Heart Had Windows

predicted to happen and what actually happens forces the reader to really examine the characters. Louis Mallard has a heart condition making sudden shocks…

Smoke Slaughter Imagine locking a child in a room with no windows, quickly blowing smoke through the vents. So much that they cannot see, they begin coughing and can barely breathe. If that seems inhumane, then why is it still legal to smoke in many public places or in the car while those in surrounding areas have no escape? According to the Centers for Disease Control, “More than 480,000 deaths occur annually” due to smoking, including secondhand smoke. Why do we keep killing ourselves? Why…

town I live in. The service was for the grandmother of one of my youth in my youth group. Many of the group attended and for most of us it was quite different than anything we had been to before. I attend a Christian Church. I will be honest I had many reservation about attending this service and also had many questions after this service. As I approached the Church it was quite beautiful. I loved the stain glass windows. The window designs were so comforting and peaceful. The church…

dogs were just excited to see their owner. But that night, the barking and yelping stopped with a howl. A howl so loud, a howl so terrifying, that Ozzie, a man who had survived 8 years in war, jumped to his feet. He peered out his window, and looked at the window to his neighbor Steve’s huge garage, where he kept his dogs, but the window was caked with dirt and dust, so there was no way to see through it. Ozzie knew that Steve was a dog breeder, and he always thought that Steve treated his dogs…

Acknowledgments Dedicated to my mom, dad, and brother, Tom, who have supported me because without them I wouldn’t be pursuing a higher education. Dedicated to my mentors - Kim Nichols, Laura Herbig, and Mary Bruce - who are like my second family, guiding me with their wisdom through college, life, and the pursuit of my dreams. Dedicated to my best friends - Hilor and Fabi - for the phone calls, letters, and emotional support in my college journey. Dedicated to Emma Perry, not only for this…

talking at the wall. “Hello, Mia.” The person said. “Hi, how did you know my name?”I asked the silhouette “Oh, that's not important right now. I want you to know that one of your friends is going to become a couple with Joshua.” He said. The silhouette had a deeper voice so it definitely wasn’t a female talking. “Why would they do that? I told them the story of what happened to me with Joshua.” I asked. As…

that I’m not there? That I no longer exist to you erased right from your mind like chalk dust on a black board. You used to be so kind. What happen to that loving friend that I had grown to know? What have I done to cause you pain enough to let me go? A poem (for a friend) A word to help console and mend broken hearts left from shattered…

on the windows, resounding the fact that it was monsoon season in the Philippines. However, I was worried about college starting and whether I would like it or not because it was something so new that I wasn’t accustomed to. I was more worried about college than the roaring of the storm outside my window. “Take this,” my grandmother whispered, interrupting my thoughts. She passed me a handheld candle. “Thank you,” I whispered back, taking the candle and holding it up to the foggy window. It…

Magic. Fun. Beauty. These are usually the words that people associate with Walt Disney World. My parent’s love for Disney World had always been infinite; after all, that is where they went for their honeymoon. Disney for me had always been a magical place where anything was possible. It was a hot summer afternoon in Orlando, Florida, and the sun was blazing, this was the day that my perspective of Disney World was drastically changed in just one day, the day I was “abandoned” at Disney. The day…

and kindness by everyone there and her name was Yona. There were beautiful gardens which had fragrant roses which seemed to have velvety petals and scratchy stems.The halls of the palace were huge and beautiful in which the princess danced in them, she always danced under the sunlights watch and slept in the moon's embrace. She had a guard named Alfred who had a witty personality and was very handsome, he had blonde hair and blue eyes and was considered on the the strongest guards in the king's…