Prom

palate identified it as peanut butter. Panic set in as I rushed around seeking a trash can to expel the anaphylactic time bomb sitting in my mouth. Moments later, I began hearing calls for my name, as couples started to line up to take the innumerable prom photos that were destined to populate the walls of the social media world. My immune system was launching an attack, and our twenty-two passenger party…

I felt the walls caving in. It was February of junior year, my grades were falling, my friends were disappearing, and I was struggling to find a prom date. I was at a dead end, I needed to change direction but there was nowhere to go. I decided to create a path. It started with a notebook, and continues on to this moment. I wrote a few words, paused, considered stopping. I doubted a notebook could help me. Something pushed me to finish. I posed a question, “Why am I writing in here?” The answer…

let you know, I’m available for prom.” I approached her and the words seemed to rush out of my mouth like a waterfall. Then, I panicked and walked away without giving her a chance to react. My heart raced for the rest of the school day, wondering if she had even heard me or understood what I said. Apparently, she heard me loud and clear. Four days later I received a message on Twitter from Paige admiring my bravery. She said that she would have loved to go to prom with me, but she was going to…

Brandi was brought to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in 1995 when she was 2 ½ years old. Court documents show that Brandi's birth parents had locked her in a closet on a dirty mattress covered by garbage bags for much of her life. After a concerned neighbor made a phone call, child protective services removed Brandi from the home and police arrested the parents for neglect. Today Brandi is studying psychology, and has begun sharing her story at Riley Dance Marathons, “I want to be able…

assessment to an extent. I look back on my time in high school as a time and I wonder why I look back on it with so much dread despite the memories I hold of it. I will never forget my high school experience from the first day to my first friend to prom night. The crowd of people rushed around me with the sound of the first bell still ringing in my ears. I saw the dark statue of a knight holding his sword and the ring of brick buildings around the courtyard. I tried to remember the directions…

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transferring of the ring that occurs in each scene brings about change in the story by sending a seemingly impossible couple on a lifelong journey. There are other conceivable options that could be the action of The Lake. Buddy asking Maggie to the prom almost brings about change, but it isn’t Buddy’s question that makes her say yes. She is convinced to say “yes” to him after he presents the ring to her. Some might argue that the action is the discovery of the ring. While the ring is…