Sparkle
Being a super sentimental person, I would choose to keep all of my possessions. But one stands out in particular. A stuffed chihuahua. My favorite stuffed animal is a chihuahua named Sparkle.
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Possessions
If I could choose only one of my many possessions to keep, I would choose to keep my phone. -
The Story Of Santa
When I was younger I was told Santa was real. Santa had a naughty list and a nice list and you had to have good behavior the whole year or you would be on the naughty list. If you got on the naughty list you wouldn't get any presents from Santa. -
Growth
Today, in my Biology class, we started a unit on the base criteria that defines things as 'alive'. -
Free Speech, Free Will, Freedom
I was asked once how I felt about speeches. If I enjoyed doing them, for one thing, and if I liked writing them, for another. I replied, simply, with, "Do I like to write them, or am I good at writing them?" That is the question. -
Loss--Mine, Yours, And All Those Before
Recently, my freshman class began its annual "student council/student politicians" elections. I ran for president, my friend ran for secretary, another ran for Freshman Representative, and another went for Vice.
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Not-Beautiful
I have lived in constant fear of the word "beautiful." Exceptional, no, unique, never, but any word that has ever described the state of my face? Every. Single. Damn. Time. It's a consistent, damnable struggle. -
Insecure
I turn fifteen in exactly sixteen days. That, in and of itself, is terrifying. Difficult to explain, really, but I am a writer — that is my job — to explain, to entertain, to engage. -
I Despise
This essay was incredibly difficult to write, and especially difficult to publish. Not because it's problematic to me--it isn't--but I am incredibly shy about it. -
The best kind of freedom
I suppose the best kind of freedom can be found in listening to old records, sitting alone in your room, a cool drink in hand, book open in your lap. -
For now
I miss an incredible amount of people. Those who have left me, and those that I have left.
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Graduation Speech 6/12/21
I'm putting this one up here for myself to hang onto; that being said, it's a message I'd like to extend to any 2021 grads! :)