I’m on a quest for self-identity. A search for truth. A journey for knowledge. I don’t know where I’m going, but I sure know where I’ve been. I don’t even know if the outcome of my desperate search will be successful, but I like to think that it will lead me to a better understanding […]
Earlier than Paula sat down behind me, everybody was shifting uncomfortably of their seats in a futile try and keep away from sweating of their florid formalwear. Paula was a vibrant mom who was quickly in a position to change the environment of your entire commencement. Paula’s father, who should have been near ninety years […]
Last week, I tripped and fell onto the banana tree that grows in the middle of our foyer. I had long before decided that I hated banana trees—we’d actually grown multiple over the years, caring for them as a fond reminder of tropical South India, where my parents had been born and raised. Each year, […]
My pendant burned like a scarlet letter as the autumn leaves crunched beneath my feet. I dashed into the forest behind my house, journal in hand, trying to escape my thoughts. I was haunted by my inability to keep my parents together; to quell my friends’ anxieties; to better the world. Nature had always been […]
It’s been with me, this flaw of mine, for eighteen years, or a minimum of of what I can assume by observing the present severity of this incapacity. As soon as an issue, at all times an issue, proper? It has grown with me, developed into a facet of my life that I can depend […]
That inevitable Question Assignment first hit me like a water balloon within the face whereas taking a nap in the summertime solar. It’s a significant Question Assignment that weighs heavier on our minds as we mature. “So, Michelle, what do you need to be once you develop up?” my kindergarten instructor requested genially, however for […]
There’s a saying that busy individuals are those that get issues performed. I imagine wholeheartedly on this and have even primarily based a lot of my life on this motto. I’ve labored extraordinarily laborious to grow to be a superb pupil and I’m extremely concerned in my group and college. I imagine that collaborating in […]
I’m an everlasting gobstopper. Impossible to crack but the longer you keep me around, the more I open myself up to you. Each layer revealing numerous emotions I express and insecurities I might hide. The challenge is if you’ll take the time to reach past my barrier, despite how difficult that task may be. Some […]
Denial. The one feeling I felt doable. There was no approach that the phrases that simply got here out of that physician’s mouth had been true. I imply, my complete life’s goals and objectives had been primarily based round this small element. There was no approach that I may very well be colorblind. My complete […]