#1: Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. I’ve always loved a good map. I’ve always hated folding one. Naturally then, since the age of five, the bookshelves in my room have been filling up […]
Life is beautiful. No matter how polluted the world may be, at the end of the day, it only takes one glance at the brilliant stars in the night sky to realize how incredibly blessed I am. I feel goose bumps on my body as the wind chill passes me by and I shiver with […]
“Shut up, Dette.” That was the final I noticed of that individual earlier than the massive funeral. As I stood within the cemetery, I appeared on the wreath that I used to be holding. “Dette, the man by no means actually appreciated you, so why trouble?” I believed to myself. I had no reply to […]
Pasta strings my family together into a ball of yarn hugging us tighter in togetherness. After a hard day of work for my dad or day of school for my sister and me, the string noodles bring us together, with binding love. As I walk into the house, the aroma of marinara sauce cushions our […]