“That’s enough, Janet!” I hollered. My throat hurt from screaming. “Murray!” Her shrill voice shot back. I loved her. I truly did – I always have, but living in isolation with her was more than I could bear. She just kept nagging. It never stopped. A constant stream of things I did wrong or tasks I’d forgotten fell from her […]
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At the gentle age of seven, Tillie was best known for three things: her big, bashful hazel eyes, her giggle that sounded of raindrops and wind chimes, and her enormous heart, which she wore proudly on her sleeve.One cozy summer afternoon, her family’s stable boy caught her picking tulips and daffodils in the garden.“What are you doing with those?” He […]
The story I’m about to share is about one of the most incredible, unimaginable experiences of my life. Grade nine was a tremendously pivotal period of my life for a number of reasons. In the beginning of the ninth grade, I was very alone. The school I attended was for students from kindergarten to grade nine and if I remember […]
I was bullied quite a bit growing up. I have always had a full imagination, fearless self expression, and the confidence to allow my personality to shine bright. These traits were always encouraged at home, but they were not received well by other kids. Kids can be cruel. I was the weird one. I stuck out and it took no […]
Hi, I’m Danika, and if my name represents who I am as a person, then it represents my love for nostalgia, creativity, imagination, and aesthetics; so getting a tattoo, you could say, was inevitable for me. I remember the first time I saw a tattoo when I was very young. It was on my uncle Gordie’s forearm and I remember […]
