Sparrow
Why can't you protect the sparrow? As he falls to the ground. What good is seeing him fall if you don't reach out a hand to stop it?! ...
Blue
For the first time I see, the ocean is blue, and blue is the ocean. I look, and for the first time I know, Here is now, and now is here....
Reflections of Hope
I hope you fall in love with life. With living. The little sweet candies in stores that you can pop right into your mouth. The little...
How To Self Care
Step 1: Get plenty of sleep. Research shows that teens between the ages of 14 and 17 need 8-10 hours of sleep. Step 2: Go out and enjoy...
Dear Middle School Self...
Dear Middle School Self, Don’t worry about what other people think. Don’t judge yourself because you feel like other people are judging...
Santa Tracker
It is Christmas Eve, little kids are running around, trying to make themselves tired so that they sleep through the night. Everyone...
Happy
He had curious brown eyes, chubby cheeks, and dark hair. He was probably about seven or eight years old. I will call this boy Nate. This...
Somebody
By: Student Board Member, Ashlynn Sometimes things happen that we can’t understand. There are circumstances that we wish we never had to...
"Even If"
I recently attended the Desperation Student Conference and heard a speaker talk about how fear, depression, and anxiety will always ask...
Written
I grew up with bed time stories. Did you? As a little girl, I loved the pictures. The way the colors were mixed to perfection, in order...
Defining 'Best'
‘Because there is an angel in that rock that wants to come out.’” What a remarkable mixture of the greatest blessing and responsibility, is
Clean
How do you fight a war against yourself, and live to tell the tale??? How can someone fight a war by themselves? The war against my mind...
Value & Villagers
It was 1996 when the book It Takes a Village was released. I was 20 years old, about to be pregnant with my first child who (obviously)...
What Will I Become
All your life you spend searching and seeking, whether that’s for a significant other, that one career, that adrenaline high of your...
Outcasted
It was homecoming 2017, I was so happy-- healthy. Finally, after years of constant struggles, my life was not overcome by darkness; I...