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By Anonymous

I don't know how to start this. Hi? Okay so yeah. My dad has stage 4 Colon Cancer.Big shocker to my family at first and it still is.He was diagnosed in January and right no...

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By _ella_herondale BRONZE
San Diego, California
_ella_herondale BRONZE, San Diego, California
4 articles 2 photos 222 comments

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"...If the Thames that ran beside them...recalled a night where the moon shone as brightly as a shilling on the same boy and girl... and thought to themselves, 'at last, the wheel comes full circle,' they kept their silence."

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By AlwaysInBeastMode GOLD
Suitland, Maryland
AlwaysInBeastMode GOLD, Suitland, Maryland
15 articles 0 photos 43 comments

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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

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By MayaM SILVER
Cupertino, California
MayaM SILVER, Cupertino, California
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By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
12 articles 1 photo 2 comments

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Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

ZanibZulfiqar PLATINUM, West Chester, Ohio
20 articles 2 photos 3 comments

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&quot;Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.&quot;- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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By khughes BRONZE
Oakland, California
khughes BRONZE, Oakland, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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JazzyBurner SILVER, ChiangMai, Other
6 articles 1 photo 0 comments

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Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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shallyisshally SILVER, Savannah, Georgia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot;If God&#039;s the games that you are playing then we must get more acquainted, because it has to be so lonely to be the only one who&#039;s holy.&quot;

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By Melanie Smith BRONZE
Guilford, Vermont
Melanie Smith BRONZE, Guilford, Vermont
1 article 0 photos 0 comments