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#2651voted by our readers
By Haley Pietila SILVER
Hartford, Wisconsin

In third grade, I cried every night thinking my mom was going to die if I went to sleep. Who thinks of that as a third grader? You’d think, as I grew older I would stop worrying. I...
Haley Pietila SILVER, Hartford, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#2652 Nonfiction
By Bethany Houser BRONZE
Chiang Mai, Other
Bethany Houser BRONZE, Chiang Mai, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2653 Nonfiction
By Kaytee_24 GOLD
East Jordan, Michigan
Kaytee_24 GOLD, East Jordan, Michigan
11 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, And Today is a Gift that is why they call it the Present.

#2654 Nonfiction
By AChickCalledEly PLATINUM
Raleigh, North Carolina
AChickCalledEly PLATINUM, Raleigh, North Carolina
32 articles 0 photos 6 comments
little-miss-mistakes GOLD, Plano, Texas
18 articles 2 photos 70 comments

Favorite Quote:
even after all these years the sun has never said to the earth, you owe me... look at what a love like that can do, it can light up the sky

#2656 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#2657 Nonfiction
By Bailey1998 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Bailey1998 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2658 Nonfiction
By Writedancelove&live GOLD
Redding, California
Writedancelove&live GOLD, Redding, California
12 articles 2 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.&quot;<br /> &quot;Karen: If you&#039;re from Africa why are you white? Gretchen: Omg Karen, you can&#039;t just ask people why they&#039;re white.&quot;

#2659 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#2660 Nonfiction
By fountainpen GOLD
Huntington Beach, California
fountainpen GOLD, Huntington Beach, California
11 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t tell anybody anything&mdash;If you do, you&#039;ll start missing everybody.&quot;<br /> &mdash;J.D. Salinger<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;F. Scott Fitzgerald