My first encounter with death was the two raccoons stiff on the side of the road. Kayla and I brought flowers to them. When she first drove by, there was only one battered carcass. As we arrived back together to the curve in the road that held the limp body like a lover’s hand, there […]
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In 2007, when I was 16, I was in the midst of some really bad bullying at school. I had a lot of things going on in my personal life as well as my home life, and I was struggling with my own mental health and my own well-being. That was all until one afternoon […]
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So many young people are taking their own lives before their life even truly begins. Why is that? Maybe it’s a home situation, maybe it’s a result of being bullied, or maybe it’s just a side effect of a chemical flaw. Whatever the cause is, the end result is still the same. We are facing […]
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My eyes flicked around the room, like looking at stuff would make the time go faster. I heard someone smashing the piano keys in the activities room. Hippie Jesus guy and that patchwork-jacket lady shouting. I went to the bookshelf but they were all yellowed pages and curled corners. I picked up a magazine, then […]
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