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Depending on what school you go to, summer break has been going on for a bit of a while now. For me, summer break began late May. So, one month down, two to go. It’s been an eventful summer so far. I started with high spirits and a long list of things I wanted to get done. I like to read and, for reasons that escape me, the books I
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Father’s Day is almost here. It’s time to bust out the grills and celebrate dear old dad. Well, for most of us anyways. Unfortunately, for some us, this is a day that we’d prefer not to remember. The truth is that not everyone has a good father. Some fathers, far too many, are neglectful, absent and/or outright abusive. For those of us who don’t have a kind and loving father
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Dear friend, The last time I saw you was the morning of the last day of the semester and the morning sun was blinding. All week the weather had been a pendulum, swaying back forth between the pure gold of 80 degree sunlight and the damp gray of 60 degree rains which was a fitting way to sum up the pendulum of emotions that I was feeling. A few days
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Valentine’s Day is coming; a day supposedly reserved for couples. Couples that exchange cards, heart-shaped boxes, special dinner reservations, and special moments together. Up until my early twenties, I believed it was a holiday reserved for couples and a holiday made specifically for marketing purposes. Historically, we are celebrating the day when St. Valentine was able to marry soldiers during the Roman Empire. So legend says. It was a time
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It’s that time of year where we all make our declarations of bettering ourselves in one way or another. One of the most popular resolutions around is getting in shape and getting healthy. This is a resolution I have made in the past. More than once. I don’t make this a New Year’s resolution anymore. I’m not discouraging anyone from wanting that to be their resolution, but I will be
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We all know that high school isn’t like the way it is portrayed in movies. In the movies, the anxious and socially awkward main character goes through a year-long journey and learns to embrace their inner confidence, usually by befriending a group of lovable misfits. If my high school experience had been a movie I would have overcome my social anxiety completely by the time I graduated, and found the