This past summer, before I moved to Macon with my mom and brother, I was sitting inside a clinic in Paseo Colón, Costa Rica. I was accompanying my father while he examined patient after patient.  Then,...

Colorado is one of my favorite places to go for the snow. It snows a lot, so it is almost always fresh and powdery during the colder months. Back in February, my family and I stayed in Vail, where the...

I have been waiting forever to turn 16. The majority of my friends are already driving. I’m a very impatient person.  It’s difficult to be one of the last to get my driver’s license. I feel bad...

Imagine being the only person dressed up at a non-costume party. That’s kind of how most days during college football season are for me. This is because when most people wear red and black, I wear orange...

 In seventh grade, I was a new student at Stratford and placed in Algebra 1.  It was the highest math class at the time, and I had not learned quite everything I was supposed to learn at my previous...

Two years ago,  Cal Whitworth, a 2018 Stratford graduate, came up to me wondering if I wanted some community service hours. I desperately needed a few hours, so I said yes. What I didn’t know then is...

At just 7 years old, I was almost a movie star.  I baffled my parents when I was younger because I didn’t like to play baseball, golf, or hunt like my brother and my cousins. Desperately trying to...

Have you ever seen a real-life Anna from the movie “Frozen”? That’s me. Ever since I was born on August 25, 2004, I have had a blonde strand of hair in contrast to the rest of my dark brown hair....

I thoroughly enjoy fishing.  My favorite type is bass fishing because you have to be very precise and you can't just throw a bait and catch one. But when you catch one you also get to enjoy a very...

China was the first country infected by the coronavirus and the situation is getting tougher. When I heard this news, I was really worried about my parents, and I called them every day because they...