Have you ever regretted something as soon as you did it? I mean just in the bottom of your stomach just knew you’d made the biggest mistake of your life? I have, and it was the biggest mistake of my...
Dedication and determination is one thing I need to become successful. The “mommy can you help me,” “If I can do it, you can too,” and God allowing me to see it through another day to keep thriving for success....
Do you know any troubled youth? Well, I was a troubled youth. I had to go through hard times to get to where I am now, because the society that we live in today is so unforgiving. Sometimes it gets...
The shrill whistle of the teapot sounded as I dozed off in the lounge chair with a Chuck Palahnuik novel blanketing my eyes like a macabre blindfold. After ten seconds of listening unknowingly to the harsh squeal, I bolted upright,...
The only time you truly fail is when you give up. This is something my mother has said to me since I was a child and has helped me through all of my hardships and failures. I have stuttered since...
Being thirteen, the most important thing in the eyes of your immature mind is what others view you to be. Having the most expensive mall bought jeans, coolest shoes, the latest hairstyle, and knowing the most popular songs means you...
My second year at Pellissippi, I decided to reestablish the connection with my passion. I found a great community college in Hutchinson, Kansas. The college had a great football team that I wanted to try out for. So in the...
I went into the public school system in second grade, thrown into a world of people who had known each other for years; I was the odd man out. This did not sit well with my classmates. Throughout elementary school...
I believe in the power of a toothpaste written message. You know, the one written spontaneously on a mirror. I believe in that. My senior year of high school my dad came to me and said, “Megan. I don’t think...