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#24721voted by our readers
By SimplyA GOLD
Marshalltown, Iowa

If I could tell you being a teenager were easy, I’d do it in a heartbeat. But if I told you that being a teenager was easy, and no, I’m not lying, now that would be a miracle. W...
SimplyA GOLD, Marshalltown, Iowa
11 articles 6 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good." -Janice Joplin


#24722 Nonfiction
By EvaSmith6 SILVER
Louisville, Kentucky
EvaSmith6 SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#24723 Nonfiction
By Chelsea7Noel GOLD
N. Tonawanda, New York
Chelsea7Noel GOLD, N. Tonawanda, New York
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Scars remind us where we've been, but they don't dictate where we're going.

#24724 Nonfiction
By dancekrazy84 BRONZE
Oak Park, Illinois
dancekrazy84 BRONZE, Oak Park, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#24725 Nonfiction
PeteThieroff SILVER, Holgate, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#24727 Nonfiction
ryanbegnaud SILVER, Austin, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#24728 Nonfiction
By Rachel McDonald BRONZE
Mannford, Oklahoma
Rachel McDonald BRONZE, Mannford, Oklahoma
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#24729 Nonfiction
remindmeoncemore BRONZE, Blaine, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#24730 Nonfiction
A_Jean PLATINUM, Citrus Heights, California
40 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we all carry these things inside that no one else can see. they hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.&quot;<br /> &quot;i&#039;m trying to figure out which parts of my personality are mine and which ones I created to please you&quot;