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By Motherofpearl GOLD
Paxton, Illinois

Summer vacation: no homework, no job, nothing I have to do. Some days this freedom feels great, some days it feels like I’m wasting my time with boredom and loneliness. In a few we...
Motherofpearl GOLD, Paxton, Illinois
11 articles 10 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? -Rainer Maria Rilke


#31122 Nonfiction
VanessaFay BRONZE, Yakima, Washington
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice, that I may make a reply to him that is taunting me."--Proverbs 27:11, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

#31124 Nonfiction
By ryanhu PLATINUM
West Windsor, New Jersey
ryanhu PLATINUM, West Windsor, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't cry that it's over, because it happened.

#31125 Nonfiction
By elliethompson BRONZE
Lake St. Louis, Missouri
elliethompson BRONZE, Lake St. Louis, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By beccapanos BRONZE
Mundelein, Illinois
beccapanos BRONZE, Mundelein, Illinois
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mckena SILVER, Scottsdale, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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By jillroseeeeee BRONZE
Wheaton, Illinois
jillroseeeeee BRONZE, Wheaton, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Kaylynn Smith BRONZE,
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By hunterj21 BRONZE
McLean, Virginia
hunterj21 BRONZE, McLean, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments