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I slowly picked up my gavel feeling its weight in my hands. I ran my fingers over the etching that said Pro Tempore feeling every little detail of the letters on it. I rapped the gavel and the bang slowly echoed throughout the room. Then there was dead silence.

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as the summer went on we grew a burning fire of rage toward each other.I couldn’t look at him without pure rage taking me over.

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We went to the beach almost everyday to find sea-shells and take in the salty ocean air. Sometimes we would sit in pure silence.

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That night was one of the best nights of my life, the highlight of my year. I was worried that I wouldn’t like it because I didn’t have a phone to document it so I could remember what happened. Though, in reality, I remember every single detail with no flaws. Without my phone, I was so in the moment, nothing else mattered when I was there because I had no distractions. I shouldn’t have been so worried, life without my phone wasn’t so bad after all.

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While I find a place to settle down I can feel eyes on me. It’s like they’re old vultures watching my every move, talking among each other as they seem like everything is perfect.

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That feeling of nausea hits me, as if I were about to speak in front of a big crowd of people. 

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That feeling of nausea hits me, as if I were about to speak in front of a big crowd of people. 

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"I realized that those moments showed me how much I have to cherish every moment. It showed me how important every moment is, because you never know when something might mean something to you later.'

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Once we reached the bottom of the hill we were zigzagging so rapidly it felt like we were outlining the stripes of a zebra.

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Everytime we went we had crazy adventures and did lots of amazing things that if I hadn’t gone I probably wouldn’t have done yet.

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This shows that we have always been close; she has never made fun of me like most older sisters would. During her reception for the wedding, we all did the Gangnam Style together.

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That span of two months taught me something...enjoy things while you have them,  because you might not have them for long.

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  Looking around you could tell that everyone was going different places for different reasons.  Their eyes looked as if they were searching for something that was in that far distance.   Jobs, goals, dreams, adventures, and experiences were all calling out to these people.  

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  Looking around you could tell that everyone was going different places for different reasons.  Their eyes looked as if they were searching for something that was in that far distance.   Jobs, goals, dreams, adventures, and experiences were all calling out to these people.  

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Dad put him in a plastic bag and we walked outside my head hung low I remembered when I threw the dead chick in that plastic bag I my armed clenched I didn’t want to let go of the bag, but I needed to let go. I learned that day that animals come and go.

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        It was Sunday morning on Mother’s Day 2013, I had just woken up because the sun was shining so bright going through my cousins blinds. I sat up on the bed; stretched my very small arms out; let out a long yawn; and rubbed my eyes sorta hard that I could see black dots everywhere I looked at. 

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        It was Sunday morning on Mother’s Day 2013, I had just woken up because the sun was shining so bright going through my cousins blinds. I sat up on the bed; stretched my very small arms out; let out a long yawn; and rubbed my eyes sorta hard that I could see black dots everywhere I looked at. 

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So I have an aunt her name is lacy, I call her aunt lacy,and she has a very important role at church hill down.She is the boss,and she has a good work ethic, like she shows up at work on time, and she works hard 24/7.

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So I have an aunt her name is lacy, I call her aunt lacy,and she has a very important role at church hill down.She is the boss,and she has a good work ethic, like she shows up at work on time, and she works hard 24/7.

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The man I trusted to always be there for me, suddenly wasn’t. I felt like my heart had just been ripped out of my chest. I felt betrayed, a sense of loneliness.

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The coaster stops at its peak, it looked like we could see the whole word for an instant. Then sounds of screaming cutting off my thoughts as the speedy fast cart sinks down backward toward its start. But the ride didn't stop, it kept going past the start into loops and turns. It slowed down again at its peak, this time on a different side. The ride postponed for a few seconds, then before I was ready, I fell back down through the same loops and twist I did the first time.

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Fear, it's an interesting concept if you really  think about it. There are many examples of different types

of fear; The spotlight shines down, my eyes quickly adjust, i look at the crowd, suddenly i feel like i’m

going to throw-up, the music starts, i open my mouth to sing, and sing i do.

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After that, I sat down at a very expensive upright piano, and started to play. The music flooded out if the piano as if it were a liquid symphony. My mind was flooded with emptiness, and joy. The feeling of running your fingers across the cool, sleek piano keys, is absolute. With every keystroke, a sonata formed together, one note, at a time.

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The river was a sparkling shade of blue, and the lush, green trees within the valley rolled across the area

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If we had both started to talk sooner we would’ve known that none of us were actually mad, but we just assumed we knew what was going on.

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My granny knew what life was about… no one left her house with an empty belly, without getting a hug, without hearing her say “ I love you.” She touched the heart and soul of everyone that met her but none more so than me.

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I remember running around her kitchen like a mad woman envisioning myself as Cinderella trying to get all of her chores done before her evil stepmother came. But, from the corner of my eye, I would see my grandmother giving me that same kind smile that made me feel competent in doing anything I aspired.

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This time i didn't worry so much about crossing the road. But when we turned the fence corner i stopped then bolted to the house someone had broken in and the back door was wide open. When my mom got there i was standing in the doorway. Glass was shattered on the kitchen floor. I turned to her enraged with the burning sensation of the tears in my eyes and rolling down my face.

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This is really upsetting because we are in the middle of kind of a crisis and this dude is talking about some tv show, I do not care.

After that my feet were soaked.

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I would usually go into my aunts room which looked decent at the time, it had pink walls a neat , clean room and a perfume smell rubbed all the color on my finger and rub it everywhere on my face and pucker up my lips and let out a air kiss; i just ended up laughing at myself and i started to  act like her and walk like a also the time when my grandpa was still alive.

As i wanted more of the color i  heard my aunt open the door and she said, ” JESSICA que estas haciendo con mi maquillaje!!.”( she wanted to know what i was doing with her makeup)

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Through this moment, i have learned that you never know when the next time you will see somebody again;so take the moments you have with everybody and make them amazing.

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As soon as those words left his mouth my stomach started to twist up into a knot. I actually think my organs tied themselves together like a shoelace.

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"But not tonight, tonight it seems anxiety has taken over, and anxiety is the key to fear. I try not to think about it. Meanwhile, the key grows closer to the lock, with more thoughts of the outside world fighting in my head."

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As i wanted more of the color i  heard my aunt open the door and she said, ” JESSICA que estas haciendo con mi maquillaje!!.”( she wanted to know what i was doing with her makeup)

Later on, i did get in trouble ;

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The view was mortifying, but also amazing. It was like a whole different planet. The swirly clouds with sunlight bouncing around them. When we started to come down, i could see buildings below us. I thought to myself: “how can people do this all the time”?

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When we got to the top of the stairs, I could hear the rattling chain, followed by the cars slowly pulling in; thankfully there was a line causing us to wait about another 5 minutes. If I hurry, maybe I could bale. I told myself. And then, it happened.

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I had held Chelsea in a warm hug interlacing my fingers in her faded blue harness while she continuously licked my face as if she were drying my tears;because there I was holding my third dog.

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Every time I think about all those good times on the trampoline, it makes me feel sad, but at the same time happy! Don’t forget your family. Never. We still have each others backs, and we will always be there for each other.

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As I impatiently drug her arm to the kitchen table, which I viewed as a pristine makeup vanity I was ready to find my inner makeup artist. As my grandmother sat down hesitantly I was ready to finally begin.

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Wheels churned the asphalt. Light music emanated through the car doors. A ride to school on an average Friday? Bingo.

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you would pull back the string on a bow it was like it was really heavy because it usually stays locked in place on the bow itself and so when you are pulling the string back on the bow it feels like you are pulling a few pounds because it feels so heavy on your arms.

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During lunch I did not bother to even go through the lunch line my feet felt heavy and stuck to the ground as if there were magnets in my shoe preventing me from moving. 

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During lunch I did not bother to even go through the lunch line my feet felt heavy and stuck to the ground as if there were magnets in my shoe preventing me from moving. 

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It all started here in front of my mirror and I was getting ready for  my first date and I didn't know what to wear.

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it was a normal day as a five year old girl until my mom told me something that would tear my five year old little heart apart. It all happened so fast and I had no say in the whole idea I was just there to pack up and leave.

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And when I saw her I realized that she had a string of blood on the end of her tail. And it all came together at that moment and I went to my door and looked outside and I saw the tuft of orange which was actually now that I realize it was the end of my cat’s tail.

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Everybody talked about good and bad times that they had with Brent and just what they went through with him.

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Then someone said “Now we all know not to sick our hand in a box with broken glass in the dark. Right Izzy?”

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That night, my safe haven nearly became a madhouse filled to the brim with confusion. We could have quit; we could have given ourselves up to the idea that it was impossible to perform a musical without music. We could have let the literal and metaphorical darkness bring us down…

But we soldiered on through a confusing, nerve wracking, but beautiful time.

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Then we were rabid wolves that were at each other’s throats, seeing which one of us was going to back down first.

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Then we were rabid wolves that were at each other’s throats, seeing which one of us was going to back down first.

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I would do anything to have that time with her again

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I would do anything to have that time with her again

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Three leaps from the shore line it was too late! I just relized my phone was in my hand. But unfortunately the water was to deep, and there went my phone into the ocean. Then I was rapidly trying to find my phone underwater. And the 10 seconds it was in the salty water is was done for.

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You can hear quiet whistles of the snowy wind gust outside; along with cracks and rumbles of the burning wooden logs in the fireplace heating the once chilled room before us.

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You can hear quiet whistles of the snowy wind gust outside; along with cracks and rumbles of the burning wooden logs in the fireplace heating the once chilled room before us.

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I wanted to scream,  I wanted to run, I tried to speak but nothing came out.

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I wanted to scream,  I wanted to run, I tried to speak but nothing came out.

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one of the happiest moments in my life was trying out for the team and finding out i made the team

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These days, I often think of how quickly those experiences seemed to have dissipated - how short of a time it seems we shared - and can’t help but reflect on the fact that one of those Decembers spent making miniature fruitcakes with her was the final year, and I didn’t even know it at the time.