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How Writing a Book Helped Me Stand Up to My Bullies
I have always loved to write. As a child, I always seemed to use my computer time typing up stories, each one growing longer and more elaborate than the next. By the time I was 13, I’d written five actual books. I still have copies of each one. My fifth was a novel called It Continue reading
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Ode to My Horse Ring
Like all my stories that I post on this blog, I will try to weave in some sort of life lesson or message into this particular narrative. However, this story may be one of those tales that is told purely for the sake of being told. When I was roughly fourteen, my mom bought for Continue reading
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Joe and McKenzie – A Story of Near Suicide and Friendship
After I wrote down Tyler’s story a few days ago, I decided to tell another tale of mine that also contains a powerful message, one I fear bears relevance to today. This incident took place when I was in the 6th grade, a few months after my family had moved from Arizona to California. I Continue reading
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Tyler’s Story
The other day I was going through random piles of junk in my room when I found one of my old songbooks under my keyboard. Upon opening it, I revisited the stories behind so many lyrics I had written between the ages of twelve and seventeen. (I have not written any songs on my piano Continue reading
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