Tears were filling her eyes as she revealed the deep hurt she had recently experienced. I had barely met Miranda twice before she went home for the New Year holiday. So when Dove and I met with her for the first time in over two months, I was shocked at how quickly she opened up [...]
I texted my teammate Duke: “Where are you? Come back to class. It won’t be that bad, I promise…stop hiding!!” I knew where she was. Probably pretending to be sick and hiding back at the apartment. I should have known. She hates public speaking. While our friends are away for the New Year holiday, we [...]
I adjusted the Indian feather on my head, and looked around the room at the blend of 2 cultures – Asians and Americans sitting in a circle together sharing the special day. Half the group wore ridiculously small black paper “pilgrim” hats, while the rest of us wore bright orange hippie-like bands around our foreheads [...]
The night arrived for our first girl party and we were all excited! My three roommates and I had invited several friends over for fun games and girl time. When I opened our door to greet the first guests, the girls stumbled in and could hardly speak. They seemed speechless from excitement at coming to [...]
I looked around at my team during our meeting and felt a sense of heaviness. Duke hadn’t slept at all in the last 3 nights, Logan was still suffering from wrist, back and knee pain from former injuries, Dove has had recurring back pain for two years, and I was experiencing lower back pain. Something [...]
I know that the word “Trump” in euchre is not named after Donald, but somehow in my mind it seemed to relate. We were trying to explain the card game to the guys’ Asian friend (I’ll call him LJ), and it was amazing how many new words came up that we were scrambling to try [...]
“Psst. Can I talk to you for a minute?” Sweetpea turned from the crowd of girls surrounding her to see the face of the whispering girl who had slipped up next to her at the English Corner. They both stepped away from the circle, and the girl introduced herself. “My name is Winter. My friend [...]
The beautiful blue sky had slowly been filling with clouds and as soon as we stepped outside, the first raindrops hit. My team was heading out for our first pr-yer walk on our campus. Hurriedly, we raced across the street to buy umbrellas, and continued on our m*ssion. A mild rainstorm wasn't going to stop [...]
The whole country is in mourning. At lunch yesterday we had 3 minutes of silence during the time of last week's earthquake. My eyes were tearing up picturing the millions of people, just one week ago, screaming and running in panic. I could imagine people being buried under buildings as they collapsed. My heart is [...]
I had just finished my last piece of pizza. The whole team was together celebrating Lily's birthday at a new Italian restaurant. Then I felt something shaking. I figured Hoagie was shaking the table, since he likes to fool around. Within seconds, I realized it wasn't just the table, but the ground that was moving. [...]
