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#5501voted by our readers
By kaylin.w.30 BRONZE
Ypsilanti, Michigan

"Close the lights!" "Yay! I got some new pajamason,” my five year-old self said in an exciting, yet broken English tone. Chinese was my first langua...
kaylin.w.30 BRONZE, Ypsilanti, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#5502 Nonfiction
LoveMeansTears BRONZE, Covington, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A beautiful relationship does not depend upon how good we understand someone but on how well we avoid misunderstandings.

#5503 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#5504 Nonfiction
By georgiakzk BRONZE
San Francisco, California
georgiakzk BRONZE, San Francisco, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5505 Nonfiction
By Cameandgonesmarty ELITE
North Vancouver, Other
Cameandgonesmarty ELITE, North Vancouver, Other
225 articles 4 photos 239 comments

Favorite Quote:
"One day, your life will flash before your eyes; make sure it's worth watching."

#5506 Nonfiction
By jlato BRONZE
Columiba, Illinois
jlato BRONZE, Columiba, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5507 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#5508 Nonfiction
By Sayaleung SILVER
San Mateo, California
Sayaleung SILVER, San Mateo, California
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Those who say sunshine brings happiness have never danced in the rain."

#5509 Nonfiction
By madisonkaeli BRONZE
Naperville, Illinois
madisonkaeli BRONZE, Naperville, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.."

#5510 Nonfiction
By Virginia PLATINUM
Bartonville, Texas
Virginia PLATINUM, Bartonville, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
And yet, through the gloom and the light,<br /> The fate of a nation was riding that night<br /> And the flame struck out by the steed in its flight<br /> Kindled the land into flame with its heat<br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow