This I Believe: Gratitude- “People say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Truth is, you knew what you had, you just never thought you’d lose it.” – Clarissa Wild, Author We[…]
Tag: gratitude
to find a dorian
The Picture of Dorian Gray. It is only right to end my AP30 experience with how my AP10 experience started. When I say started, I mean the point of no return. The point of no[…]
Woman (and other short snippets of scattered thought)
A brief preamble: for my last AP piece, I desperately craved something free flowing. I have done so much structured writing, and yet I have all these disjointed thoughts bouncing around my brain. I plan[…]
what i see
The Stone Angel by Margeret Laurence “I went in and found what I needed, a mirror. I stood for a long time, looking, wondering how a person could change so much and never see[…]
Signing Off.
“It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.”[…]
resolution
When I joined the AP English program three years ago, as a grade 10 with little experience and high hopes, I was terrified. When I returned last year, as a grade 11 with more worries and[…]
Nothing Gets Lost in Mexico
I spent this last week in paradise–Cancún, Mexico. Sunshine, palm trees, and the beautiful Caribbean all catering to my needs. I’m sure you can understand my disappointment of having to come back; I’m currently[…]
An Amazing Privilege: Richard III
“The theatre is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.” (John Steinbeck) […]
What I Know For Sure
We can’t all be stars… but we can all twinkle. These are the words that have been on my bedroom wall since I was ten years old. These words I believe. I loved to learn[…]