No more Jane Austen

Of all of the stories I’ve heard about relationships, minus my parents’ story, everyone married their high school sweetheart. If nothing else, the partners were good friends for at least a year before dating. I live in a small town, so it’s hard to not be friends with most of the people at…

Inspiring friend

Over the twenty two years I have lived, I have encountered many people. Many of them have been inspiring to me in various aspects. Some inspire me with their persistence, other with creativity, or with the quality of their work among multiple different things. There is one person that has been…

Following in Footsteps

One of the most special accomplishments in my life has been earning by black belt in martial arts. I started taking…

My Best Friend

Alexis and I have been through a lot. This is the origin story.

Traveling to France without crossing the pond

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve wanted to travel. My family never really had the funds to go anywhere farther than Pittsburgh or Harrisburg. It wasn’t until my junior and senior year of high school that I had the opportunity to go farther than…

Man’s best friend

When you sit at home long enough on Christmas break watching re-runs and movies for the fifth time, impulses come like waves beating against the shore.

Luckily enough one of my impulses on this now infamous day worked out great for my family and I. As i was browsing the…

The Victoria Dream

I’ve been described as a dreamer and a person that has a lot of big dreams for my future. I think of myself as that kind of dreamer, but also as one who dreams every night while sleeping. Since I am a person that loves Hollywood and celebrities, they are frequent cast members in my dreams. I…

Foam

I would've considered myself a borderline nomad in the summer of 2012. During my freshman year of college, my parents decided to leave New Zealand, my home, and begin a life in Denmark via London.

Their plan was to first live in London for a few months before eventually moving across to the…

The Trip to Camp

The Clapper family always had a special hunting camp located in Forest County, over an hour away from Erie. After my grandfather passed away, my father inherited the camp and renamed it “Clapper’s Castle.” Because of my grandfather’s declining health over the years, the camp was not as kept up as…

Wheelchair

I can walk. I’m independent of others. It’s not because I was born this way but because of God and a doctor from Texas.

As I was learning to walk, my mother notices I was having a hard time placing the heel of my foot on the floor properly. At first she taught it was one of those…