By Taylor Smith “This happened to me”I play college softball, and we had to run a mile on the first day of fall ball practice. It wasraining and super wet outside. I […]
Runners Don’t and Won’t Quit
The Veggie Tales
By Madi Short This Happened to Me Every spring, my family plants a garden together, and we tend to it throughout thesummer. It is just a small garden that is grown at […]
Yes To The Salad, No To The Germs Please!
By Ashley Ivey Have you ever been HANGRY? So hungry that somewhere inside, you were angry and neededsomething, ANYTHING, to eat immediately? That is exactly how I felt when I arrived at […]
Prescription or Poisonous
By Emily Thornton This happened to me…A couple of weeks ago when I was getting my hair done, I started gettingclammy, sweaty, and shaky. My vision got very blurry, and I didn’t […]
Will I Be Addicted to Drugs at Some Point In My Life?
By Mackenzie Zboray When people are younger, they have this perfect idea of their family, and it was no different for me. My parents are amazing and two of the best people […]
Ditch the Thin, Fit Your Skin
By Haley Sullivan This Happened to Me:During the pandemic, I fell into the hole of eating disorders. It started innocently; I woulddo workout videos to stay fit while being stuck in the […]
Injection! Injection! Read All About It!
By Avery Atkins On September 10th, I decided to get the updated COVID-19 booster and my flu shot. I am a believer in the vaccine and will always get every vaccine if […]
Striving for Perfection, Despite the Consequences
by Mikaela Fairbanks I am scrolling through Instagram and I see so many beautiful girls with bodies I dream ofhaving. I scroll through Tiktok and it’s the same. Endless videos and photos […]
Silent But Deadly
by Perry Whetzel My family has a lengthy history of high blood pressure that has been the underlying cause ofstrokes and chronic illness. I have witnessed many family members struggle to maintain […]
Those Drugs Might Not Be What You Think They Are
by Taylor Hartman In the United States alone there were 88,000 deaths at the end of August 2020 due todrug overdoses that occurred just months before COVID-19 hit in march 2020 (1). […]
Alive and Well during a Pandemic
by Karlotta Zamora Keep my grandfather alive and well. Get vaccinated and help others to get vaccinated. My 94year-old grandfather is elderly and immunocompromised. He still lives at home and hascaretakers 24 […]
Overmedicated and screaming without a voice
By Ariella Stepleman Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or temptations, the national suicide lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 March 16th was the day that I finally gave […]
Depression is one of the greatest mental health challenges facing Americans today.
by Atoosa Torabizadeh I am very emotionally attached to my family. I was born in a family where all the attentions wereon me because I was the only child and the only […]
Will you let Diabetes Control your Life?
by Shannon Keeney I have watched my dad and my grandmother go through the many difficulties of living withtype 2 diabetes. It has severely impacted his and her own lives as well […]
College Athletes Feel Ignored – Mental Health Matters
by Kaitlynn Davie When you are 18 years old, everything you have known and are comfortable with,changes in an instant. You move off to college, hoping for a wonderful new experience,but change […]
Thousands of Teens Fighting Lockdown Loneliness
by Kyndall Chandler I floated on my back in my friend’s pool, waiting for the rest of them to get theirswimsuits on and get in. A generic pop song played from a […]
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