I sat in my white midi dress, with my shoes too tight and my hair too frizzy. I watched as slides flicked across the screen in front of me, recognizing district journalism student achievements.  Joining...

I smoothed down my short-sleeve orange and blue plaid button-up (I know…what a look), and pulled on my aggressively small khaki cargo shorts. I wanted to look presentable. Like I was trying, but in a...

After my sophomore year, I was completely lost.  I had no drive academically. I had no passion for the sport I’d done for eight years. And I'd left all my friends behind — in the things I used...

“And Sarah, you just queen out girl.” Senior Sadie Babler told me during the morning of a yearbook Saturday workday for deadline two. I was all done with my work, but 151 is a place I’ve always...

Due a month ago. The assignment lingers. I can never fully relax, can never fully sink into the space it occupies in the back of my mind. Never mind that. I’m in Nashville, in the biggest hotel...

As I was blowing out candles on my 8th birthday cake in the dimly lit eating space at  Skate City, I wished for a little sister to keep me company.  Anecdote of brother annoying you.  This year,...

Timidly, I press her cold knuckles to my forehead. She’s another entry in the long list of titas and titos I’ve compiled over the years, people that my parents know through relation, or mutual friends,...

I wake up, push my blankets to the side and step onto the cold, wooden floor. I glance at the pile of cardboard boxes full of books and posters that I’ve neatly organized in one corner of the room.  As...

Every November 4th, my mom and I blow out candles for someone I've never met.  The kitchen always feels empty when we get the cake out. My mom gets the bright colored candles from the party drawer...

The terms “talking,” “casual” or “situationship” are all things that course through my mind before a migraine sets in. It feels as though I cannot escape the onslaught of theories from TikTok...

“Harper, I think I’ve got it!” our Barfee, one of the leading roles in Putnam, yells as I walk into the Shawnee Mission Northwest auditorium. He’s already on the stage in his tap shoes before...