Since the earthquake, I've been thinking a lot about the students that have died. There are 10,000 students at my school alone. If there were an earthquake in Zhengzhou, my city, I'm sure there would be similar results. I'm just thankful my students are safe since some of them panicked and wanted to run out of the school. Read More »
car accidents

One of my students died...
"Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant."
I sat with my head down on the steering wheel in the middle of the road. "Why does this happen to me?" The man stepped outside his car and turning to me said, "I know it's a junky car, but I wanted to keep it alive for a while. Why did you have to hit it?" I was almost brought to tears. Read More »

metal plates
We inched forward as every car snuck its way out of the back entrance of my high school. The administrators sitting in their blue and orange school spirited golf cart. a couple kids who think they're thugs cross the street glaring at people in cars as to say "this is my turf". I send a text message to my boyfriend asking him what time he's planning on being at my house. Read More »

Remembrance
This is an essay I've written for my writing class. I want to share it, so...here it is.
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Natalie is dead. Now Maggie has buried both her children. It is completely unreal, completely vague and fuzzy, but Natalie is abruptly gone. Read More »

Driving off the Road
Sometimes I am consumed with an overwhelming desire to simply veer my car off the road, usually in a place posessing more impending doom than not. I admit, it is often in times of depression, anxiety, or lonliness that I feel driven to do such a thing, but nonetheless, the situation presents itself realatively often. Read More »


