By Novia Reid I was ready to check out at my local grocery store when I scanned the lines for several minutes to find the shortest one. I chose what seemed to be the quickest, but as I waited, I…
Merry Autumn by Paul Laurence Dunbar It’s all a farce, ~these tales they tell About the breezes sighing, And moans astir o’er field and dell, Because the year is dying. Such principles are most absurd, ~…
I loved Queen Elizabeth. She had been a part of my life since I was a small child. She was only a few years older than I and had been held up to me (by my Scottish aunt) as a…
When I was in middle school, I used to ride my pink bicycle up and down the road we lived on. Going one way, up the road, I’d have to ride uphill and I usually hated that part, but coming…
When chronic illness came into my life at the beginning of this year, initially I was tempted to ask “Why?”, but as days turned into weeks, and weeks into months with my health worsening and as the things I could…
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were…