I babysat a little boy several months ago,
When I'd say, "It's bedtime," he always pleaded, "No!"
I still remember everything we did so well,
I'd let him stay up late then whisper, "I won't tell!"

We usually made cookies, or at least we'd try,
They would burn, and we'd laugh 'til we'd cry!
Movies, popcorn, pillow fights and Nintendo,
Beanie Babies were ( Read more... )

Sometimes life can be a pain
When your life stays the same
I've had cancer not once but twice
And it isn't very nice.

I hate cancer really a lot
It ties my life up in a knot
Sometimes I think the doctors lie
At times I think I'm going to die.

Before I end up in a coffin
I'll do my fun things soon and often
I had my transplant - it wasn't fun
It's hard to ( Read more... )

I thought she was my best friend
The best one I've ever had
Instead I found out the truth
And what I learned was sad.

We still call each other friends 
But I feel we're far apart
Though we see each other every day
I have a broken heart.

She has made new friends
And I have made some, too.
We are talking less and less
And inside I'm cold and blue.

Each and every ( Read more... )

Excerpt from The Blank Page:

"There is so much more to life than cross-country meets, soccer games, and the transformation from middle-schooler to high-schooler. What matters most is what you make of your life. If how you feel from day-to-day is based up what others think and how they judge you, then your life has no basis. If you are a person who ( Read more... )

It was right before the big one and the football player said,
"Excuse me guys for just a sec while I go bow my head."
And in the quiet of that room
The football player prayed,
"Oh God if nothing hear me now
I know that fate is made."

"So help us Lord to win this game,
It's the big one, man, you see,
If we lose this game that's it for us,
Please do this, ( Read more... )

I run my fastest
But still get beat.
I land on my head
When I should be on my feet.
I try to move forward,
But I am stuck in rewind.
Why do I keep at it?
I won't be left behind.

The harder I am thrown,
The higher I bounce.
I give it my all,
And that's all that counts.
In first place,
Myself, I seldom find.
So I push to the limit - 
I won't be left behind.

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When I resolve into the essence
That I most truly am,
I feel a deep connection
With every living thing.
For that which most imbues me
With my identity 
Is somehow in the other, too,
So that when I look around
I see myself - reflected.
Hidden in this union
Is the wonderful discovery
That if indeed the angels
Have wings - 
Then so do I.
And if the essence of a ( Read more... )

Wonder, to me, is a good place to be.
It helps you to think, it helps you to see.
Life's full of twists and turns will abound,
But wonder and insight can guide you around.
Explore what you may and fill up your mind,
And hold in your heart the mysteries you find.
Wonder is only saying you yearn
To know and select the things that you learn,
And making a ( Read more... )

It's hard to get from here to there
If you never get out of bed.
You lie a lot to fool your friends
But you fooled yourself instead.

It's harder to get from here to there
If you set your goals too high;
Then nothing ever works out right;
Too soon, you no longer try.

But the hardest way to get from here to there
Is when all you ever do
Is count up the years, ( Read more... )

• Don't drink grape juice while wearing a white shirt and driving to school.
• Don't let your life wait for other people.
• Dropping a cellular phone into a bathtub of water kinda kills the phone.
• Your mother will find out if you dye your hair purple.
• You haven't really lived until you've gotten a 48 on an Advanced Placement U.S. History ( Read more... )