Author Archives: Jenn

Growing up, I had always gone to school with my best friends who all lived around me. We did everything together: school, Chinese lessons, dance classes, birthday parties, bus rides, everything. You name it, and I did it with my … Continue reading →

“Hi lol how ru? How was your wknd?” “O grl, my wknd was gr8. Hbu?” “Cool. Mine was perf 2 lolol” I was talking to my friend once, and our conversation was rather similar to the one above. I remember … Continue reading →

They say that knowledge is power. And they’re right. Knowledge IS power. It awakens the conscience and lets humans understand the world and the context they live in. Without knowledge, humans would not have the capacity to learn or capability … Continue reading →

Character. The Oxford Dictionary defines the word as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual”, “the distinctive nature of something”, “and the quality of being individual”. Personally, I have developed my own definition for what I think someone … Continue reading →

When you search up the word “Kardashians” on Google, two main things pop up. The first is their television show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”, a reality TV show that documents the Kardashian family members’ lifestyles and the drama their … Continue reading →

Age 1. The age I was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma. In plain terms, Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of soft tissue cancer that often occurs in children, and I had it in my right pelvic area. When my parents found a … Continue reading →

Turn on the TV. What do you see when you watch the news? Besides the latest events being covered, you see the news anchormen reporting those events. Now close your eyes. What do you hear? Do you hear an unsteady, … Continue reading →

Just the other day, I had The Conversation for about the one-thousandth time.   What ARE you? What? Are you asking me where I’m from? Yeah, where are you from? I’m from Atlanta. No, like, where are you REALLY from? … Continue reading →

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” are the first words of the U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the land. This document, ratified in 1787, was created to outline the general … Continue reading →

I watched impatiently as my mom tried with the best of her ability to type in a simple address into the GPS. When I saw the street light turn green, I hastily said, “Here, Mommy, just give it to me. … Continue reading →