Scholarship2015 Stories

The story of how a little girl's perfect life ended.

The story of how a humanitarian trip to Arusha, Tanzania made me a better person and some lessons I learned along the way.

Writing to 11 year-old me, who is just starting to play on sports teams about how important sports are and will be to me.

This is my entry for the Wattpad scholarship of $1500.

Even when your world is falling apart and you can't fix it, always stay smiling.

No one has an easy path in life and sometimes the harder the path, the more we learn about ourselves along the way.

Losing a friend.

A short story about the struggle of a teenager learning the value of her parents, only after she had to separate from them.

Guardian Ad Litem experience.

The first hand recollection of my experiences in a country I did not know and how I grew into the person I am today in the short time I was there

Meeting my biological father

This is a letter written to my younger self, letting her know how everything's turned out.

This story follows my past and the life lessons I learned through the wrong decisions my mother made as I grew up. I had to learn is all backwards, unlike everyone else I've known. This may seem like nothing compared to other individual's stories, but this one is mine. This is the reason I am who I am today.

When I find it tempting to not finish my pursuit for a university degree, it's remembering my family's health struggles that keep me going.

A story of overcoming grief and discovering my soul. The title page was taken by me. The flower featured in it is from my nanny's funeral.

Sometimes life doesn't always go the way you plan; mine sure didn't. It's when plans go awry and you face life's greatest challenges that you discover what you are made of though. Life threw me one heck of a curveball, but boy do I like who I've become because of it.

How 1 second and 10 feet changed the trajectory of my life.

Dear future me, I want you to listen and listen close, everything will be okay. Despite all the things we've seen and heard in the past such as our mom and step-dad fighting and the many harmful words shot out like bullets from a gun, coming from those all around. Things have gotten better because today you are a month away from being 18 and things have simmered down. I want you to continue looking ahead towards your bright future and try your best not to look back. We both know what happened and we know that its better to forget as hard as it may be, then dwell in the past and be unhappy and life is way too short to be in a state of unhappiness. What happened in the past has shaped me into the strong 17 year old girl i am today and has shaped you in a women beyond description. My advice is break out of your shell and look for bigger and better things as well as doing them. Love Always, You

The most successful people are the ones who have failed the most.