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By Alex_Mills SILVER
Sussex, Wisconsin

I was 14 years old and my family and I were about to start a 4-hour drive up north to Minocqua, Wisconsin. During the summertime, we frequently would go up to our place in the midd...
Alex_Mills SILVER, Sussex, Wisconsin
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#4042 Nonfiction
By coffeeluvn SILVER
Calabasas, California
coffeeluvn SILVER, Calabasas, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4043 Nonfiction
By CalebK BRONZE
Sussex, Wisconsin
CalebK BRONZE, Sussex, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4044 Nonfiction
By SummerN BRONZE
Ardmore, Oklahoma
SummerN BRONZE, Ardmore, Oklahoma
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't count your time; Make your time count!

#4045 Nonfiction
By Penelope GOLD
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Penelope GOLD, Hillsborough, New Jersey
13 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
There comes a time when you have to stop thinking of yourself as the main character in your own story, but as the suppporting character in someone else's story.

#4046 Nonfiction
zonaSKYE01 SILVER, Jefferson, Iowa
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If &#039;growing up&#039; means it would be beneath me to climb a tree, I&#039;ll never grow up, not me.<br /> -J.M. Barrie

#4047 Nonfiction
By Sully674432 BRONZE
Park Ridge, Illinois
Sully674432 BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4048 Nonfiction
TristanLyu GOLD, Beijing, Other
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4049 Nonfiction
By W.Bishop SILVER
Cincinnati, Ohio
W.Bishop SILVER, Cincinnati, Ohio
6 articles 4 photos 0 comments
#4050 Nonfiction
By emmadolan BRONZE
Beverly Hills, Michigan
emmadolan BRONZE, Beverly Hills, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.&rdquo; --Margaret Atwood