When I see the colorful, majestic cake coming out and I hear all my friends voices starting to sing, all I can focus on is the butterflies fluttering in my stomach because I…
I believe girls miss out on a lot of things. I am really lucky because I choose to do those things anyway. Girls can miss out on playing certain sports, watching superhero shows and…
I am different. Everybody is different. My name is Jackson Stone, I am nine years old and I am a boy. My difference is my hair. My hair is brown. My hair is…
Knowing who you are comes from knowing your past. That’s what most people think, though not everyone leaves their homeland as a baby. In the spring of 1999, when I was six months…
Preface October 1990 “Congrats, Jennifer! You won! You won!” The outburst came as soon as the vote was counted by my fellow Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sister who then turned to…
The Runway of Dreams story starts with my son Oliver, a compassionate, funny and curious sixth grader who was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy when he was a baby. From…
I learned about Don’t Hide It Flaunt It when my daughter Callia wrote the winning essay for the 2015 Kids Flaunt It/Scholastic contest. She wrote about her brother Tim and how…
Preface September 2013 “How was it at the nut-free table today, Savanna?” Our youngest of three had just begun elementary school. Although we were all collectively excited by her new…
Preface September 4, 1965 Marvin Weinbaum was sure it was the same girl he had seen the prior day at the lake. In the instant he first noticed her at breakfast, Marvin thought…
RBC Flaunt It Award: Writing Finalist Statement My piece deals with the struggles of a young girl growing up, trying meet her father’s expectations in every way and pushing…
The RBC “Flaunt It” Award Recipients are Number One! (March, 2016)
I chose to film this music video at the skate park because one, its where I work and two, its a great environment for the community. I like filming this because its an…
Well, if cancer wasn’t bad enough, now my arm won’t work. I just learned how to walk downstairs again, which was really hard when my feet would barely come off the floor before…