Mia’s disappointed eyes gazed at the soccer field from the bleachers. A group of girls kicked around a soccer ball at the other end of the field as Mia watched them longingly. She…
Hi. My name is Sarah. I am nine and in third grade. Even though you can’t see it, my mind is a set of file cabinets. When I want to think about something,…
“UUUuuu…” I woke up, my lungs were burning. I was gasping for hair as if I were under water. I ran to my parents’ bedroom. My mom was there, but my dad was…
“Wow,” you have some head of hair!” That is usually the response I get when someone looks at me. Sometimes I feel embarrassed by the thought of having as much hair on my…
Something that affects my life is my constant foot pain. The medical term is called, plantar fasciitis. This causes me to have foot pains that make my foot hurt, and it makes it…
Do you know where Guatemala is located? That is where I was born. It is located south of Mexico and North of Honduras and El Salavador. One day fifteen minutes before my school…
Everyone is different or unique in a way. My difference is that I’m short and nothing can change that. There are some times in my life when I just want to be tall,…
Hi my name is Aiden Gifford. The first thing I’m writing about is my asthma. When I was really little I had an asthma attack, a bad one I had to go to…
My difference is my English accent. It may not sound like much, but in 1st and 2nd grade it was a big deal. It is not as strong as it used to be, but I…
Hi, my name is Madison and this is my story. My hands are different and I used to get bullied in elementary school. They would call me a pirate and say “ARG!!!” and…
I am different because I no longer have grandparents. It is very emotional for me because I did not get to meet my Grandpa on my mother’s side. When I was five years…
My difference is that I am a lot taller than other kids my age. Some people used to tease me about my difference. I have learned that my difference can help me sometimes…
My name is Aaron. A difference about me is that I stutter. When you stutter, your speech gets stuck and you can’t talk so well. It sort of sounds like s-s-salt. Salt is…