Diary of a Wimpy Brave Girl-Part 2– The Lie
April 6- Dear Diary, Guess what!!! Today I found out that Carmen is totally lying – she’s got a lying tongue! I still can’t’ believe it. So, today she came to school all snooty and rude, just like yesterday and I totally ignored her. Rosa and Jess talked to her though – I couldn’t be […]
Diary of a Wimpy Brave Girl- Part 1– The New Girl
April 5-Dear Diary, I’m fuming! You won’t believe what’s happened today. So, there’s a new girl at school – she arrived today, and she is awful and I hate her. I hope she crawls back into the hole she crawled out of! Ok, but let me start at the beginning and why I’m so mad. […]
The Creepy Guys -No Flowers
by Abigail Duman Evening shadows fell as a white van pulled close to the curb. Teens who had been selling Christian books door-to-door began to file inside. Amy glanced at the familiar group, then turned and shouldered her backpack. “Shall we stop at one more house before we finish for today, Melissa?” Her selling buddy […]
Let’s FACE it – Pimples
Jana Meldt – Lifestyle Counsellor It’s the big day, you look in the mirror and there it is – a whopping pimple. They always seem to appear out of nowhere, unexpected and unasked. A pimple results when excess oil gets trapped in the skin’s pores. The dreaded bumps are caused by a blockage to the […]
Eating Disorders
By Sharon Witt Eating disorders are becoming increasingly common amongst young people, particular girls and it’s hardly surprising. Young people face a daily barrage of toxic messages both in the media and amongst their peers relating to body image. It is almost impossible to escape the highly manipulated and digitally altered images of celebrities and […]
Going, Going, Gone
by Christy Heitger-Ewing I had just finished running on the gym’s treadmill and was heading towards the free weights when something—rather, someone—caught my eye. It was a frail girl, maybe 13 or 14, carefully climbing up onto the Stair Master. Her spindly arms looked like dry, brittle sticks—the kind children use to fashion a snowman—and […]
