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Lia Van de Krol A Blessing in Disguise A Blessing in Disguise I was the kid who sat alone at recess robbed of innocence, too mature to play House with the rest. Life at home was like an atom with a valence of one: ready to react violently at any moment. As the youngest of four, I was unaware that the worst of the arguments occurred when I was not home. I was a statue in the passenger seat, remembering. Seven years a�er the divorce, my mom shared the full truth. �e scars on my sister’s wrists, that I thought originated from the cat licking too much, were actually from self-in�icted wounds. �e �ght that branded itself onto the delicate mind of my nine-yearold self was one of the mildest that took place. �e same clip of my past kept muscling its way to the front of my mind. I see little Lia pound on the door in a desperate attempt to stop the yelling. With every quickened heartbeat and fallen tear, confusion melds with hurt. She screams because her family is dying in front of her eyes. �e caring father she knew for her short life was mutating into a sel�sh stranger. Success: Daddy stopped roaring at Peter. But Daddy’s footsteps grew louder and the next thing little Lia knew, she was scooped up in his arms. Her heart had never pumped so fast. She was terri�ed of her own father and what he might do in his rage. �e memory stops. I listened to my mom talk about my father as she drove. Harsh memories crashed like waves. My dad’s cruelty shocked me. �e agony in my history seemed excessive a�er being separated from it for so long. I thought I had set my past away like a tear-stained novel returned to a bookshelf, but I was now fully engulfed in the story again. I realized the good that had come out of the disaster who was my father. When a person goes through trauma, the natural coping method is to take out su�ering in a negative way. My sister Juliana internally hoarded the pain of our denatured family and cut herself as early as fourth grade. I, on the other hand, tested the phrase I had heard hundreds of times in Sunday <strong>School</strong>: “Jesus loves you.” At nine years of age, I yielded all my hurt to the God who created me. He was there for me with arms open wide. Where most people might predict I would have abandoned religion a�er enduring so much devastation, I found faith. Beyond comforting me throughout the divorce and bitter confrontations within my family, God was and continues to be my unconditionally loving Heavenly Father. Today, I cannot help but love the people around me in response to the overwhelming joy that calls my heart home. My days are �lled with smiles and laughter. When my senior portraits were taken, I struggled and failed to keep a straight face for more than three seconds because I simply love to be jolly and to make it evident. My past does not follow me in a raincloud; the love of God is greater than my painful childhood. ~ 25 ~
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Page 4 and 5: Contents Poetry Away from everythin
Page 6 and 7: Andrew Johnson Away From Everything
Page 8 and 9: Jack Trapper I can wait I Can Wait
Page 10 and 11: Natalya Gorsky If Only Heaven Was C
Page 12 and 13: Meg Towle Letter to my signi�cant
Page 14 and 15: Sarah Doughty Little Bird little bi
Page 16 and 17: Meg Towle Lullaby to a Narcissist D
Page 18 and 19: Katie Selens Rag doll If I were a r
Page 20 and 21: Amy McCarty Ten Bucks Ten bucks. Te
Page 22 and 23: Ellyn Touchette �ink Think Hey li
Page 26 and 27: Amy McCarty Doors Doors As I walked
Page 28 and 29: Jewel Holiday Nicknames Nicknames I
Page 30 and 31: Maybe if we play louder, people wil
Page 32 and 33: Rosie into the remnants of her fur
Page 34 and 35: Olivia Marshburn-Ersek Strangers in
Page 36 and 37: Alex Swiatek �e Young and the Old
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Page 40 and 41: Eagle - Brendan Kelly ~ 40 ~
Page 42 and 43: Benjamin Hincher ~ 42 ~
Page 44 and 45: Sam Cupps ~ 44 ~
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