Residential schools: Government-sponsored religious schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into the Euro-Canadian culture.Assimilate: cause (something) to resemble; liken.Elaine White was one of the thousands of Aboriginal children to be placed in one of these schools. These are her journal entries.…
All the entries to the writing contests I have participated in. Enjoy!…
"things won't get better is you're gone.you can't feel relief if you're a carcass.if it's the shadows that you're running from,remember that dead eyes only see darkness."A collection of poems that I love and want to share. All poems go to their original owners! If a video is attached to the poem please listen to it as it is most likely the original artist reading the poem.…
"I need you to know that it gets better, that those cloudy skies fade away. I know that in ten years time, you'll be sitting on some porch somewhere, drinking a cup of coffee and thinking about how these times, the times you felt like you couldn't last one more night, are what made you who you are today." Sage Mitchell wrote 7 letters to a girl addressed as 'H', one for each 'problem' H had.…
It started with a single thought. 'I hate my weight' This is the story of a teenage girl struggling under the weight of her own mind, told entirely in ten, thirty word chapters. Cover: @-pastelaliens…