Kenshin
M.C. Perry High School
Elizabeth
Eloy
Grady
The pain of today This memory will stay like a bloodstain. I’m going to fly through the air. But my house is empty, and my home is bare. I will soak up all of my pain...
Abigail
Homeschool
Being a military child can be tough sometimes, but it also comes with many benefits. Some of these benefits include residential stability, educational opportunities,...
Mya
Kadena High School
The sun illuminates the roadway, casting sharp shadows on a cold Pompeii morning. The kind where although the air was brisk, the sun hung lazily in the sky, bathing...
Marie
Growing up as a military child, I became intimately familiar with the experience of loss and longing. Remaining as constant in each location, I would witness friends and...
Amara
I’ve spent nearly my entire life on the small island of Okinawa, Japan. Half Okinawan, half American, I’m immersed in both Eisa dancing and hip-hop — red and white, yet also...
Nicole
As I stood in the garage directing movers left and right, signing for boxes, and sweating in the Okinawa humidity, overwhelming waves washed over me. As the last pieces were...
Naomi