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Story Time: "A Horse is a Horse of Course" Personal Essay

Story Time: “A Horse is a Horse of Course” Personal Essay

One of my favorite things to write are personal essays. I feel like I can really bring them to life as many of the stories that I include are ones that I’ve lived. This is a personal experience essay that I wrote of some things I learned as a child.

A Horse is a Horse of Course

by Zoey Arel

From the beginning of time horses have been man’s greatest companions. Once the main mode of…

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Overflow Love

Why is it that we as people find it so difficult to love God above everything else?

I’m pointing fingers at myself in this one.

At least five times this year, I’ve found myself sitting on my bed crying because I misplaced my priorities.

My boyfriend is in the military. Our relationship is long distance. We are never in the same state—he’s from Virginia and I’m from New Hampshire. So our in person…

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Short Story: Just a Little While Longer

Short Story: Just a Little While Longer

As writers, it’s important that we  get our work out there. My problem is that no one wants writing from someone who is still in college. So I figured I’d post my work here, call it self publishing I guess.

This is a short story that I wrote for my Advanced Creative Writing class. I based the main character on my father—a hardworking man that only wants the best for his family.

Just a Little While…

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What I've Learned in College

What I’ve Learned in College

The things you learn in college extend far outside of the classroom.  You go in expecting to get a degree, but you leave with so much growth you never expected would happen. College changes you. Sometimes when I look back at my three years, I’m shocked at how far I’ve come (in a good way of course).

There are a few things that I think high school students looking at colleges should know. So for…

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A Very Real College Blog

A Very Real College Blog

I’ve wanted to start this blog for a while now. I’ve tried different niches and tried to write multiple blog posts, but I never stuck with it long enough. The truth is I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to write, or even what I wanted to tell people. So, I decided to stick with something I know; college.

If you don’t already know, I’m a college student (I won’t name the college for various…

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He is My Light

He is My Light

Poetry

Style: Rondeau

Often Life seems difficult. The path is tiresome and rough, and sometimes we can not see how things will end. God know’s our ends before our beginnings, he knows the path better than we do and wants to help us along. He lights our path in the safest way we shall go, no matter how dark it may seem.

Light to My Feet

There is a mountain large and wide

Where I can’t see the…

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Starting College: Do's and Don'ts

Starting College: Do’s and Don’ts

College is a new step for students fresh out of high school. When I started college I was bright eyed and terrified. There were a few things I did and bought that I wish I hadn’t. My previous blog post (you can read it here) was similar to this, but on a personal level. This post is more on the practical side of things. I’m a girl who likes to be practical, but it’s hard to be practical when you…

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Lessons from a College Sophomore I know I’ve only completed two years of college, but there are some things that I learned in Freshman year that I want to pass on to future college freshman.

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Need Love

Love is a curious thing. We love people, things, and concepts. It’s just who we are as humans. We are made to love. Things that we can see and feel and attach ourselves to we can love. At some point in our lives our mind decides that it likes something or someone. The more time we spend with that person or thing we grow attached to and decide that this is something that we are going to give our…

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When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up

    “To say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean. That is the whole art and joy of words.” — C.S. Lewis When I grow up I want to be a writer. I want to write more, not because I want everyone to read what I have to say, but to improve on what I have to say. I want to communicate, but more importantly, I want to connect the…

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Hiking In New Hampshire

Hiking In New Hampshire

Hiking has always been a favorite sport of mine. However due to lack of transportation, I am unable to get very far. I know that there are plenty of great mountains in the New England area, but without a car of my own it makes it very difficult to get to them. Whenever I am caught with the hiking bug, I tend to stay local. There is something to be said about standing on the top of a mountain,…

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How to Properly Prepare for the Next Semester

How to Properly Prepare for the Next Semester

If you are anything like me, your first semester of college didn’t go as you had planned. You thought you had it in the bag; ready to ace your first semester like a super star. But instead your GPA went super low.  And to make matters worse you had friends whose GPA’s went through the roof. No? is that just me? Well in any event I wanted to write out a few tips that might help you with your…

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5 Tips to Make Your First Semester at College go Smoother

5 Tips to Make Your First Semester at College go Smoother

I feel a great sense of accomplishment as I write this. I have just finished my first semester of college. And through much toil and hard work I can say that I came out alive (barely). As new freshman we come to college nervous and excited for what the future holds. Coming to college the first time I was terrified, not knowing what to do or how to function without someone holding my hand. The…

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An Apple in the Orange Basket Home. A word that once had only one meaning to me, now has me torn. I once thought that the little state of New Hampshire would hold my heart, but I now see that this is no longer the case.

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