"Good for One Thing" By Sarah McElroy
"The Water Cycle of Life" By Anna Olmsted
"Traveling With the Team" By Livy Sutton
"The Water Cycle of Life" By Anna Olmsted
"Traveling With the Team" By Livy Sutton
The Water Cycle of Life
By Anna Olmsted One drop of water seems irrelevant and weak. One drop of water is not enough to fill up an ocean or even a puddle. One drop of water is not enough to create life or change the world. This may be true, but every drop of water has a purpose on earth and can make a difference in the world. Every drop of water has a story of its own. In the beginning, this specific drop of water, Aqua, originated as a tiny droplet from the Great Lakes in Michigan. It was December, and that winter was especially cold. Aqua soon became a small snow flurry and began to float south. The winds were so strong that she didn’t land until she reached Nashville, Tennessee. Aqua was very happy there for a few years as she evolved into a bigger drop, but she couldn’t stay there for very long either. When the winds picked up again, she traveled up to Dunlap, Illinois. When Aqua first landed in Dunlap, it was very different. She didn’t like the winters there because she just turned into slush, but she loved all the other seasons. She mist Tennesee very much, but she was still so young that she soon forgot about it. Aqua and her family found a nice puddle to settle down in, and they built it up with many memories over the years. Over the years, Aqua continued to grow. For the most part it was smooth sailing, but there were a few times when Aqua landed herself in hot water. It was a slippery route to get to where she is today. It seemed like every time the winds changed, Aqua was being thrown into a new pool of friends or down new path of life, but Aqua just went with the flow until she washed up on the right shore. Currently, Aqua is stuck in a continuous daily cycle. Every day, she travels down the stream from her home puddle and enters a big waterfall. The waterfall tosses and turns her, and she faces many challenges to make it to the bottom each day. Tons of other drops from all different backgrounds surround her. It is easy to get lost in the current, to be drowned out by all the other water around her. However, each day Aqua makes it to the bottom and returns home to repeat the cycle all over again the next day. It is not the most exciting routine, but she prefers to see the glass as being half full instead of half empty. Aqua has found her place and her true pool of friends. She chooses to seas the day each day and focus on what she loves most. She enjoys being outside, and she loves to travel. She visits Florida almost every year to swim in the ocean. Aqua saturates her life with these small joys. Soon, a new wind will be picking up again. Soon, it will be time for Aqua to float down a new river and land in a new place. What does the future hold for this drop of water? No one knows for sure; the possibilities are endless. Maybe she will end up in Hawaii surfing the waves, or in New York City cruising down the streets. Aqua’s goal is to make a splash in the world, and to explore as much of the earth that she can, but the journey has only just begun. |
Good for One Thing
Sarah McElroy An eraser is good for just one thing: erasing. When you erase a pencil mark, you wear down your eraser and it becomes smaller. If you continue to erase your mistakes, your eraser starts to cease being useful. If it becomes useless, what’s the point of having one? There is a high polymer white eraser, purchased at the local Walmart during school supply shopping. Brand new, in perfect condition, ready to be used, placed in the shopping cart along with a pencil pouch, the color of deep red and a jug of milk. 2%, reduced fat, Grade A milk. Grocery shopping was insignificant, and by the time to eraser was at its new home, it was inside a red pencil pouch next to stabbing #2 pencils and a cruel looking sharpener. The school year began and the eraser went on a journey, eating up numbers and misspelled words. However, as the eraser worked and made wrong answers disappear, it received graphite marks and was worn down. Pencil shards were dumped in the pencil case along with broken pencils in splinters. The high polymer white eraser was ugly and forgotten, having been thoroughly used up. Completely covered by dirt and ink. The dark pencil case grew smaller around the eraser, and despair crept its way in through the fiber. The eraser was consumed by negative thoughts. You are ugly, and worn down. You’re no longer whole, and you’ve been bathing in the ashes of mistakes. Consuming mistakes, what else are you good for? The stabbing pencils grew dull and worn with time, and had nothing better to do than torture the eraser with splinters. It was alone, having no friends like itself. Time passed and the eraser, no longer white, grew apathetic. It was forgotten. Until one day. The zipper opened and the ugly eraser was offered to the light, placed upon a sheet of paper, staring incorrect answers in the face. Growing frustrated and irritated at the light, the eraser felt angry. But, an eraser on the end of a pencil was placed upon the once white but now dull one. Rubbing against the other, the high polymer eraser was erased of the dull marks and the graphite, leaving the pencil eraser small, and dull itself. The polymer eraser was clean again. The pencil had sacrificed itself for the greater good of the high polymer one. The now white eraser was then put to work. No longer erasing mistakes and consuming them, but cleaning up lines on art projects. It was making art, and beauty. The eraser no longer felt useless and ugly. No, it had a purpose now, a good one. The eraser thought often of the pencil and the sacrifice it had made, and was grateful. It now knew that it had a renewed purpose. Not just to erase, but to do great things while doing so. |
Traveling With the Team
By Livy Sutton
One day a makeup brush was sitting on a desk, and was reading the calendar that was on the wall. It noticed that a trip was planned. The makeup brush got a feeling that the makeup bag would be leaving the room as well. The makeup brush is in charge of all the other makeup products. It is considered the coach of the team of makeup products. Since he tells all the other makeup items on the team what they are supposed to do. The team is considered all the makeup products that work together. This includes mascara, blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, lipstick, highlighter, eyeliner, etc. The makeup brush is in charge of the team. He chooses what items he wants to be used the most in everyday life. He was going was going to need to choose several other makeup products to take with on the trip. There were going to be 4 compartments available in this makeup bag. This was going to make it a somewhat difficult decision on what other makeup items to bring with on the trip. Some of these makeup items would need to share a compartment. The coach is in charge of everything, planning, transportation, food, etc.
Each makeup item has a specific reason to be used for. Blush is really good at adding color to a skin, and so is bronzer. Blush and bronzer do the same thing, just in a different way. The blush and bronzer would always argue with one another over who did the job better. The coach noticed the conflict, but still decided he needed to bring them both on the trip. However, they weren’t allowed to stay together in the same compartment of the makeup bag. Since these two don’t particularly get along. There was always some sort of conflict going on with the team of makeup products. However, the makeup brush always did a good job of keeping the peace on the team. The next decision for the coach was deciding on what newer makeup to bring. There were two brand new items and had just been purchased from the store not that long ago. They didn’t really know anyone on the team, and they didn’t have much experience. There was also one makeup item that was older, this was the lipstick. She had gone on several trips before and had lots of experience being on the team. The coach decided to take two newer makeup items, which were the powder and concealer. The coach also decided to take one older item, the lipstick. The lipstick had been used the most, so it would be teaching the powder and concealer what it was like being used outside of their home court. This way the lipstick could teach the new powder and concealer what it was like being on the team.
The rest of the decisions for the coach on who to bring on the trip, were the basic necessities. These were the items that were always the number one on the list, and that could always be counted on. They were also very well-liked by the coach and the team. Once all the decisions were made, all the makeup items left the vanity and were staying inside the makeup bag for the rest of the trip. It was only a one night trip. Each item could expect to be used at least once a day, for the two days that they would be gone. One of the new makeup items, the concealer, was brought along to be partners with the powder, who was also new. These two had to be used together at all times. They had been partners together for a long time. The coach liked these two as a pair, because they work really well together and always give the best results that the coach wants. This kind of made the rest of the team jealous, and the other members of the team felt like they didn’t get a fair chance or equal opportunity.
The first day of the trip went as expected by coach; everyone did the best they could in the lighting and the mirror that they were being applied in. Since it wasn’t the same as their home court that they were used to back in their home town. The new powder and concealer did a decent job at what they were supposed to do in the situation. The coach was very happy with them.
The next day, the powder got really upset at the concealer because it didn’t apply as well as it normally did. It could have been for a lot of reasons, but they both were trying to stay positive and enjoy the opportunity of traveling outside of the vanity that they were given. The coach was understanding, and told the powder and concealer to just shake it off since they were brand new to the team.
The blush and bronzer hadn’t really fought at all, since they were separated for most of the two days that they were gone. This way they didn’t have any problems. When they were put back into the makeup bag for the trip home, they barely talked to one another. This was a good thing for the rest of the team, because they really hated when the blush and bronzer were fighting. It gave the whole team a bad vibe. That didn’t happen too much on this trip, which was due to the coach’s effort to keep them separate and not ruin it for the rest of the team.
All the makeup items did a fantastic job that day. The powder and concealer were working really well together and were much happier with the results. They ended up being a very important part of the team, and if they hadn’t done their job well, the makeup application for that day would not have been as good for the team. The coach told all the makeup items what a great job the concealer and powder did over the weekend. He also said that the trip was very successful, and that everyone proved themselves to do a great job when they were needed. All the makeup items had a fun time on the way home. The powder and concealer are looking forward to going on more trips like this, the next time the makeup brush reads on the calendar that says there is an out of town trip.
By Livy Sutton
One day a makeup brush was sitting on a desk, and was reading the calendar that was on the wall. It noticed that a trip was planned. The makeup brush got a feeling that the makeup bag would be leaving the room as well. The makeup brush is in charge of all the other makeup products. It is considered the coach of the team of makeup products. Since he tells all the other makeup items on the team what they are supposed to do. The team is considered all the makeup products that work together. This includes mascara, blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, lipstick, highlighter, eyeliner, etc. The makeup brush is in charge of the team. He chooses what items he wants to be used the most in everyday life. He was going was going to need to choose several other makeup products to take with on the trip. There were going to be 4 compartments available in this makeup bag. This was going to make it a somewhat difficult decision on what other makeup items to bring with on the trip. Some of these makeup items would need to share a compartment. The coach is in charge of everything, planning, transportation, food, etc.
Each makeup item has a specific reason to be used for. Blush is really good at adding color to a skin, and so is bronzer. Blush and bronzer do the same thing, just in a different way. The blush and bronzer would always argue with one another over who did the job better. The coach noticed the conflict, but still decided he needed to bring them both on the trip. However, they weren’t allowed to stay together in the same compartment of the makeup bag. Since these two don’t particularly get along. There was always some sort of conflict going on with the team of makeup products. However, the makeup brush always did a good job of keeping the peace on the team. The next decision for the coach was deciding on what newer makeup to bring. There were two brand new items and had just been purchased from the store not that long ago. They didn’t really know anyone on the team, and they didn’t have much experience. There was also one makeup item that was older, this was the lipstick. She had gone on several trips before and had lots of experience being on the team. The coach decided to take two newer makeup items, which were the powder and concealer. The coach also decided to take one older item, the lipstick. The lipstick had been used the most, so it would be teaching the powder and concealer what it was like being used outside of their home court. This way the lipstick could teach the new powder and concealer what it was like being on the team.
The rest of the decisions for the coach on who to bring on the trip, were the basic necessities. These were the items that were always the number one on the list, and that could always be counted on. They were also very well-liked by the coach and the team. Once all the decisions were made, all the makeup items left the vanity and were staying inside the makeup bag for the rest of the trip. It was only a one night trip. Each item could expect to be used at least once a day, for the two days that they would be gone. One of the new makeup items, the concealer, was brought along to be partners with the powder, who was also new. These two had to be used together at all times. They had been partners together for a long time. The coach liked these two as a pair, because they work really well together and always give the best results that the coach wants. This kind of made the rest of the team jealous, and the other members of the team felt like they didn’t get a fair chance or equal opportunity.
The first day of the trip went as expected by coach; everyone did the best they could in the lighting and the mirror that they were being applied in. Since it wasn’t the same as their home court that they were used to back in their home town. The new powder and concealer did a decent job at what they were supposed to do in the situation. The coach was very happy with them.
The next day, the powder got really upset at the concealer because it didn’t apply as well as it normally did. It could have been for a lot of reasons, but they both were trying to stay positive and enjoy the opportunity of traveling outside of the vanity that they were given. The coach was understanding, and told the powder and concealer to just shake it off since they were brand new to the team.
The blush and bronzer hadn’t really fought at all, since they were separated for most of the two days that they were gone. This way they didn’t have any problems. When they were put back into the makeup bag for the trip home, they barely talked to one another. This was a good thing for the rest of the team, because they really hated when the blush and bronzer were fighting. It gave the whole team a bad vibe. That didn’t happen too much on this trip, which was due to the coach’s effort to keep them separate and not ruin it for the rest of the team.
All the makeup items did a fantastic job that day. The powder and concealer were working really well together and were much happier with the results. They ended up being a very important part of the team, and if they hadn’t done their job well, the makeup application for that day would not have been as good for the team. The coach told all the makeup items what a great job the concealer and powder did over the weekend. He also said that the trip was very successful, and that everyone proved themselves to do a great job when they were needed. All the makeup items had a fun time on the way home. The powder and concealer are looking forward to going on more trips like this, the next time the makeup brush reads on the calendar that says there is an out of town trip.