Painting on the Canvas of Life
I never in my lifetime ever thought I would have to face something like this. Over the past few weeks our nation has seen drastic changes in its normal every day to day life. The current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the state of mind that people are operating on, wondering what is coming next and …
By Ashley Mott Growing up in South Lorain, Ohio was never easy. The streets had pot holes bigger than a basketball meaning that driving in the winter was always better because they were filled in with snow, my school system was redone so many times that almost all of the schools I went to were …
Sometimes you find out exactly where you are meant to be when you aren't really looking.... By Ashley Mott It was the moment that you looked at me with so much concern and affection in your eyes that I knew I would be safe, even when I was terrified. My body is riddled with scars …
Some days there are moments when it just hits like a truck, when you don’t think that you can fight anymore because you’ve been fighting for so long. It is in those moments when you need the person that you miss most, the one you can’t have back because they are gone, that nothing else …
I love you to the moon and back. To the man who saved me… I grew up in a community where everybody knew everybody, and your business was everyone's business. I had this expectation that I would be with the same guy from high school through college and for the rest of my life - …
There are somethings in this world that you stumble upon and are immediately grateful for. There are others where you reach the top of a hill, expecting a beautiful sunrise only to find fire and brimstone. Both of these images constantly fighting for control of your outlook on life. For me everything is calculated, rationalized …
To the girl with the heart of gold and the mind that spins out of control, Things will get better, I promise. Right now, you’ve just seen what the real world is like, how scary it can be for you because of the heart that you wear so proudly upon your sleeve. The twists and …
As I am approaching the end of my second year here at Cleveland State I am realizing that next year I will be starting to look at graduate schools. There are so many things to factor in from money to programs and everything in between. What's the craziest thing for me though is that I …
People always say that losing a loved one is the hardest thing in the world to go through, especially when it was fast and unexpected. Like a car accident or a drive by, but its not.. The hardest thing is being a survivor of a suicide, and not even your own, because then you would …
There's a lot of things that they tell you about college, but there's also a lot of things they don't. They don't tell you that with all those highs, the lows are even worse. They don't tell you that with the best of friends that you make also comes with the most hurt in the …
