Celebrate the heart of the holiday

Room 1305 fills with a flurry of motion during activity period. People with cameras scurry in and out to take pictures, and from the center of the room, some of the oddest conversations in the school can be heard. Yearbook staff members with perfectly worded questions interview other students about their passions, activities and skills, pulling about little bits of interesting information out of the...

I never thought I would see my father propose marriage to somebody. At least, the thought was the furthest thing from my mind until the year of 2014 came and left with my mother’s life. It was not long after Mom’s death when I realized my father could not live alone. Yes, he had the love and support of my sisters and myself, but not the singular relationship that comes when two people decide...

They finish each other’s sentences as if reading from a script and look so similar they are often confused for each other. While this may seem like a subject fit for a modern young adult novel, this is reality for juniors Justin and Tanner Mahan. As some are celebrating anniversaries of Cupid’s arrow this February, the anniversary of the Mahans’ bond goes back to the day they were born frate...

For 10 years I have been best friends with Sarah Gilliland. Ten years of late night talks, redundant banter, bad jokes and good laughs. Ten years of growing apart, growing together and just growing up. Ten years of comfort, acceptance and guidance. Ten years of a love meant to be celebrated. My first encounter with Sarah was in the midst of a deadly battle. The year was 2007, and I was atte...

As she thumbs through the pages of the freshly purchased coloring book, the young man nervously awaits her response. Time ticks away on the suitor’s wristwatch as his anticipation builds. After what seems like an eternity, Justin Hawthorne's cellphone abruptly rings upon receiving a call from Katie Hughes. Hawthorne picks up the phone and begins one of the most important relationships of his life. O...

Two friends make eye contact and each cracks a smile from across the room. No words are exchanged but there is more communication going on here than on most social network sites. Inside jokes, which soon bubble into laughter, flow between them. It is not telepathy, but merely two friends who have grown so close they have no need for words.  This Valentine's Day sophomores Levi Wilkins and Felicity Harret...

“You are so lucky to have a little brother who gives you hugs.” “It is so weird that y’all are so close.” Other siblings might not call each other “homie” and say “I love you” in the hallways, but for Seth and me, it is completely normal. When we were younger, we used to fight a lot because of our small age gap, 23 months to be exact, and just the fact we are siblings. As...

The girl's hand glides over the cover of the yearbook cradled in her arms as a smile stretches across her face. The boy in the big, black cowboy hat caps his marker and watches intently, proud of his artwork within her book. Her fingers pull open the cover, and her eyes search the autographed page. "Dawn + Jed," with a heart surrounding the names and the date "June 2nd" adorns the page in the boy's...