Write a story about change.

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“Changes” by Kathleen Osborne

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CHANGES When did this happen? Staring at the stranger in the bathroom mirror. I said to the person in the mirror, “Well, when did this happen? You certainly can’t be me, you look nothing like me. You’re old. You’ve got those lines around your eyes and mouth. O.M.G. your hair isn’t red.” Turning away, I walk into the bedroom and find my sweetheart, Lovey, of 44 years putting his clothes on. My love for him is still full of passion, glowing like a flame in my heart.; He looks old now. He has a potbelly like many men his age. His belt for his...

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“Change Takes Time” by Riley K.

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It was the beginning of first grade: “I met a new friend on the playground today. His name was Julian. He had pretty dark skin and cool hair. We played for a while and met Sabrina. She said her grandparents came all the way from Asia. I think that’s pretty cool. Her snacks looked really good and she seemed nice. Hopefully, they’ll be my friends for a long time cause it’s really fun to play with them.”It was second grade:“It was Multicultural Day today. We got to bring in food and talk about where we came from. Each class was in charge o...

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“Learning and Changing” by Nancy Doan

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“Grandma?” “Yes, what is it dear?” “I am learning about the United States’ history for the year 2020. Can you tell me what happened during that time?” My granddaughter asks with curiosity and a little sadness in her eyes. “My, it’s been a while. Well, Vanessa, I was twenty-one years old during that time. There was a lot of things happening during that time. First, the coronavirus was spreading like wildfire. From China to Italy to the United States the virus came until the whole world declared the situation as a pandemic.” “Wow, when did the...

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“HAKEEM GOES TO THE CITY” by Mike Chimansa

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It was difficult for Hakeem to occupy his mind with anything else apart from his desire to go to the city for the first time. He sat all by himself fantasizing how nice it would feel to spend his first night in the city. He thought about the beautiful houses he was going to see in the city, the aesthetic tall buildings and the traffic lights which made the city appealing and attractive. Not forgetting the large crowds of people that never ceased to move and the many cars and trucks that kept hooting and beeping and bumping into each ot...

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“Becoming an activist as a school counselor” by L.L. Lily

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Growing up I knew I wanted to help people. I never felt the presence of my school counselors, not because they were non-existent, but because I genuinely didn't know where their office was or who they were. They never visited my classrooms nor did they introduced themselves at orientations, and if they did, I must have forgotten about them and they must have forgotten about me and countless others on their caseload. I never understood why they didn't meet students like me. Was it because I was a goodie-two-shoes "straight A" student who...

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“Mending” by Diamond Hicks

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The untamed land flourished away from human life. Growing around and healing painful memories. Laying vines over doorways and dirty windows and growing weeds despite the stone and gravel. Spiders make their homes inside the decaying houses to hide away from the soft and rhythmic singing of the birds. The sky transitioning slowly to orange and purple until the dark removes blanket covering the stars back into the sky. Letting the world rest before the sun awakens with them to busy the day. Many would have thought the old decrypted buildings w...

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“Interlocked” by Mike Olsen

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The wind tore at my exposed skin, injecting its bitterness into my skin like thousands of tiny pinpricks. Each gust penetrated deeper into my flesh, compromising my circulation system until it reached my core. I don’t know why I insisted on waiting. It might have been my pride keeping me in place, or the cold freezing me in place. Either way, my mind wasn’t ready to accept the reality of the situation. I kept thinking that if I waited just a minute longer, she would appear and I would instantly forgive her.She broke her promise. I should hav...

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“The story about change” by Md Faizan

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The story about changeThe things that you adopt through heredity is extremely hard to change it, my father was a very strict and very short tempered man, I was very afraid of my father , I hardly face him at home , whenever he found my mistakes either he will scold me hard or beat me heavily, I also saw him dealing with people and I found him rude , with respect to the environment around me the nature of my father gradually grows in me , when I started my schooling I was fearless and I was a very daring student who was not afraid of any facu...

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“Say My Name” by Ben Bernard

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Hello, my name is nathan nolann. Today is my twenty first birthday and my friends wanted to take me out for my birthday. Little did I know, my life would change forever by the end of the night.It all started early in the night at the bar. The sun was sitting on the horizon. My friend jon challenge my to a game called shot for shot. Its one of those stupid collage drinking games. How you play is you and a friend order your drink of choice. You then flip a coin, who ever calls it incorrectly has to drink both shots. Well I must not ...

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“Change” by Aria Lauves

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Change.The definition of this word is something becoming different or making a difference. Sounds valuable and uplifting, right? So what is the communicative value of this word in our world today. Well, more and more countries are developing new technologies are coming out, people are becoming more and more innovative in their ways of thinking, privileges like education and stable, healthy lifestyle are becoming more readily available as days pass, etc. Our world today has come a long way and changed so much since the times of our ancestors,...

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“Static” by Char C.

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Black and white. He couldn’t believe his luck. All he wanted to do was enjoy the Saturday morning news with his usual cup of steaming coffee. But of course, the telly wasn’t working. The black and white static mocked him while he fiddled with the remote, the knobs; unplugging it didn’t work, and neither did thumping on it. He glanced out of the window. It was a clear, blue-skied morning, and he had paid his bills. Maybe the universe was conspiring against him. A 66-year-old veteran, Jackson Hughes knew his way around guns and war, but not ar...

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“Disappear.” by Leela Cruikshank

Submitted to Contest #45

Dear stupid diary, 05/10/2018 I once knew a girl who disappeared. She was absolutely beautiful, like an early winter's morning blanketed in a crisp frost. Her slender, pale limbs were engraved with scars, like footprints disrupting the snow on the pathways, or cracks in a marble statue. Her hair hung to her waist in thick braids, as black as the moonless night. Despite the look in her eyes, as cold as ice, her smile was the warmest. The kind of smile one would pay to see twice. Her voice was as soft as a french king’s silk, enchanti...

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“El Roco” by Kyle Smith

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Transform. Change. Evolve. With none of these words would I associate myself, but everyone kept insisting that I was at a point of change in my life. After all, I’d just graduated from college and was starting a new job. Thanks to the scholarship I had earned, I was debt-free. What they didn’t know was that I had already been changing, just not in the way they’d been expecting. Looking back on it now, I’ve begun to understand why no one could see it but me. There were no physical changes, no tangible personality changes - jus...

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“Backwards Revolution” by Rachel Zobell

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They stood on the pile of rubble waving their flag, protesting. I began running, trying to get to my little sister. I was out in the open, in the middle of the chaos. People were running in every direction. Screams and shouting rose up continuously. There was fighting and shots firing in the air, from the protesters. It further stirred the commotion. My vision was only focused on my small sibling. She was huddled. Crying behind a broken piece of wall, she cupped her ears trying to block everything out. I was about two school buses away from ...

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Write a story about change.

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✍️ 164 stories

“Changes” by Kathleen Osborne

“Change Takes Time” by Riley K.

“Learning and Changing” by Nancy Doan

“HAKEEM GOES TO THE CITY” by Mike Chimansa

“Becoming an activist as a school counselor” by L.L. Lily

“Mending” by Diamond Hicks

“Interlocked” by Mike Olsen

“The story about change” by Md Faizan

“Say My Name” by Ben Bernard

“Change” by Aria Lauves

“Static” by Char C.

“Disappear.” by Leela Cruikshank

“El Roco” by Kyle Smith

“Backwards Revolution” by Rachel Zobell

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