Teen Ink Magazine,
November 2000 :
Travel Articles
And They Came As we stepped from the world we knew onto the tinyisland, there was silence, except for the salty wind rustling the leaves above.An eerie feeling that we were not alone came over me. Continue...
Family Appreciation We can't take our families for granted. I learned thatthis summer during a three week trip to France. The first week was a family stay.
My first day in France, I sat in the hotel lobby and watched other peopleget picked up by their French families. Continue...
Life Out of the United States I was born in Swaziland, a country in southern Africa.Swaziland is the epitome of what people think of as Africa: areas of lushvegetation and large mountains, as well as dry plains scattered with huts. Continue...
My Kenyan Flag The Kenyan flag is not a symbol Bendera hufuatoupepo (just there to be blown by the wind) It is a symbol of a unitedcountry It is not a symbol of beauty It is a reminder It reminds me ofmy sacred duty black for the people green for the ... Continue...
Someday ... I have this feeling that someday I'll go back. I can'tseem to shake the idea of going back to the sunshine, the beaches and thetropical temperatures, back to the dirt streets, the houses made from trash andthe overcrowded schools, back to the country where ... Continue...
The Experience of a Lifetime It happened when I was standing in line with my sister.It was 8:30 p.m. on August 19, 2000, and we were waiting. Then ithappened.
It started out as an ordinary trip to the Porta-Potty. Continue...
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