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Teen Ink Magazine, May 2002 : WhatMatters Articles

Black Diamond
   They left me behind as I was looking for my goggles on the cold, blustery slope. Itwas a black diamond, one of the hardest trails on the mountain.

It allbegan when my parents announced that we would be going to Vermont as our bigChristmas present.
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Headlines
   It was 7:30 at night, another weekend had passed, and the count was 80 daysuntil the end of school. I sat watching CNN in the living room on the oppositeside of the couch from my father. I was more and more interested in the news.
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What Matters Most
   People come in all shapes and sizes, colors and ethnicities. Some speak differentlywhile others act differently. My mother is in a wheelchair. It is unimportantwhy, but I would like to say a little about this special woman I call"Mommy.
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