My grandfather is in the military. He's been a part of the military for a little over six years. Will I ever get to see him again? I spend most of my days sitting on the window sill of my bedroom and my mom is always out front gardening. I have a great view of her from where I sit and she has a great view of me too.

She sees me, she notices me, she notices my pain and my weeping, she s...

My three friends and I all arrived at the summer camp. When our teacher, Mr. McCoy, gets off of the bus, and drags his brown leather oxfords through the dirt to greet each of the camp counselors, Ms. Pratt, Mrs. Dodson, and Mr. Floyd--My friends and I do the same.

After greeting them, they assigned us our cabins. There were only two cabins for the campers, two boys per cabin. Usually the camp...