LIFE EVENTS – Southeast Asian Expedition, Chapter 1 – Halfway around the world in 24 hours

One of the best months of my life happened this June, the summer before I started that 4-year-long hell called “High School”.  The story started the day after my promotion at middle school. It was late afternoon, and  I was all ready for the trip. We were headed to Vietnam for a whole month with […]

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FICTIONAL STORY – One World, One Girl, Chapter 3 – The Scottish Farm Boy

So if you haven’t caught on yet, Malcolm Anderson is my grandfather on my dad’s side. He’s the one who carries the Scottish blood in my family and has passed it on to my dad, and then onto me. During my video conference with him a few weeks before he died, I asked him a

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LIFE EVENTS – The Homecoming Dance at my High School!

10/7/2023 – The Homecoming Dance I’ve never actually been to a school dance. My middle school didn’t have anything like this. Well, they probably did, but I was either too distracted with something else or just didn’t care enough to attend. High school was different, though. The homecoming was a big deal and from all

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FICTIONAL STORY – One World, One Girl, Chapter 2 – Digging up the roots

Chapter Two – Digging up the roots 10/22/2023 A few days after I first found the photo book, my mom eventually called us into her bedroom to decide what we were going to do with the mess. I guess she just couldn’t stand to see her room filled with books that most of us never

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FICTIONAL STORY – One World, One Girl, Chapter 1 – The girl who was Korean-Italian-Mexican-Vietnamese-Scottish

Chapter One – The Photo Book   I suppose I should start by introducing myself: I’m Marilag Anderson or Mary. I live in Los Angeles, California with my mom, my dad, my older brother Jason and my younger sister Ava. Oh, and did I mention I’m Korean-Italian-Mexican-Vietnamese-Scottish-Japanese? You likely didn’t catch all of that at

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