Gossamer Lens

Once I dreamed of a future. A beautiful future full of clean and beautiful buildings, streets, and museums. A future where everyone lived...

I don't know what to say. I don't know what to think. With only 45 minutes until my evening class begins, my mind is already jumping...

Every step of life has its own milestones. In my life, turning 12 made me a young woman, 16 allowed dating, 18 was full of voting rights...

This week my mind wanders. It wanders over the happy memories of living near, traveling to, and simply being with my Grandpa. If he had...

A Blank Page before me, a head full of thoughts. Nothing written in ages, so many things to write. I am a person who feels. The other...

At some point... you become an adult. Correct? I mean, I don't really know. It's a little hard to tell if someones an adult, or just a...

Colleges have begun to flood my email and snail mail with information about their programs. They send me explanations of why their...

Talking with a friend, we found ourselves discussing the state of his relationship with his girlfriend. As we spoke he stated, "I just...

I say tweet tweet in the wind, The new bird can fly Mama bird gives a worm to eat I sit and think...

In every culture there is a different way of going about dating. Some date one boy in particular and give him everything, others go out...

Over the last 16 years, I have been raised in a culture where modesty is important. Because of being a "Mormon" I am almost hyper aware...

Hello there! I'm a bit new to this club... in fact, I don't even have a drivers license yet. I've got a permit though. Which is TOTALLY...

While pondering life, and the greatness of it, I realized something. It must be one of the greatest common ironies of life. This irony...

Recently I watched a video that presented the Realism Theory. You can watch this video by clicking here. In case you are like I...

Change. Most people think of it and immediately get worried about things such as college, retirement, moving, death, or perhaps simply...

I think it interesting that people like so to make ultimatums and generalizations. I find it interesting and amusing. Like Dumbledore said,

I find the whole idea of peers to be interesting. I find it interesting that adults have this image of shoving a bunch of the same aged...

Sometimes, I think, it is hard for teenagers to figure out what we are doing. We are children in so many ways, and yet some of us look...

My first memories are of reading with my parents. My favorites then included Peter Pan and anything by Doctor Suess. I would follow my...

We age as the clock ticks steadily onward and around the clock. But what does our age mean? Why does it matter? Does it make as much...