How did things get this badly? How did she turn from a shy little girl into this. . .

Lewis was thirteen when his mother took on an extra job. . .

Brandon tapped the eraser of his pencil on his desk in frustration. . .

My name is Tonya. I am now twenty-three years old. . .

My legal name is Bryce Lowell Jenkins. I am eighteen-years-old. . .

Heather was getting ready to go out to a dance with her friends. . .

Kit ran to the tall oak tree in his backyard. . .

Sarita awoke with a start. She tried to sit up but a wave of nausea hit her hard. . .

Sarita awoke with a start. She tried to sit up but a wave of nausea hit her hard. . .

“They say, 'There is nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and nothing but Time destroys us.' Of that they have no knowledge; they merely conjecture." -Qur'an 45:24. . .