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by Catherine. Dube

The Red KiteMilo found a red kite tangled in the old mango tree behind his house. Its tail was torn, and one wooden stick had snapped. He almost threw it away, but something about its bright color made him carry it insid...

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Free Meal

by Miller Nichols

We had always driven out there. A two-day road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, was a regular, biannual pilgrimage for me and my family to visit my dad&r...

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Edison’s Medicine

by JP Hatcher

Though I have always been a steadfast athlete and competitor, I lack grace in my day-to-day endeavors. Perhaps it is because my anxious mind is always...

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Yankees at an Airport

by Cara Marino

My aunt needed to get to the airport and my mother happily volunteered her time and that of mine and my younger sister. Our trip should have been unev...

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There is a First Time for Everything

by Chelsey Watley

I open the door, say goodbye to my family, step out of the car, and walk into DFW International Airport. I am going to be gone for one month, for stud...

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A Whole New World

by Josh Highlander

Being a military child usually means lots of travel, from base to base and from assignment to assignment. For me, it meant constantly losing friends,...

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If You're a Bird, I'm a Bird

by Claudia Smithart

When I was a little girl, my dad frequently used to travel for work. He would go to places like New York and Las Vegas. I made him promise that one da...

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A Curious Seatmate

by J. Ryan Williams

On my last trip to Dallas I was seated next to a business traveler who used Virgin Air's onboard wifi to watch YouTube videos of plane crashes thr...

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Emergency Landing, El Paso

by Meredith Pond

About 45 minutes into our flight from Dallas to Cabo San Lucas, we hear the captain say, “Nothing to worry about folks, but we're making a l...

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