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Remembering What Isn’t To Be

Remembering What Isn’t To Be

By Katie McCabe on August 10, 2011

This is hard. I’m struggling to find the words I want to say.

In July, after reading about Samuel and Takeimi, I couldn’t stop thinking about them.

Posted in Death, Underage Drinking | Tagged alcohol, Arman Partamian, Brett Elder, Dayne Cutler, death, Dylan Lyford, Elizabeth Mun, George Desdunes, Jason Wren, Joe Loudon, Karen Kappelman, Katie McCabe, Lexi Hagen, LK Gardner-Griffie, Mackenzie Frazee, Makamae Ah Mook Sang, Misfit McCabe, Olivia Hyten, Paris Shorter, Samara Stricklen, Samuel Hayes, Scott Roberts, Shelby Lyn Allen, Takeimi Rao, teen drinking, Underage drinking, Warren Kimber | Leave a response

Takeimi’s Legacy

Takeimi’s Legacy

By Katie McCabe on July 21, 2011

A couple of weeks ago Takeimi Rao was looking forward to starting high school, or at least that’s what I’d expect from a straight A student. But last week, during a slumber party all her dreams of what she was going to do with her life came to an end.

Posted in Underage Drinking | Tagged alcohol, death, Katie McCabe, LK Gardner-Griffie, Misfit McCabe, Takeimi Rao, teen drinking, Underage drinking, vodka | Leave a response

Alcohol and Death: Something to think about

Alcohol and Death: Something to think about

By Katie McCabe on July 14, 2011

This is a picture of Samuel Hayes. He died last week, probably because he had too much to drink. He was sixteen-years-old, only a couple years older than me. I didn’t know Samuel. We don’t live in the same town, but his story hit me hard. He looks like a nice guy, and sixteen is too young to die.

Posted in Underage Drinking | Tagged .27 BAC, alcohol, death, drowning, Katie McCabe, Misfit McCabe, Samuel Hayes, Underage drinking, whiskey | Leave a response

Review 35: Okay by Katherine Marple

Review 35: Okay by Katherine Marple

By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 15, 2010

Sixteen is a pivotal age, stranded between childhood and adulthood. At sixteen life ranges from ecstasy to despair and the cause of the emotion can be trivial or momentous. I remember wanting to be taken seriously, to be treated more as an adult than a child.

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