SMART Goals for New Year
The first step of successfully reaching a goal or New Year’s resolution beings with writing it as a SMART statement: Specific, Measurable, Achievable/Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
Resolutions to Help my Parents
As a writing assignment from her Virginia Beach middle school, Aria Vanir writes New Year’s resolutions to make the world a better place for her parents. What can she learn from good aliens, the Gallions, who live in a world of peace?
Ctrl-F Christmas
Ever wanted to click Ctrl-F keys to find something missing, like the spirit of Christmas? Author Jean Neff Guthrie shares a poem on finding Christmas within.
Aliens at Christmas
If Jesus had a 2028th birthday party, would he invite good aliens like the Gallions that Aria Vanir had met this summer?
Alien Queen for a Day
By day, I’m a 12-year-old psychic girl. By night, I watch the stars for glimpses of alien life. Often I wonder what it would be like to live on another planet as the queen. What would I do if I were an alien queen, even for just one day?
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