Awesome Moments

Our “Awesome Moments” section is where teen writers share their experiences of connection with others and their world. We invite you to read some of the Awesome Moments from current and recent issues of KidSpirit Magazine, and to submit your Awesome Moment to us!

Unison

by Elly Goetz

The only color is the yellow and orange of the seats, usually covered up by the half-sleeping commuters, listening to the melody of their lives, tuned to only their station. Lights flicker above and the windows are dark. The only one who breaks this silence is a screaming baby. A young child looks around, with

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Music of India

by Meenu Ravi

I lie there, rocking back and forth. Below me are the strands of yarn, laced and twined together into harmony to form a hammock. In the distance are the birds of summer that came to sing. They sit perched up on the sprouting leaves of summer. In the ground, they were spinning and tossing the

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Why Am I Sew Happy?

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

I stood, poised at my machine, my implement, my weapon, with my foot resting gently on the peddle, laying dormant for that one moment, but still quite ready to strike. I toyed with the idea of slamming my foot down hard, as hard as I could, gunning the engine of this sewing machine, and racing

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A River and Memories

by Prerna Chatterjee

The river in the butterscotch moonshine curved through the mountains. A soft breeze rustled through the leaves of the pine trees. The lofty mountains surrounded the river, protecting her. Fireflies sparkled in the branches, as did the stars in the sky. A light fragrance of some unknown Himalayan flower filled the air. As I stood

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Imaginary Worlds and Self Discovery

by Khalid Husain

“As you stumble through the trees, you see Sulaiman grappling with what looks like one of the rangers you narrowly evaded earlier. What do you do?” my uncle said right before he intoned the question which is the basis of all Dungeons and Dragons games. “Well…” I started off, thinking aloud, then finally making my

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Painting My Dreams

by Meenu Ravi

The yellow fog stroked its back upon the window-sills and thrashed its tongue into the corners of the crusty evening, loitering upon the lakes that stood in drains filling the basement, a door yawned with a resonant echo. Cob webs I was once fond of drifted liberally in the air, as the yawning door brought

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Kayaking at Night

by Elizabeth Berg

My paddles pushed through the smooth surface of the water with ease. This didn’t seem like the same river that we had battled so fiercely only hours before. The very water that had hurled waves, fast currents, and strong winds at us earlier peacefully yielded to us now that the sun had gone down. With

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Alone in the Darkroom

by Katie Hartman

I have spent seven weeks every summer for the past seven years at a camp in a small town called Poland, Maine. Very few people have ever heard of Poland so I answer their puzzled looks with “Poland… you know, like the water.” Poland Springs is the only major attraction in Poland and the town

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Breaking Fifty

by Madison Friedman

It was early. I was still half asleep as I dressed and quickly ate a bowl of cereal. My dad called up to me and I hopped down the stairs, pulling on my other shoe as I went. I opened the door to meet my dad and I immediately felt the morning Florida breeze. My

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The Sounds of the Subway

by Xingchen Ma

Standing on the platform of the 59th street subway station, I listened to the music people were playing and felt one of the best moments I’ve had in New York. Having stayed in New York as an exchange student for already half a year, I’ve seen places that I’ve never seen before, met different kinds of people,

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