Things End but Memories Last Forever

    Memories are something you hold in your heart for quite a while, if not forever. They can be precious. But they can also be traumatic memories. But, to keep things on the sunny side, I’d like to share a fond memory from my childhood.

     Although there weren’t too many exciting memories, I still made the best of my childhood. This was late June in Nettleton where I grew up. I lived in this house for about 5 to 6 years. It was a very small house, so due to that, when my sister was to be expected, we added on a room to the house, which would be mine. This room was about the size of a bathroom. Despite it being small I was very pleased with it. 

      I spent a lot of time outside; every chance I got I would be outside. My favorite season used to be summer because that meant the honeysuckles would bloom. Now, my brother and I didn’t always get along. But we had our moments, and one thing we had in common was we both loved honeysuckles. Every summer we would go together to find them. 

     This particular summer was different because not only did we go find honeysuckles; but we ran across where my father had buried our favorite dog, Max. He was located by the lake, his old favorite spot. My father had made a cross and painted it white for him. My brother and I didn’t know where they had buried him when he died. Max was our first dog we ever had. Max was a light brown lab, whom loved to chase squirrels. For the most part he was an outside dog, but my brother and I used to sneak him in from time to time. Max loved the snow, as well as being in the woods. He would wonder off a lot we still to this day do not know where he would run off to. I do not remember to much about Max, seeing as this was nearly 11 years ago. This one particular day Max went off as usual, but the weird part was he didnt come back that night. Or the next. After Max had been missing for almost a week my father assumed he had wondered into the woods where one of our neighbors hunts. Sure enough there he was, he had been shot by a hunter.

After we visited Max that day for the first time, we sat on a lid to a tub by the lake and ate honeysuckles.The wind, the temperature, the birds chirping as my brother and I licked the delicious but small amount of honey-I remember it all. I remember as we were eating them he said to me, “How much wood does a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck would.” I responded with “Well I don’t know prolly a thousand pieces of wood.” My brother just laughed and said, “Lex, Woodchucks don’t even chuck wood.” This Day was full of a thousand memories that I will forever hold in my heart. Happiness is not always permanent. So in those rare times you catch yourself utterly happy, soak it in. 

Staff member, Lexie Miller

           Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That

     School drama can be a bit hectic and even overbearing at times. Some people don’t have a filter and say pretty excruciating things. It’s very hard sometimes not to acknowledge them and just walk away. At times we feel as though we should fight back. Truth is, we’re only wasting our breath. 

     Drama is very hard to contain. Often people will shut it down and someone will just find another way to contact you. The most one can do to stay out of drama is to honestly just not associate with anyone who may have intentions on starting something. Gossip is the root of all drama, and by avoiding it,one may steer clear of a lot of unnecessary drama. It’s ok to socialize with others but don’t try to enter yourself into a conversation you don’t want to have. For instance, say we’re in the bathroom at school and we overhear someone talking about another person. So of course with this generation you walk over to listen in. This is an example of putting oneself into a conversation one does not want to be apart of.

     Focus on oneself, not what is going on around us. If we focus on ourselves, we won’t even notice the drama. Don’t get involved. It’s that simple. And if someone one we don’t want to talk to texts us or calls us about drama, don’t respond. 

     If we know it’s out of our control, then let it be… Don’t ever stress about something that is out of our control. Stress leads to deeper internal thoughts. More specifically, depressing thoughts, or thoughts that could stress onto a certain extent. Get into a certain mindset that allows one to just simply not care what is out of one’s control. Speaking from a teenager with a lot of past drama, it really helps to just say “it is what it is,” and walk off. 

Staff Member, Lexie Miller 

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 Understanding the Brain of a Teenager and How to Help Them Cope 

     Teenagers are very confusing, and it’s very hard to understand what goes on in a teenager’’s mind daily. In this article I will touch base with the overall stress or cope with being a teenager.  Speaking as a teenger I can say I have quite a few mood changes. Of course everyone struggles at times. As a  teenager I think I could speak for everyone when I say it’s stressful. As teengers so much is expected of you; you’re growing, and as you grow you need to make executive decisions. With these decisions comes big responsibilities. 

     As a teenager juggling school and, for some, a job can be very stressful, and people will say “just don’t get a job,” or “take off more.” The thing is people have different reasons as to why they have the job and certain important reasons why one may need the money at the time. I understand teachers have deadlines and are timed on how long they have to teach us what we are required to know. Every now and then I feel it’s important to be a little more patient with some because, some may have home issues or even work everyday as soon as they get out of school for whatever reason. It’s a lot having a job and trying to focus on school. 

     It’s almost as if we’re drowning and cannot reach the surface in time to catch your breath. Being a teenager comes with a lot of judgment, especially by people in our own school, and our own age. We have teachers asking where your assignment is, kids judging what one is wearing or even what brand one is wearing, not to mention everything else that could be going on in one’s  life. So speaking as a teenager I feel it’s important to have slight changes in your patience towards us. 

     Some of us struggle daily with motivation; we procrastinate every little thing. Not because we do not care, but because some of us hardly even feel like getting out of bed to get something to drink. We have a lot that  needs to be done but, for some reason we don’t even feel like moving. No it’s not out of “laziness.” It’s because there’s so much going on in the world right now and so much we’re having to think about that, it’s become overwhelming. In conclusion there’s really nothing anyone can do to help a teenager cope other than to understand that we struggle with life, depression, anxiety and more. To help one we could just be more patient or more understanding. We never know what’s going on in one’s mind outside of school, social media, ect. 

Staff Member, Lexie Miller

Meet the Staff

One of our newest members of the spring Journalism class is Hannah Harmon. I sat down with her to ask her a few questions about herself. Hannah is on the Mooreville Cheerleading Squad and cheers on the football team. She also is a new member of the tennis team. It is her first year playing for Mooreville. When she is not cheering or playing tennis, she likes to tumble, bake, watch sports, and read. One of her favorite restaurants is chicken salad chick, which is a newer restaurant in Tupelo. She likes to get one scoop of Sassy Scotty, grape salad, and a cookie. A fun fact about Hannah is that, if she were an animal, she would be a cat because she enjoys sleeping a lot. We also discussed her favorite tv show which is Dawson’s Creek and her favorite character is Pacey. Hannah likes to be very comfortable when she goes to school .Her go to brand is Lululemon. Hannah looks forward to Journalism class!  

Rock Cummings is a junior at Mooreville High School. He’s been going to Mooreville for 12 years and plays for our tennis team. After high school, he plans on going to college to study nursing. Because he would like to see what other countries are like, his dream vacation would be to go to Mexico. He finds cats annoying, so he is more of a dog person. Rock’s favorite food is chicken caeser wraps.

Lexis Millan is also a junior at Mooreville High School. She’s been going here for 5 years. She is part of the book club. After she graduates she wants to go to college and study to become a veterinarian. She loves dogs and training them. She also loves to eat anything with chicken. Lexis would like to one day travel to Asia to see the scenery.

Mya Mott is 15 years old and is a sophomore at Mooreville High School. She has two siblings, a sister who is 7 years old and a brother that is 23 years old. She plans on going to school for designing and later becoming a real estate agent. Mya enjoys eating at The Grill,and her favorite thing to order off the menu is sweet heat sliders. Mya is more of a dog person and has a 9 year old dog named Tobi.  Mya has been going to Mooreville Schools for 8 years, and her most favorite part about Mooreville Schools is the tennis team. Mya has been playing tennis since the seventh grade at Mooreville.  Her favorite subject in school is geometry because math is one of her easier subjects. Currently, Mya does not have a job, but she did work at Belle’s Boutique before it went out of business. 

The spring semester brought in a few new members to the blog, one being Ann Marie McMillan. After interviewing her with some basic questions, I learned a lot about her. Ann Marie is in the eleventh grade and has attended Mooreville Schools for ten years. Before her years at Mooreville, she attended kindergarten at a public Presbyterian school in Tupelo. Her first teacher at Mooreville was Mrs.Tate, who made the transition easy for her and is still her favorite teacher after all this time. Not only is Ann Marie in the journalism class but she also takes AP Bio, Advanced Math Plus, and Comp 1 this semester. She enjoys AP Bio the most because she is good at it. Additionally, she is involved in three clubs: FBLA, Red Cross, and Junior Civitan. Ann Marie plays on the MHS Volleyball team and loves it because of the team bonding. At home, she has a dog named Cooper who is a German Shepard and Husky mix. Her favorite restaurant in Tupelo is Mt Fuji. She always orders the dancing dragon roll because it is her favorite. Ann Marie is going to be a great addition to the blog!  

I just sat down with Ava Taylor and asked her some questions so that we can get to know her a bit better as a new member of the journalism class. After school is over, Ava likes to study and hang out at home and sometimes she plays tennis. Ava has been in Mooreville for 3 years. She dislikes cajun food. Her favorite subject in school is science, and one of Ava’s new hobbies is tennis as it was mentioned earlier. 

Alexis Miller is 16 years old and is currently a sophomore at Mooreville High School. She has been at Mooreville schools since the third grade. She likes the teachers that are here at Mooreville she says “that they are great people to lean on and to learn from.” Alexis is more of a dog person because she is allergic  to cats. The Grill is a place that she enjoys eating at, and her favorite thing off the menu is the Alfredo  chicken. Alexis currently works at Danvers in Tupelo.

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