Here Comes College
September 2, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
I’ve already made plans to do laundry at my brother’s house and take turns intruding on my aunts and uncles in Seattle for an occasional homecooked meal. Whoever said college means time away from family didn’t know my family. I will actually be surrounded by more family members at college in Seattle that I am [...]
Read more »Senior year is finally here
September 2, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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It’s finally here, my final year of high school. I’ve been looking forward to this year ever since I was a shy little freshman. This will be my last chance to cheer at the Eisenhower football games, dance at prom, and see my best friends every day. And it’ll be the year I’m waiting for [...]
Read more »Softball Summer
September 2, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
The grand climax of another summer has passed, and school is here. For me, this summer was about the love of softball, enjoyed with 11 other girls on our summer team, the Tigers. Since I was 8 years old, I have played for the Tigers with my dad, Randy Souers, as the coach. This summer, [...]
Read more »Eating My Way through Michigan
August 24, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
Whenever you visit your family, you wind up eating a lot. At least, that’s true in my family, especially when we visit my dad’s parents in Brooklyn, Mich. Every time we go, I think we manage to set some sort of a record. My dad has six older sisters, so I have a lot of [...]
Read more »CityFest volunteer takes time to listen
August 23, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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It was 8 in the morning on a Saturday. I was trudging lethargically into the Yakima Valley SunDome with a group of friends from Connections Church of Yakima. We were there to volunteer at CityFest, a two-day event that was held July 17-18 featuring Christian messages and music at State Fair Park. We signed up [...]
Read more »It’s Easy to Fall in Love with the Big Easy
August 4, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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If you’ve ever been there, you probably understand how easy it is to fall in love with New Orleans. If you haven’t, it is something I highly recommend. Despite the fact that I had just survived a redeye flight and several hours in an airport, I was able to be caught up and fall in [...]
Read more »Coping with Parkinson’s
August 4, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
“I know you” is all I’ve wanted to say for the past month. I know the person who stares back at me with eyes that match my own, a blue-gray color that changes one day from the next. They change the same way her mind changes. She remembers, then she doesn’t. I know her one [...]
Read more »Ttyl bff!
July 30, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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My family recently made the earth-shattering decision to get new cell phones on a Verizon family plan. I say “new,” and most people would therefore assume we had all previously owned phones and now were simply upgrading them to something bigger and better with more buttons. However, the term “new” is more literal than you [...]
Read more »Life’s a Beach in Westport, Wash.
July 30, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
Life is simpler at the beach. It is usually the only summer vacation my family takes, but it is also the only one I ever want to go on, so I’m not complaining. My favorite thing about this place is there is no Internet access. Unless, of course, we travel the 7 miles into town [...]
Read more »End of an Era
July 23, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
My local Hollywood Video store was just a few blocks away during my entire childhood, but back then renting movies was only an occasional pleasure. I had always been a movie fan, but I didn’t always have access. As I got older, I was allowed to walk places by myself, take the city bus, and [...]
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