Tag: mental illness

House of Mirrors: A Personal Journey of Self

Jacqueline Cioffa

I’ve always had a specific need for my home to be clean and neat. I’ve always searched for a sense of order amongst my things. I’ve come to realize I find order only through the mess of things. Calm and certainty come to me during great periods of strife and Read more

Jacqueline Cioffa

A retired, international model, and celebrity makeup artist. Co-Author of Model Citi Zen, the guide. Founder of http://modelcitizenmakeup.blogspot.com/. Author of numerous prose pieces in various literary magazines. Most recently published in Little Episodes Brainstorms the anthology, among esteemed artists Sadie Frost, Melvin Burgess and Todd Swift.

No Means No, Or Does It?

Madeline Derujinsky

No means no. Not anymore! Recent events regarding perceived rejection have left me frankly, very scared and well worried for my life. Maren Sanchez,16-year-old, Milford, Connecticut high school student was stabbed in the neck and killed in April after refusing a prom invitation. The accused attacker, her middle school ex-boyfriend Read more

Madeline Derujinsky

Madeline Derujinsky is a high school sophomore attending a performing arts high school in downtown LA. She was in “Guys and Dolls” and participated in the DTASC’s fall and Shakespeare festivals. She is sophomore representative of Thespian troupe 7573 and participated in this fall’s Music Center Student Ambassador Program. When she isn’t at school, she spends her time reading, writing, baking, learning sign language, and finding new passions each and every day.