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Share a Story
Collection
of
Winning Stories
2019
Made possible by the Conda Family
Table of Contents 4-5 Years Old 1st Place Jaylee Johnson Christmas 1 2nd Place Lorenzo Garrett Monsters 4 3rd Place James Gowitzka Cedar Point 7 6 Years Old 1st Place Evelyn Thoma The Lost Bunny 10 2nd Place Jacob Ray Allen Dinner with Family 13 3rd Place Nevaeh Luois Christmas 16 7 Years Old 1st Place Hannah Howard Get Santa 19 2nd Place Payton McCann Coney Island 22 3rd Place Ben Ludwig The Tradition of Getting Pillows 25 8 Years Old 1st Place Jacob Howard Mohican 28 2nd Place Nakyia Crosby My Family Tradition 31 3rd Place Kirsten Adjebeng My Trip to New Jersey/New York 34 9 Years Old 1st Place Chloe Nartker Different is Normal 37 2nd Place Sara Hertzfeld Christmas Eve 40 3rd Place Adella Muir Singing on the Stage 43 10-11 Years Old 1st Place Claire Braun Posey Lake 46 2nd Place Parker Ray Skiing Extravaganza 49 3rd Place Liam Mock Perfect Pennsylvania 52
Christmas
By Jaylee Johnson
1st Place • 4-5 Years Old
Every year we go to grandpa Pawlickies for Christmas. Us
kids play before it’s time to eat.
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We eat dinner and lots of cookies that grandpa made.
I ate twice the cookies they were so good. My favorite is
chocolate chip.
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After we eat we go outside when it is dark and we light a
sky lantern for all of our family in heaven. That way they
can be with us. We wave goodbye at it.
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Monsters
By Lorenzo Garrett
2nd Place • 4-5 Years Old
Monsters in the Halloween. Monsters sneak behind the
children. Monsters steal all the candy.
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Monsters jump on the roof. Monsters rip off all the doors.
All the children run away from the slow monsters.
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Monsters just wanted to play and be friends. That’s why
they followed the children. The end.
6 2019 Share a Story ContestCedar Point
By James Gowitzka
3rd Place • 4-5 Years Old
I like to go to Cedar Point!
2019 Share a Story Contest 7My favorite ride is the Snoopy rollercoaster. It’s so fun! 8 2019 Share a Story Contest
We all have fun at Cedar Point!
2019 Share a Story Contest 9The Lost Bunny
By Evelyn Thoma
1st Place • 6 Years Old
My Aunt Mindy gave me “Bunny” when I was a baby. It is
a “Jellycat” stuffed Bunny. She is a gray Bunny with a pink
nose and black eyes. I slept with her every night! She was
special.
10 2019 Share a Story ContestIn the summer when I was five I went with her to the
doctor because I was very sick. I was scared because I
needed tests. Then I lost Bunny. I felt very sad and cried
at bed time a lot. I missed her very much. We tried to find
her but never did. My parents got me a new bunny. We
called her Baby. I still missed Bunny.
2019 Share a Story Contest 11Last winter a box came in the mail from Aunt Mindy.
Bunny was in it! I was surprised! She had on a pink
sombrero! The mail lady found and tracked her tag to
Aunt Mindy. Aunt Mindy took Bunny fun places and
had pictures of it. Bunny went to a tire store, a Mexican
restaurant, she played in the snow and more! I was very,
very, very happy to have her back! I sleep with her every
night. I love Bunny.
12 2019 Share a Story ContestDinner with Family
By Jacob Ray Allen
2nd Place • 6 Years Old
My tradition happens on Sundays.
2019 Share a Story Contest 13I go to church and eat at my grandparents. 14 2019 Share a Story Contest
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Christmas
By Nevaeh Luois
3rd Place • 6 Years Old
My tradition happens on Christmas.
16 2019 Share a Story ContestOn Christmas I put the tree up with my mom.
2019 Share a Story Contest 17I have fun with my family. 18 2019 Share a Story Contest
Get Santa
By Hannah Howard
1st Place • 7 Years Old
On Christmas Eve my brother, sister and me try to trap
Santa. It never goes well. The past few years we never
trapped Santa but we tried.
2019 Share a Story Contest 19One year me and my brother put out our bow tie that
makes noise. We put it next to the chimney, so that we
he would get out of the chimney he would step on it.
And it would play Christmas Carols. The next year we set
cookies in my room so Santa could come in my room. He
did, but fell asleep and I didn’t hear him.
20 2019 Share a Story ContestLast Christmas I hung a banner that said “Welcome
Santa!” I went from trying to trap him to not trapping him
because he might get mad and put me on the naughty
list. I would not get presents I would get coal.
2019 Share a Story Contest 21Coney Island
By Payton McCann
2nd Place • 7 Years Old
My favorite family tradition is going to Coney Island.
It is an amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio. We go on
Mother’s Day weekend every year for my sister’s birthday.
It has a lot of fun rides.
22 2019 Share a Story ContestI go with my mom, dad, sister, and brother. We ride the
Ocean Motion, our favorite ride. We eat a snow cone for a
treat. We stay at a hotel and get to swim and eat popcorn.
The next day we meet our grandma at a park and have a
picnic. On the way home, we stop at Jumping Jack’s, an
indoor play land.
2019 Share a Story Contest 23My family has a lot of fun at Coney Island every year. I
can’t wait to go back this year!
24 2019 Share a Story ContestThe Tradition of Getting Pillows
By Ben Ludwig
3rd Place • 7 Years Old
In my family we have a tradition of getting pillows every
year at Christmas.
2019 Share a Story Contest 25My uncle Eric makes them with fabric and cotton. First he
gets the fabric. Then he gets the cotton. Then he sews it.
I usually know I am getting a pillow but I don’t know what
character will be on the pillow.
26 2019 Share a Story ContestIt is a good tradition.
2019 Share a Story Contest 27Mohican
By Jacob Howard
1st Place • 8 Years Old
“Everyone, hop in the car” says Mom. We are going to
Mohican. Every year our entire family goes to Mohican for
Thanksgiving. When we get to Mohican we unpack our
bags and take them into our cabin. Once we get our stuff
in we head to the campfire where everybody is. The adults
sit and chat while the kids play tag. We go back to our
cabin and go to sleep.
28 2019 Share a Story ContestWhen I wake up I run into Mom and Dad’s room and ask
them if we can go outside. “Not until we eat breakfast”
says Dad. Once we eat breakfast our family goes for
a hike. When we are done hiking I go down and see if
anyone wants to build a fort. We started building forts
when someone found a half-finished fort that they
thought bigfoot made. Some of the coolest forts were a
tepee designed by the girls, two logs and a radio designed
by the boys, and a birds nest style fort designed by the
boys. This year we merged to build a fort that I started
last year. In 3 days it went from a stick frame to done.
Building forts is the best part about Mohican!
2019 Share a Story Contest 29On Thanksgiving we eat a Thanksgiving dinner with our
family. 50 family members come to the dinner. We eat
turkey, mac and chees, banana bread, and crackers. Once
I ate 3 pieces of banana bread because it was SO good.
When we are done eating we play games. Last year I
brought NFL Showdown and it was a hit. On Friday we
leave. It is so sad. I can’t wait until next year!
30 2019 Share a Story ContestMy Family Tradition
By Nakyia Crosby
2nd Place • 8 Years Old
Every year on December 1st, we start our Christmas
Tradition. We first start off by having Daddy get all the
boxes from the basement, because he has all the muscles
and can kill all the bugs if they are down there.
2019 Share a Story Contest 31Next we bring all the boxes to our front room. We put
Christmas music on our boombox or tv and start jammin’.
Daddy puts the tree up and mommy, me and my siblings
get to do the decorations.
32 2019 Share a Story ContestLastly we switch every year on who gets to put the star
on the tree. I did this year! Then we put up the house
decorations and we hang up our stockings. Finally we get
to bake cookies and eat them all!
2019 Share a Story Contest 33My Trip to New Jersey/New York
By Kirsten Adjebeng
3rd Place • 8 Years Old
Every year, me and my family go to New Jersey and it is
always really fun. First we pack our stuff like our cloths,
baby bottles and baby food. It takes a day or two to pack.
Later my mom’s friend has our car rented and it’s always
huge and we pick our spots before we load it up with the
stuff.
34 2019 Share a Story ContestOn the trip to New Jersey sometimes we are lucky and
we stop at some rest stops and buy things like food for
the rest of the trip but we make a lot of rest stops. Most
of the time the kids are doing something like napping,
playing, sightseeing, electronics, and eating.
2019 Share a Story Contest 35When we arrive at New Jersey our first stop is to my
grandma we stay there for 30 minutes and get food from
there and our grandma comes with us to the hotel and
stays with us and then we all get ready for church. When
we get there it is really loud and all the kids go to the
Sunday school and watch movies. When we get home
we are all so tired sometimes that we sleep on the floor.
Three days pass and we drop off my grandma at her
house and go home and sleep.
36 2019 Share a Story ContestDifferent is Normal
By Chloe Nartker
1st Place • 9 Years Old
In 2017 I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes.
Sometimes it makes me feel different from other kids. I
wear an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor
(CGM) all the time. I carry a bag with my Dexcom CGM in it.
It beeps a lot. My friends at school are helpful and help me
take care of myself. However, people who don’t know me
ask a lot of questions and don’t understand. Every year my
family celebrates my life and helps me feel more confident
about having diabetes by celebrating my diaversary and
going to the Kalahari with other Type One Diabetics.
2019 Share a Story Contest 37One tradition my family has is celebrating my diaversary
on October 12. A diaversary is the anniversary of me
being diagnosed with diabetes. It doesn’t celebrate that
I have diabetes, but it celebrates that I’m another year
stronger. At a diaversary party I eat cake and food, play
games and visit with friends and family who support me.
This last year I had a pancreas piñata. A pancreas is an
organ people have inside of them. Mine doesn’t work.
That’s how I got diabetes. Type One Diabetes can happen
to adults, too, not just kids. Diaversary parties are fun like
birthday parties.
38 2019 Share a Story ContestAnother tradition my family has is we go to the Kalahari
every year with other Type One Diabetic families. The
first weekend in February people with Type One Diabetes
from all over the place go to the Kalahari. I meet other
Type One Diabetics like me. It makes me feel normal
when I see lots of other people with pumps, CGMs, finger
pokers, shots, and eating snacks for low blood glucose.
Sometimes managing diabetes can be tough, but there is
a purpose for me to have it. I’m glad my family has these
traditions to support me with my diabetes.
2019 Share a Story Contest 39Christmas Eve
By Sara Hertzfeld
2nd Place • 9 Years Old
“Sara Sara! Sara!!! Wake up it’s Christmas Eve.” I jumped out of
my bed, pushed my sister, and ran out of my bedroom. We opened
the stockings, got dressed and went to my Grandparents house.
My Mom’s friends come over too. It has been our family tradition
for more than 36 years now for my Mom’s friends to visit with my
family on Christmas Eve. “Mom what are going to do when we get
there?” I asked. “When we get there we are going to get ready to go
to church” my mom exclaimed.
Two hours later “Mom” my sister complained “These shoes hurt.”
“Well I am very sorry but they will have to do” my Mom said angrily.
Three hours later… “Can we get ready for them now” my sister and I
harmonized.
One hour later… “Ding Dong” “BARK BARK BARK.” My grandma
exclaimed “HUSH, COCO.” Coco walks up to them and sniffs “BARK
BARK.” “Hush HUSH HUSH!” Everybody yells when my Grandma
and Coco have a fight. “Hi, Hello, Merry Christmas, good to see
you.” Then both dads say “Bag face time!!!” This started 6 years
ago in my grandparents basement. We cut eye holes in paper bags
put it on the two Dad’s then take some photos. We call them the
Naughty Elves.
40 2019 Share a Story ContestDuring this Christmas Eve visit we have decorated cookies for
3 years now, too. One year we did a cookie decorating contest. I
came in second place. The next year, I frosted a poinsettia cookie.
While I was doing it, I knocked over the red sanding sugar. The
following year, we created a Summer theme for our cookies. My
Grandpa got Taffy that looked like fruit and plain taffy so that we
could mold it in different shapes and place it on the cookies. One
Christmas Eve, when I was four, and we decorated cookies, I took
the blue food coloring paste (because I thought it was frosting)
and squeezed it in my mouth. Before I could finish, my mom looked
at me and screamed an alarming “WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR
MOUTH!?” I answered sweetly, “Nothing.”
2019 Share a Story Contest 41“I won” said Caroline “and I lost” Paxson said sadly. My moms
friends name is Mary and her husband’s name is Peter. They have
three kids, Will, Caroline and Elizabeth (Her middle name is Paxson,
so we call by her middle name or E.P.). Will is 19, Caroline is 16, and
Paxson is 14 years old.
“Dinnertime” Mary yelled. My Aunt Liz exclaimed “PARTY POPPER
TIME!” “3-2-1” everyone exclaimed. POP!! Inside everyone got
one item, a crown, and a paper with jokes, riddles, and fortunes.
Everyone yelled what they got “Glass diamond”, “Bookmark”,
“Bracelet”, “Compass”, “Pen”.
About an hour later, we open presents. I usually get unicorn things,
books, clothes, and many other gifts too. Before the guests all
depart, we leave cookies for Santa. We pick the best cookies and
leave them on a plate with milk. We also throw Reindeer food
outside and carrots too.
“Yawn.” It’s getting late. After all, tomorrow is Christmas!!! I better
get to bed. “Goodnight.”
42 2019 Share a Story ContestSinging on the Stage
By Adella Muir
3rd Place • 9 Years Old
Every year, I am enthusiastic about our school music program.
I line up to get on the stage with the rest of my classmates. We
practice and practice until we get the verses and the songs just
right. There is always a wide selection of audience members such
as parents, nannies, grandparents, friends, siblings and cousins.
At the end of our show the audience claps and claps until they can
clap no more. My mom and Dad are beaming with joy when I see
them! I love singing on the stage.
2019 Share a Story Contest 43I have had a share of this immense tradition Kindergarten through
4th grade. I don’t know when it started, but I know it has gone on
for many years.
The most recent program I was in was a play/music program
called “Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ear.” It included a lot
of singing and the playing of instruments like tinkling bells and
deep, booming drums. The whole 4th grade had to get dressed
up and fancy. It was so much fun because we all had a job to do!
That program was the best of all the music programs I’ve ever
experienced.
All the music programs always take place on a big, wooden stage.
At the very far end of the stage, there are risers that are as tall as
me! The risers are metal, with tiny slips of carpet down the very
middle.
I have had music programs in 2 different elementary schools,
Waterville and Whitehouse. In Waterville, we performed in the
cafeteria. In Whitehouse, we performed in the gymnasium. The
lights on both stages would shine down on us! We were the stars
of the show!
In my programs, there have been some funny moments. One time
our music teacher told us we were singing too quiet and to sing
louder. So we started yelling really loud and my music teacher
started laughing and telling us to quiet down!
44 2019 Share a Story ContestI don’t think that we have a music program next year since we
are in 5th grade, but I still really enjoyed all of the amusing music
programs I’ve been in. At the end of all my music programs, I am
sweating like a pig, my voice is so croaky, and I am exhausted.
When I get home I quickly jump in the shower, get dressed and
fall asleep in my bed! I loved being in all my music programs and I
think I will never forget about any of them as I age and grow up!
2019 Share a Story Contest 45Posey Lake
By Claire Braun
1st Place • 10-11 Years Old
Every summer my family and I go to our Grandma and Papa’s
cottage at Posey Lake. We eat corn on the cob all the time. At the
cottage, we don’t have Wi-Fi and spend most of the time outside.
There is a maple tree that Grandma and Papa planted around the
time I was born. I have many years of memories of the cottage.
One time a guy called “Trapper” Ben caught a massive Alligator
Snapping Turtle. It ripped right through the net! I was scared that
it would bite me. One of my favorite things to do is kayaking in the
lake. When I’m with an adult I kayak over to Turtle Cove. I like to
pick water lilies on the way there.
46 2019 Share a Story ContestTurtle Cove is what my family named the cove where we normally
find turtles. Papa and I like to grab a net and catch turtles. Another
fun activity is fishing on the dock. Once time I almost caught a fish
that was about a foot long. I had been sad when the fish escaped
before I could show it to anyone. At Posey Lake we catch lots of
things such as turtles, frog and fish. However, we always release
them. Last summer, I was sitting at the end of the dock when I
noticed something small and black floating by my feet. I picked it
up and brought it to my family. It was a baby Snapping Turtle! After
a while we named it Junior Snapper. We were sad to let it go but
will never forget him.
2019 Share a Story Contest 47On the Fourth of July, we have so much fun. Besides the fireworks,
the boat parade is my favorite. The boat parade is when people
choose a theme and make their boat look like it. For instance, the
people next door to our cottage made their boat’s theme Up. They
covered their boats with helium balloons. My brother’s favorite
movie is Up so he wanted them to win. One thing I like about the
boat parade is the variety. Every year the boats are different. It
reminds me of snowflakes. They all look somewhat similar, but
never exactly the same. A couple of house after the parade, when it
becomes dark, the fireworks start. While we wait for the fireworks,
we roast s’mores. The fireworks are amazing. Brilliant yellows,
vivid blues and bold greens streak the sky. My favorite kind are the
fireworks that look like weeping willow trees. I always look forward
to going to the cottage at Posey Lake. Every year at the lake is
different. I can’t wait for what next summer will bring.
48 2019 Share a Story ContestSkiing Extravaganza
By Parker Ray
2nd Place • 10-11 Years Old
Every year for the last two years I wake up at 8:15 run downstairs
the day after Christmas, eat breakfast and then go back upstairs
in a hurry. I take a shower, get dressed and brush my teeth.
My brother Lucas and I are so excited to go skiing at Boyne
Mountain, Michigan. We got all of our luggage into the car and
had sandwiches for lunch. We watched movies and looked at the
beautiful scenery for five hours. When we got to Boyne we checked
in and it was around dinner time, so we ate dinner. After dinner we
swam in an indoor/outdoor pool with snow you can roll around in
and two hot tubs outside. Now it was time for bed and to move on
to the next day.
2019 Share a Story Contest 49Today is the day we get to ski. We all get dressed with our snow
pants, coats, hats and gloves on. My mom, Lucas, and I go take
skiing lessons to refresh our memories of skiing, but my mom
kept on screaming. While we do that, my dad goes and tries other
hills that we can try. After our skiing lessons, we go downstairs for
the breakfast buffet and I get eggs, waffles, cereal, strawberries,
sausage, hash browns and a glass of water. Now we go back
upstairs so I can put my contacts into my eyes. When we got back
downstairs, my mom who was too scared to ski, returned her skis
and poles. She decided to take snowshoe walks or watch us ski.
We did a few practice runs on the bunny slopes. Now it was time to
ride down giant, Ram’s Run, my dad fell right in front of me which
made me fall and our skis fell off. When I finished the run we got
hot chocolate and had pizza for lunch. After lunch it was very cold
and I did a few more runs on the bunny slopes and then went back
to our hotel to swim and have leftover pizza for dinner.
The next day we did a lot of the same stuff we did yesterday except
lessons and Ram’s Run. Today was so amusing because my dad
fell off the ski lift for the second time in two years, the reason
was the ski lifts were wet from the rainy weather. We ate at the
breakfast buffet for breakfast, had snacks for lunch and ate at a
tavern for dinner. After dinner we swam for the last time because
we were leaving tomorrow.
50 2019 Share a Story ContestToday disappointingly we had to leave back to Ohio on December
29th. All of us were really sore. We had our last breakfast, packed
up our luggage and put it in the car. Lucas and I watched movies
and listened to music till we got to the outlets to shop. We went to
Pepperidge Farm, Northface, Nike and Pottery Barn. By now it was
lunchtime, so we ate at a delicious restaurant that had fabulous
burgers. I got a medium cooked burger with American cheese on a
pretzel bun with a side of onion rings. For the onion rings all I do is
peel off the breading and eat it and leave the onions alone. Now it
was time to get back on the road and watch movies. When we got
home I went right to play with my Christmas presents.
2019 Share a Story Contest 51Perfect Pennsylvania
By Liam Mock
3rd Place • 10-11 Years Old
One week every summer my family and I go to Pennsylvania. 6 and
a half hours in the car with 7 different people. Awful but worth it
(especially the first year I went when I was still in a car seat with 2
others next to me.) We make a pit stop halfway there. On the way
there, I read, play video games and I sleep since I wake up at 5 in
the morning. When we finally get there I run inside. Then I run back
out to grab my stuff. After I run back inside I unpack my things.
52 2019 Share a Story ContestAt the cabin we stay at there is a pond we bathe in and no tv so we
are outside all the time. No one really cares too much where we go
as long as we tell someone that we’re going somewhere. The pond
that is next to the cabin is huge. We can catch fish, toads, frogs,
newts and salamanders. There is a big old dock and a floating
platform in the middle. We are allowed to canoe around the pond
too. The wildlife there is marvelous. The squirrels chattering and
the birds tweeting like nature’s orchestra. There are wolves and
bears but I can’t find them even when I’m not trying. If I wake up
early in the morning sometimes my dad and I go on walks. One
day my family and I went on a walk and we went to a clay lake that
was orange. I accidentally got my boots stuck in the water. When
we walked a little further, we found a creek. It was not orange like
the lake. It was clear and filled with rocks. The year before we went
to a deer park. The park was astonishing. There were albino deer
and bucks. There were does and fawns. We got to feed the fawns.
When you walked into the gift shop you can find a rattlesnake. In
the next room over, there were a ton of stuffed dead animals that
all live in the area. The next day we went to go get ice cream near a
raging river. That was our last day in Pennsylvania.
2019 Share a Story Contest 53When we had to go we said goodbye to everyone. The back in the
car for 6 and a half hours. Video games, read and sleep again.
When we finally get back home, we unpack and get some rest. It’s
one of the best summer vacations I go on every year.
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