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Frozen in time

Students feel the warmth of winter memories.
Jasmine Villapacibe, Creative Editor
December 11, 2025

Crumbs from the cookie fall onto the floor as you bite into it. A sip from a glass of milk as you reminisce with friends and family about the good times. As happiness and laughter fills the room, you look out the window watching as the snow falls, remembering those details of the cold winter days as a kid. They weren’t just small things that happened, it was memories that were cherished.

Freshman Emilce Sanchez remembers the first memory that comes to mind when she hears the word winter.

“Winter makes me think of devoting my time to hangout with my family at my cousin’s house and celebrating Christmas,” Sanchez said. “We opened gifts together and had an amazing time sharing laughter and joy. I really love their homemade macaroni because we ended up having a feast at the end. Hitting a pinata with my cousins and fighting for candy was also really fun.” 

Senior Jaymed Sepateh expresses a memory that he wants to experience again.

“I would love to experience having a snowball fight with my brother and friends,” Sepateh said. “It was a fun cold snowy day and that doesn’t happen often in Texas. Something I would’ve wanted to change was my aim during the fight, but it will always be a memory that will stick out to me and is one to look back at.” 

Junior Hazrel Montez unfolds his experience during a winter break and how it created a passion for shows.

“During a winter break is when I fell in love with the anime One Piece,” Montez said. “Two years ago during a break was when I started to get into anime. It opened up a new experience for me with finding different perspectives in anime. During my free time and school breaks I got to binge watch many new ones. Now, when chilly days approach, it brings warmth and comfort when I get to explore more options and continue watching many more.”  

Sophomore Emily Soto has memories she hopes to create in the future.

“I’m hoping to spend a big Christmas with the whole family,” Soto said.  “I also wanna make lots of food and desserts. My aunt recently moved in, so hopefully it snows because I wanna throw snow balls at her and also make giant snowmans.” 

Sophomore Matthew Coronado explains a memorable winter experience he had.

“Every year I go to a hotel in Gaylord, Texas that has beautiful ice sculptures,” Coronado said.  “Last year there were Peanuts themed sculptures that I found really mesmerizing. It’s memorable because it’s something that brings my family closer together. We were able to take lots of pictures and spend a great time talking to one another.”

Junior Melissa Acosta has made special winter memories during school.

“During school I have memories of doing Secret Santa with my friends before winter break starts,” Acosta said. “It’s fun to see what everyone gets. I enjoy watching my friends smile and laugh as we open our presents together. Hopefully we keep this as a tradition and continue gift exchanging, because those are the memories that stick out to me the most.”

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About the Contributor
Jasmine Villapacibe
Jasmine Villapacibe, Creative Editor
Junior Jasmine Villlapacibe (Theodore munching on some cereal) enters her second year in The “Rosette” Media but this time as Creative Editor and plans on growing her passion for writing. She loves her 3 best friends who are little knucklehead chipmunks. (Simon is Emma, Alvin is Dailine, and David is Michelle.) David got annoyed with them, so she went on the run to explore her own passions and love while her wild animals are still growing their writing passions. Jasmine loves playing video games most of her time. When she is not gaming she loves exploring the comic book stores, especially on Wednesday because that’s new comic book day. When she isn’t being a total NERD she enjoys playing the electric guitar and annoying everyone in the house with her amp on full volume. She finds learning new riffs from her favorite bands and songs really relaxing. If she could get any pet in the world it would be a flemish rabbit, because bunnies remind her of herself: careless and hyper. This year in Newspaper, she looks forward to pursuing writing and making new friends.  
Playing fetch morning and night: Junior Jasmine Villapacibe shows the love she has for her dogs. Reported by: Ti’Nijah Fields    Dogs aren’t just her pets, they’re her comfort zone. When she comes home from school she always goes to her dogs. She seeks comfort from them. She knows no matter what her dogs will always have her back. Junior Jasmine Villapacibe has always loved dogs. It first started when she was a kid. She’d watch shows and see kids her age on television with dogs. “What made me first love dogs was when I was little” Villapacibe said. “I would always watch Cartoon Network and I’d always see people on television with dogs. My cousins also sold puppies, so they’d always have puppies whenever I come over.” As Villapacibe’s desire for dogs got progressively worse, she finally asked her mom. “I used to beg my mom for one,” Villapacibe said. “She would say no because of how much effort needs to be put in a dog. We would need to be responsible if we wanted one.” Although her request for dogs was declined, her need for dogs hadn’t gone away. “I got my dogs when I turned sixteen,” Villapacibe said. “My aunt knew a place where they were adopting dogs. My mom knew too, she didn’t tell me because she wanted it to be a surprise. One day I went into my room and I saw a big box, I opened it and there were just two small energetic puppies jumping up at me. I’ve never felt that kind of joy before. I was so happy.” Villapacibe knew she’d had to step up and take care of her puppies and be responsible. “When I first got them it was a pretty bad experience,” Villapacibe said. “They made messes everywhere. If you turn away for a split second, they’d be eating or chewing on the couch. It always makes my mom so mad. They would make messes in my room and would leave fur everywhere. If you leave the door open they’d run out and try to never come back, we’d literally have to chase after them.” As she learned how to be responsible with her puppies, she learned something new every day and started to grow.  “It was hard to walk my dogs,” Villapacibe said. “They just want to run away and chase things, like cats and birds. They would even bark at strangers walking their dogs. They’re all bark no bite, they won’t do anything. They’re also scared of big dogs, they’ll always end up wanting to run away or cry. We’d have to take them home.” Everything Villapacibe did with her dogs made them closer, she loves being with them all the time. “Randomly I’m just in my room calling my friends, and they’d like to run in and pause and stare at me, and run back out,” Villapacibe said. “They’ll keep doing it back and forth and it always makes me laugh because I don’t know what they’re trying to accomplish, and it’s really cute.” No matter what, Villapacibe dogs will always bring up her mood. “My dogs were there whenever I needed something or someone,” Villapacibe said. “Like at night when I cried they would always come into my room, sit in my lap and lick my tears. They would just cuddle and smother me and give me love, love that I’ve never felt before by an animal and it makes me go into mother mode. They make me feel so happy.”