This story is a cliché. The ending is neither happy nor is it sad. Take it as you please.…
This story was over all a really good story I recommend it to anyone who likes love and anguishes stories. These way of life probably as happened to someone out there and if so that must really…
"Okay. Thank you," I said. "Anytime. Love you," she said. "Love you too. Bye," I responded as I hung up. I unlocked the door and opened it. When I stepped out I noticed Val was standing in front of the door. "Why are you up," I asked. "You never bring you phone to the bathroom and when you do it freaks me out," he said. "Okay?" I said. He looked me in the eyes for a second and the said," do you really not want to get married?" "I...I don't know," I said. "Well it's either all in or all out. I'm not going to be in a relationship where your not 100% committed," he said. "Val," I said as tears formed in my eyes," just give me some time to think please." "No Jen if you aren't going to be committed, how will I know if you'll even show up for the wedding?" He said angrily. "You know what if you don't give me any choice in this, we're through," I said. "Here's your stupid ring. Now get your stuff and get out," I screamed throwing my ring at him. He went into my room and packed up all his stuff and walked out, slamming the door behind him. When I heard the door close, I knew it was over. I fell down and sobbed. A few seconds later I felt someone come hug me. I looked up to see Addison. I fell on her and cried…
Jack one day went into town; I sat on the porch in my mama rocking chair waiting for his return. He pulled up in his wagon and I realized how much joy I had in seeing him. He walked right passed me and into the house. I wondered what I have done to up set him, but that night he asked my Papa for my hand in marriage. With joy my papa said yes. Our little wooden house that now seems we have grown out of felt to be rocking along to the sound of my families cheering.…
As we age in life, we face many challenges. Within the United States life expectancy is lowered due to the racial disparities, relatively high rates of infant death before age one, lack of health insurance, and high obesity rates. Class and ethnicity hold a strong impact on aging. In chapter seven of “Learning to be old,” the author explains ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual orientation are all in relationship with aging. Ethnicity delivers an ongoing self-identification and shared belongings when an older person starts to experience a decrease in their life.…
The transition from adulthood to childhood is certainly not a simple adjustment. Coming of age presents many challenging decisions, overwhelming pressures, and emotions that can be very difficult for adolescents to overcome. In the excerpts that we studied, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Escape to Afghanistan by Farah Ahmedi, the stories of two young people are told, revealing their struggles with coming of age and their personal life battles. The Kite Runner tells the story of the character Amir who is a boy trying to deal with his own internal conflicts involving the relationship with his father, Baba, and friend Hassan; which also happens to be his servant. In Escape to Afghanistan, the character Ahmedi is a girl telling the hardships…
There once was a land all dull and dry. Not a river, puddle or bird in the sky. Everyone just went on with their day, without a single emotion. Everybody was just simply blah. But then one day all that changed, one day a girl began to cry and just did not know why. She didn’t quite understand why water began to pour down her face. This is where it all began. Her mom always knew her daughter was special but couldn’t put her finger on what it was. But the day her daughter’s boyfriend broke up with her she knew why.…
Touhy, T.A. & Jett, K. (2012). Ebersole and Hess’ Toward Healthy Aging. Human needs & aging response (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders…
What is aging? Is it a word? Is it a look? Is it something that happens to us as our birthdays come year after year? Well according to Adult Development and Aging sixth edition (The Meaning of Age) Aging normally consist of three processes the first one is called primary aging which is a normal disease free development during adulthood. During this time period many changes occur. The second one is called secondary aging which is the development changes that are related to disease, lifestyles and other environmentally induced changes that are not inevitable.…
Every child has to come to the realization at one time or another that they cannot be a kid forever. They must at some point ‘grow up’ and learn that they will soon have to rely on themselves instead of having their parents continually help them. I guess I learned that the first time I started babysitting a girl who at the time was about seven years old.…
He died. At the young age of thirty-seven, my older brother died in a car crash on his way home from yet another secret affair away from his current wife. He was tall and distinguished; having short brown hair and eyes as captivating and blue as the sea itself. It was those eyes that had caught so many unsuspecting women into his net. It was hard, seeing how he cruelly used them for a short while and then leave for yet another woman. So, it would be safe to say that I was surprised when all of his previous wives, along with my family and close relatives, showed up for his funeral. Being that I was twenty-five and I had never encountered death of any kind in my family, the funeral was hard on me. It was a grim funeral, and each wife gave a short, very short, speech about the good things he did for them. Madeline, the first wife he had when he was about 24, spoke about his physical features and backed away, sobbing in both sorrow and hatred. Even though she was sobbing, you could tell she had beautiful features. She had long, flowing, brown hair, and smooth complexion, brown eyes, and a nice smile. Alyssa, the second wife when my brother was around twenty-nine, talked about his charisma and his seemingly-supernatural ability to get to know a woman and charm her during their first encounter. She was, in my opinion, the most beautiful wife my brother had. It seemed like she carried an aura of beauty wherever she went. Her wavy, blonde hair and her slim figure caught the eyes of many admirers, and of all people, my brother was the one who caught her eye. Then, she quietly returned to her spot along the front of the meager crowd. Rebecca, his third and final wife, whom he married when he was about thirty-five, talked about his success as a business man. Rebecca was the epitome of a southern woman. Her short, blonde hair, along with her full face and hazel eyes, gave anyone that set his or her eyes on her the idea that she was a…
Everybody experiences coming of age in their lifetime. Coming of age is the transition from childhood to adulthood. My coming of age started in the middle of my grade 8 year and has continued up until the present. So, for me coming of age has occurred from grades 8-10. The three steps that really defined my coming of age was my traveling to Europe, starting high school and getting my first job at Tim Horton’s.…
The notion of growing old has for many been visions of hopelessness, neglect and despair. And if you add to these the perceptions of inadequacy, lack of energy, social withdrawal, difficulty concentrating, and problems with memory, the realization that we are growing old can be traumatic. At no stage in life is it ever smooth sailing, every stage has its bumps and bruises. Our ideas and attitudes towards aging are very important in how well we cope with and enjoy the passing years.…
As I told my sister, Louise Mallard, about her husband, Brently Mallard’s, death from a railroad where he works, she went to her room and shut the door. As I started thinking about how he wasn’t really dead, the more idea’s came to me. I was going to run away with him, marry him, and have his kids. As my sister comes out of the bedroom, I help her down the stairs, and as we start heading down, Brently opened the door. In shock, I pushed Louise down the stairs. As she fell down the stairs, she hit the last step head first, cracked her head open, and died. As we figured out she was dead, I jumped up in joy, because now Brently is a free man and we can be together. As I start telling him about my idea’s, he runs upstairs, packs some things, and…
Almost all people say that getting older is bad in some terms, but at the same time awesome because of the wisdom older people have. But at any rate there are some advantages and disadvantages to discuss.…