I have always been very pleased with the items I buy at Beach Bums. I must admit that I am a little name brand snobby as in I have Lilly Pulitzer/Janie and Jack taste but a Carter's clearance budget. At beach bums I have been able to snag Janie and Jack shirts for $3-$4 (usually on clearance $15 or higher) I usually make about $200-$250 on the clothes I sold at the sale and I spend around $100 for my son's new clothes. This has been a huge help for our family with our budget for clothes, toys, etc.…
Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative “A Summer Life” recreates the feeling of guilt Sota felt after stealing an apple pie. The feeling is recreated through the use of allusions, imagery, and lively diction.…
I have gone through a lot of things in my life. Many people would not believe so, as I am a pretty blessed child with my father the king, my mother the queen, and me of course, the prince. My life really started to go downhill when my father passed away. Wait, he did not just “pass away”, he got murdered. By my uncle. Why you may ask? Well I’m not too sure. It probably had to do with the fact that now, after two months, my mother married him. He wanted the throne and to rule the town. I wanted revenge, and that is all I wanted. I started seeing ghosts and that started frightening me. I thought I was going insane. The ghost, who ended up being my father, told me to kill my uncle, to get the revenge I strived for. But I couldn’t. I wanted to be very cautious. I wasn’t really that type of person that goes around murdering people! Eventually I started to be abusive to my mother. I really regret that. But I was so mad at her for getting married to the one that killed her own husband! At this point, I accidently murdered my girlfriend’s dad, thinking that it was my disgusting brother. I realized that I was now the murderer that I never wanted to be. Her brother, of course got mad, and my uncle tried to convince him to kill me! We fought, and I thought it would be the winner. Little did I know, my uncles sword was laced with poison, and if it touched me, I’d die. I…
Sometimes I would be the mommy, others the daddy; it did not matter who I was because the game always ended the same way. As I grew older, I began to crave the feelings that were exposed to me as a child and the person, whom I will call X, was always willing to give them to me. However, one day, after six years, X came to me and told me that we could no longer continue what we were doing. I did not understand why, at the moment, so I simply shrugged off the matter. And since I no longer had anyone else to “play” with, I began to seek the pleasure that I was taught and conditioned to love by myself with the help of the internet. This continued for about two years until the summer of 2013. During that summer I stumbled upon a book called “The Source of All Things” by Tracy Ross. I was actually in a Dollar Tree in Dallas, Texas when I decided I wanted to pick up a few cheap books to read on my way back home to Naples, Florida; nevertheless, by the time we got home I had already finished reading the book. The book was about Tracy Ross and her own sexual abuse story as a child and how she eventually overcame i. After I finished the book and realized that the games I played with X were not actually games and that the feelings I experienced were not meant for me to have experienced, I sank a good fifty feet deeper into my hole. I did not want anyone to look at me, touch me, or even compliment me. I wanted to vanish from the face of the Earth and cry out my body weight. I could not run to my parents for help because I was too embarrassed and ashamed of myself. I felt dirty and worthless. I withdrew from my family and isolated myself from social activities. I voluntarily made myself a social…
The only reason it lasted this long is because I did not want to take the risk. Something inside me finally cracked, I decided to take the ultimate risk. I am going to clean the love of my life in a questionable way. I took preliminary precautions that I would have normally never done, for example putting in bath salts, child friendly bubbles, and of course brushes. Just before I cleaned her she said one last thing that I may never forget, “This may be the end of my life, but may our relationship exist forever.” The next day I moaned and cried for hours, that day I wanted to go hide, escape reality, or do something. Although I could not let this happen, things are meant to happen, and they all happen for a reason. This tragedy acted as a coming of age to me, I decided that I need to go out into the world and meet people. Although I was too sad to let this happen, all I thought was “WWWHHHYYYYYY.” Then the thought dawned on me, a thought so meaningful it was like I was being brought back to life, ‘she’ was just a…
The Christmas party was over when he offered to walk me home since it was late. When we reached my home he asked me out on a date, nothing major, just typical teens taking things slow at first. Everyone in my family started noticing the effect Ian “supposedly” had on me. Ian was everything I needed at that time. He was quiet, until he got angry. When he was outraged he reminded me a lot of my childhood as I watched my mother and father beat each other. Ian led me to believe that there was no God, I even stop going to church. He had me read several books that spoke of evilness. I bleached my hair and wore long boots and short skirts. Ian beat me and took my virginity, but this was alright with me. He did this because I believed that he truly loved me. I did whatever he asked me to do including taking nude photographs to buying into his fantasies. One example is Ian said he wanted to rob a bank. I learned to drive so that I could drive the getaway car. If there was anything he wanted or desired I wanted to be the one that was there by his side. I know it sounds a little crazy but I was deeply in love. Once Ian drugged, beat, and raped me while photographing me as I lay there helpless. Most people would have walked away, but this is what I was used to seeing. I loved this man very much. I knew that he was cruel and selfish, but that did not change the way I felt about…
Why didn’t I do more to stop it? Why didn’t I give one violent lash out like I would stop everything. Why? All those years of twisting our ropes of life together and just as simple as snapping your fingers it all untied. And now I’m walking down steps that go to a truck that I don’t want. Everything seems like it is going into slow motion and I don’t know if I want it to stay in slow motion or come back to the reality where I don't want to go Like my judgement and vision is blurry and I’m fighting I resists each and every erg to go back or to scream or to run away but I keep going forward.But I felt something like a pounding of a snare drum rattling away to a march. Why was my heart racing? What’s going on? And I knew she was getting scared that I was leaving her. And my heart was pounding like a cherokee drum. Because I knew that this would be the last time. I have no control over my body anymore, it’s not mine. My part of my body has left as soon as I sat down in that seat the part of me that was Levi left, and what entered was not the same as what left. My part the one I knew was me left and went back to Muddy colored Maddie, that me had courage. This new me just sat there with a stupid pitiful look on his face. I hate this new…
“And you are part of the garbage whether you know or care to admit, you have been in this business as long as you have been in Galveston, and soon you will be a recognized member of The Family.”…
While reading Hungry Ghosts, childhood memories of sexual abuse by my step-father, starting at the age of two until I was sixteen, came to mind. It was not until I was sixteen that I stood up to my step-father and told him to never touch me again. My courage came from the car my great-grandmother gave me at sixteen. The car gave me a sense of freedom. I had known for some time that what was happening to me was wrong, but I had no way of escape. With new-found freedom, accompanied by guilt, shame, and a feeling of worthlessness, I became promiscuous. After each relationship, I still felt empty, guilty, and yet I had a stronger drive to find love through…
The cross between my faith and the collegiate goals I want to carry out at Palm Beach Atlantic is to believe in Christ purpose without hesitation. Being hardworking within my education, and, in my religion because opportunities arise when you add a great work ethic to the ability to serve Christ.…
I was so upset with my mother, that I didn't say a word to her and just went straight to bed on the couch, due to not having a room anymore. The next morning when i woke up, my phone and tablet were lost. I couldn’t find them, i thought i had left them in my dad’s truck, but my mom walked out of her room and said “I had taken your phone and tablet, i think it is best if you don't have them for a couple days”. The next few days i had stayed inside and didn't talk to anyone, i wouldn’t eat,drink, or sleep. My mom made me go to the doctors, and they had diagnosed me with depression. My mom had set up an appointment with an counselor. She had told the counselor that she needed her to explain to me why she did what she had done. I was stuck going to the counselor for a couple. She also requested that I and returned back to school and continue on with my life. One day after my appointment, I was waiting for my mom to come pick me up and stepped out of the car was my dad, it was the happiest day of my life. I thought that he was here to stay for good, but he was only here for a short visit. It was the best week ever, I hadn't seen him for 4…
There are six criteria that need to be met when writing a narrative essay: Narrate your story using first person point of view, Write about a past or personal event with past tense verbs, Focus on one specific dramatic event that builds tension – suspense – for the reader, use vivid and specific language that describes and recreates scenes and people, write meaningful dialogue that moves the story, and explain why the event is significant to you.…
My sister and I were walking to the Summerside Beach Club to play basketball for a couple of hours. This was a daily routine for both us. Everyday we would come home, red, sweaty, and tired. My sister got me interested in basketball a few years ago. Ever since then, I loved basketball.…
A week had passed by and my broken love was shredded into about 7 pieces and everyday the wind would take one a day so if that week were to go by then that would be that would be the end of you and I and my love and I would have to kick rocks and say goodbye! It took me by surprise because i came from shit where i would be beaten up from my peers to my progeny where i was told the only way to get stronger and get anywhere in life was to cold-hearted as shit and never trust no bitch and that's where my body officially divided its characteristics into 3. 1st was my nerd side where dragon ball z and naruto came about 2nd was the emotional side of me that's where i show my lovey dovey side of me and last but least the final side of me the hood side/My anger/hatred (they all have there own separate reason one why they were born) But on to why i was surprised it was because i thought God was finally bringing someone good to my life someone that could be the light to my dark world. So through that week Monday-Saturday went by and there was only 1 piece of my love left and a shard of our planet in space and i said to myself if this sunday goes by i promise to close my heart for the rest of eternity that sunday my mom woke me up and bugged me to go to church and i never had understood my…
Have you ever been to Florida? Or out of the country? Or even been covered in mud from head to toe? A Day at the Beach in Florida Have you ever been in water so clear you can see your feet anywhere you go? I have. The sky was pure blue and it was a perfect day to go to the beach. The clear glassy water was calling me to just jump in. The sound of the crashing waves was like a rhythm on the beach. The rigidity rocks behind me were steaming hot when I tried to walk on them. The splashing and…