Who am I? I am the youngest of four daughters‚ no sons‚ born to my parents Harriett Cole and Joe Harney; they divorced when I was very young (I really do not remember my dad at home‚ the only memory is riding in dad’s squad car‚ he was a sheriff deputy‚ after eating a bottle of baby aspirin—mostly the lights and sound). I was born and raised (by my mother and paternal grandparents) in the Iowa City and Coralville area; in fact Coralville was the Cole family farm until interstate 80 came through
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The Greatest Emotion In the poem “somewhere i have never...”‚ author E. E. Cummings personifies the feeling of love and the almost mysterious and uncontrollable supremacy it seems to have over men. The poem is referring to the ability of the author’s‚ what seems to be‚ lover to affect him with “[her] most frail gesture[s] are things which me” (3). And yet‚ the author starts the poem by referencing his inexperience with love and almost expresses a wonder to this new experience (Cummings‚ 1).
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through an “I love horses” stage‚ but they grow out of it over time. For me‚ I never grew out of it. As a child‚ my dream was to have my own pony. At the age of 17‚ I am fortunate to own three horses. Horseback riding is an intense sport because it takes more than athleticism. Horseback riding takes commitment‚ determination‚ most importantly‚ constructing a bond with your horse. It’s a team sport‚ a team of two. I cannot think of any one thing that could replace the amount of knowledge I have gained
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myself who grew up in a household that never quit on anything‚ especially if they were truly passionate about it‚ it’s the hardest thing you can ever do. All my life I have played soccer. I was born and raised in Springfield‚ Virginia where playing soccer was a yearlong activity. So growing up you could always find me on the soccer field kicking the ball around with my friends. I was used to just be the best and the star of the team. That all changed when I moved to Marshall Missouri. Marshall
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I hate Oreos. “Milk’s favorite cookie”? Yeah‚ right. Do not get me wrong who can resist a Snickers or a slice of cherry pie‚ I love sweets‚ but I would pass on a whole box of Oreos for these any day. Being called this sweet name with such a vicious meaning behind it ruined this sugary treat for me. According to my friends I have a severe problem with not being “black” enough‚ and they claim my numerous track accolades are the only “black” thing about me. I have always been proud of my Caribbean heritage
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anticipate for the clock to hit midnight. As much as I wanted to be with friends that night‚ I really just wanted to fast forward to the long awaited morning ahead of me. Visiting my brother in prison at the Texarkana‚ Arkansas Regional Correction Center. The old rusty doors of the prison awaited my family and I‚ slamming behind us as we entered. We nervously walked up the screechy stairs to the family visitation center. I felt a roller coaster of emotions. I was eager to see my brother‚ after spending
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complicated and many aspects are well documented in books‚ poems‚ and film. As the father of two young sons‚ four and two‚ I was deeply affected by the film “The Music Never Stopped‚” directed by Jim Kohlberg. I had the privilege of viewing this film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. This is the first film I have seen in my adult life that caused me to weep openly several times. I connected with the struggle of this father as he dealt with a devastating brain injury to his estranged son. The film
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problem she would be there to help you get through the problems. Nobody in this world could replace Tessie. I remember the first day me and Tessie first laid eyes on each other. I remember it like it was just yesterday. I was sitting in a booth at a restaurant‚ and Tessie walked in. As soon as we locked eyes I felt something I had never felt before‚ which was love. Ever since that moment I loved Tessie with all of my heart. Tessie accomplished a lot of things in her short life. Her main goal as a
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I believe in positivity Growing up I didn’t have the best life‚ I faced many challenges that I had to overcome. When I was 8 I had to start raising my siblings‚ it was hard but I stayed positive because I knew that this was happening for a reason and as much as I didn’t wanna take care of them I had to think about them and not just myself. I was only 8‚ and I now realize that what I had been teaching myself all that time was to stay positive and look on the brighter side of things. When I was going
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I walked into school for the first time as a freshmen and was instantly lost‚ and not just in the directional sense. In that moment everything that my counselor had told my class came back to me. SAT’s‚ ACT’s‚ and AP’s were all random assortments of letters whose spelled-out versions were as foreign to me as the dates that I had to take the actual tests. If someone had told me I had to take my ABC diagnostic exam the next day‚ you would’ve found me at my dinner table studying that night. I was afraid
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