I didn’t know heartbreak until June 28‚ when my dad told me that he had stage 4 cancer. I didn’t know fear until August 13‚ when I found out that he would have to undergo radiation to combat a tumor in his brain. I didn’t know weariness until August 24‚ when everyone at school talked about how great their summer had been‚ and I had to lie and say that mine had been fine. I didn’t know how deep my love for my dad ran until June 29‚ when I wiped away my tears‚ stood a little straighter‚ and vowed
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How Baseball Changed My Life Baseball may seem like a game where individuals remain around and sit tight for a ball to be hit‚ yet that is not what baseball truly is. To me‚ this game has changed the way I see life all in all. Each player has been taught to have great hard working attitude‚ regardless of whether it’s in a weight room or even practices. Coaches have given leadership chances to players every year and this year it’s my turn due to my hard working attitude and my capacity to lead a
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My grandma’s condition wasn’t anything but hard for me and my family to deal with. Everyday with her was a roller coaster that held many twists and turns and couldn’t stay on the track. If you didn’t hold on tight‚ you’d thrown off. You never knew what she would remember each morning that she woke. Some days she would know the date and she was aware of her surroundings‚ while other days (which weren’t so great)‚ she’d be back in time when her husband was alive and she’d call for him. Then she’d be
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I fell back on the mulch‚ full of tears‚ wishing that I’d never existed. The whole world was spinning. I felt like sinking deep into the grounds of the earth‚ and never returning. I thought I was ordinary. I did ordinary things an ordinary kid would do. But maybe not to them... The two vicious cobras hissed and snatched at me. Their venom sunk into me like a needle; It hurt. It stung . I couldn’t hold the tears back anymore. Those two cobras changed my life. It was recess time‚ and I was playing
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onward. My story is a common one that countless people have faced that got in the form of disguise that isn’t always pretty. Approximately ten years ago when I was a regular third grader‚ when life seemed to be rosy and full of fairytales‚ that nothing can be worse than not having your favorite meal at lunch‚ I had a theatre performance that changed my life. I remember standing there in the center of the stage while everyone was staring at me. My body started getting tense and I could hear my heart
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first time I saw snow My sister and my brother have always dreamed going to the Disney World. I have had different kind of dreams since I was a child. I used to dream about having a good job and earning my own money. I have dreamed having my own apartment‚ my own car and living by myself. Another dream was to taking trips to places that I was used to seeing it in the movies. However‚ the most wonderful of all the dreams was to see snow. I was born in Brazil. It is a tropical place and I have
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what you’re doing. My drive is to get out of bed every day and be productive. It’s my drive that pushes me to get to work and push myself forward. Having that drive for something isn’t something I would want to let go of either. The problem today is that it’s that it’s hard to have a drive for something since it may take a while to achieve that goal. Sometimes I want to give up just thinking it’s not worth it in the long run‚ but an underlying drive kicks in that keeps me going. I was always interested
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failure‚ not from success! (Stoker) My first thoughts about English 1304 was disgust due to the fact that I was placed in a class that wasn’t even counted as a credit. But‚ I stuck with it because I believed that it was going to be an easy A and‚ I will exceed in it without any troubles. But‚ boy was I wrong about that‚ I was struggling week by week on assignments and papers that were due. What actually shocked me was my grade on my first English paper and‚ from then on I knew this class wasn’t something
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When I was in nursing school‚ I never thought about the dangers that lurk in the darkness‚ the things I would encounter as a nurse that could change my life forever. On a fateful day in 1998‚ there was an event‚ a needle stick that changed my life forever. I was worked nights as an oncology nurse at the local hospital in Humble‚ Texas. I had two small children at the time‚ so the night shift appeared to be the best option for me. My shift started at eleven pm‚ the majority of my patients were sleeping
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relationships since Shakespeare’s time has changed drastically but has also stayed the same in some aspects? Throughout all of shakespeare’s plays there has been at least one relationship that has ended badly or wasn’t even expected to happen. Which is also how most relationships go in today’s time. Ranging from the teenage doomed relationship in Romeo and Juliet to the incest in Hamlet. The relationships in today’s time are similar to relationships back in shakespeare’s time because people still cheat
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