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    How Boppa Changed My Life

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    A rich kid growing up in a loving family provides for an easy life; this life is simple in the early years‚but curves in the road arrive in everyone’s life. I grew up extremely with an extremely close relationship to my “Boppa”. Boppa was invincible; my mom’s dad could build a treehouse in the mountains at seven thousand feet of elevation without breaking a sweat. Nothing could hold him back. When he was told he had 6 months to live‚ this came as a huge shock to everyone to him and those who loved

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    awake from my slumber in a stupor. Half awake and half asleep‚ I stumble into my kitchen and blindly reach into my fridge for a bottle of water. To my brain‚ it is all I can comprehend in my trance‚ to my throat it is sweet relief‚ and to 663 million people; a cold and clean bottle of water would be a gift from God. Before I dedicate the rest of my essay to the 663 million people who live without safe water‚ I need to address my own personal conviction in writing this essay. Throughout my life‚ I

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    When I was in first grade‚ my mother finally relented and bought my sister a dog‚ a tiny‚ black Cockapoo puppy she named “Pepper”. Allison had wanted one for a long time and her pleas were duly noted after she tried to bring our cousin’s dog back to Maryland with us. The tantrum on the way home when her plans failed was the tipping point. A year passes and my mother loves Pepper so much so she wants another dog. There was an unspoken agreement that this second dog would be mine. A day’s trip back

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    friends‚ heartbreak‚ inspirational‚ life‚ love‚ sisters 19‚835 people liked it like “If you have a sister and she dies‚ do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister‚ even when the other half of the equation is gone?” ― Jodi Picoult‚ My Sister’s Keeper tags: death‚ loss‚ sisters 1‚921 people liked it like “Sweet‚ crazy conversations full of half sentences‚ daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.” ― Toni Morrison‚ Beloved tags: babyghosts

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    our lives. The summer before my freshman year of highschool‚ I lost myself facing one of my greatest obstacles when my father left my mom‚ two brothers‚ and myself. His absence brought a stage of confusion and sadness upon my life. Throughout my childhood‚ my father and I were inseparable. He was my role model and the one person I could always count on and turn to. When he left‚ my world was turned upside down. I went from therapist to therapist trying to overcome my feelings and seek happiness.

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    Music is what my life runs on from day to day. Without music‚ my life would be a lost cause. So all thanks to a German instrument maker and his son‚ the clarinet was created. Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob‚ improved the chalumeau by adding a register key to the instrument‚ and later the chalumeau received the Boehm flute key system (Bellis)‚ which created what my musical life all started on: the clarinet and family. The very first original clarinets had only two keys to be played –

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    Life is full of ups and downs‚ with an unknown path. When my parents got divorced‚ it really scrambled my life and sent me into a whirlpool of unserentenity. I went from my mom’s to my dad’s every three days being pulled back and forth. This gave my life an unstructured feel‚ causing me to just start going with the motion‚ until I started the journey of football. Football‚ one of America’s greatest sports‚ was my saving grace. Football from the outside is just a game‚ but deep down it holds many

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    Living at 528 N. Bayard Ave; the only way you could live is if you had thick skin. Our definition of thick skin was being able to takes joke and being bullied without crying or running and telling Aunt Sabrina what happened. My cousin Darnell and I would play as much jokes on my sister Desiree and cousin Ruby. Every since I was younger I could remember everyone I know had jokes. Everyone was made fun of‚ and the only you made it through it is you had to get back at them by a joke or a prank believe

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    cancer and what it does to a person. My grandmother had died from lung cancer before I was born‚ so I never was exposed to the gruesomeness of the disease. Bo was twelve years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form Leukemia. Prior to being diagnosed with Leukemia‚ Bo was an normal active boy‚ who was friends with everyone. I was three years older than Bo‚ but we lived in a small community where everyone knew each other. Bo Johnson was friends with a lot of my friends siblings and we all would hang

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    Roller Coaster of a Year Have you ever had to do something so dramatic in your life that it changed your whole personality? These changes in a person’s life can alter everything not only in their own life but the lives of the people around them. A change of this magnitude could include just about anything. The change that will be talked about is an abortion that a couple went through. Some people believe abortion is murder to the unborn fetus. An abortion also has its psychological effects

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