For most people‚ having your face pushed into a cake doesn’t make your eyes go puffy. Unfortunately for me‚ that cake had chocolate icing‚ and it triggered an allergic reaction. After all‚ I’ve been allergic to chocolate my entire life. As a child‚ I was forced to watch as my younger brother received a large chunk of my Halloween spoils year after year‚ solely because I couldn’t eat it. I believed I was an anomaly until I met David Kim‚ who shared two major traits with me: our last names and our
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Growing up all of my friends played football for school‚ and I was one of the only ones that never played. During 5th grade I tried it and found no enjoyment so I . I have gone since I was a kid and listened to how football is so important to them‚ how it’s their favorite activity in the world‚ and how I should go out for it. When they would say this I never truly understood why and so ignored it. My senior year I figured I would take a risk as go out for it. I didn’t know if it would pay off or
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In seventh grade I wanted to tryout for volleyball. I was very nervous because I had never played it before. I was super happy when I found out all my friends and I made the team. We had a lot of practices in December to get ready for games in January. I was really nervous for our first game. Our first game was supposed to be right after christmas break ended‚ but we had a snow day so it was cancelled. I wished it hadn’t been so I could just get it over with‚ but i was gonna have to wait. We were
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In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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into tears and constantly calling myself a failure. My grades suffered tremendously as well‚ barely passing with D’s and C’s and saying my parents were disappointed was an understatement. 8th grade was definitely one of my worst time periods in my life. I met Mrs. Nguyen for the first time when she came over to my middle school to talk about high school
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people throughout my missionary trip in India. It was an unforgettable experience that altered my life‚ and left a lasting impression on me. I had volunteered at a psychiatric housing home which housed over hundred plus people who were all mental ill. My missionary group and I had spent a month living with the patients‚ assisting them in any way possible‚ but most importantly seeing their point of view on life through their eyes. The minute I stepped foot into the psychiatric household‚ it was not surrounded
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determination led to her taking risks and trying new things‚ creating the personal growth she needed to achieve her goals. Taking risks is also a big factor pertaining to personal growth. Sticking with one familiar area for the entirety of one’s life leads to stagnation and failure‚ because if a person does not take risks and try new things‚ a person cannot truly know who they are and what they are capable of. For instance‚ take Earnest Hemingway. He was a reporter and a famous author in the 1920s
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I held my breath to avoid the harsh taste that lodges deep into my lungs from the bus exhaustion. I walked onto the cold mustard colored bus and saw my friend Anna sitting on the rough piece of plastic they call a seat. She sat arms crossed shivering to the negative two degree wind chill‚ the only thing keeping her warm was a red ball of yarn that rested on top of a black woven beanie. I waved hello and sat adjacent to her to avert the temptation of conversation‚ we weren’t allowed to talk on the
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It all happened at the end of 4th grade‚ it was the beginning of football season and it was my 3th year playing so I thought I was a star but bradley thought otherwise. Me and Brantley hated each other he would do anything to get me in trouble‚ one time when we were running to warm up for practice he fell on purpose and told the coaches that I’m the one who made him fall and they made me run the rest of practice for not taking anything serious and playing around too much. The next day I hated Bradley
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know that in 2008‚ 135‚813 children were adopted in the United States of America? When I was sixteen my adoption changed my life. It was one of the most exhilarating and terrifying days of my life because I didn’t know what to expect. My adoption was emotional for me and all my family it impacted not only my life but many of the people around me lives as well. Everyday changes our life in some way shape or form however‚ some days have more of a lasting impact than others. My adoption was also part
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