magical book that changed my life and opened my heart to a world of literacy. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling‚ 1997) not only intensified my already keen imagination‚ but filled me with a hunger for knowledge. I knew then that I had to enhance my literary skills in order to obtain the level of intellectual stimulation I craved‚ and Harry Potter gave me the tools and motivation to do so. To this day‚ the series carries an impact in both my personal life as well as fueling my own desire
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I want to share with you five things that I implemented into my life that created amazing‚ compounding change‚ and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. I came to them through reading‚ talking with others‚ and taking an honest look at my circumstances and the chain of events that led me to be where I was. I was discouraged by the drudgery‚ loneliness‚ and lack of direction I found embedded in my day to day experience. I used the wisdom and experience of many to create a plan of
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The Day My Life Changed Forever I will never forget the day when my life was changed forever. I was twenty-two years old and about to give birth to my first child. I was having a girl‚ who I was going to name Mia Alexandria. Up until this point in my life I was able to go and come as I pleased‚ but that was about to all change. I knew that having a child would change my life but did not know how much. It was in December of 1996‚ and was a cold‚ dreary winter day. I was in my eighth month of
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It was the month of November and the year was 2008. I did not plan on going to the hospital on this day but my mother received a phone call. That one call was my reason for being waken up at 4 a.m. listening to my mom as she reused me to get dressed. One call changed my life forever. A person from the hospital called and said that my grandmother was not breathing normally. After we got to the hospital we find out that the cancer she was diagnosed with has affected her breathing‚ which caused tubes
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Hi! My name is Irfan. My life has been full of fun and excitement. Besides‚ the word fun is already in my name. Difference from others‚ since young it has been my hobby to prank people around me. One of the best ways for me to refresh myself is by pranking someone. To me‚ the best part about pranking is when I saw the reaction of my victims. Everyday is an April fool to me. Sometimes‚ I have been wondering if I could one day commercialise my hobby through a TV show. Out of expectation‚ when I’m
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The Day That Changed My Life On August 8‚ 2009 I woke up like any other day‚ not knowing that it was going to be the worst day of my life. As soon as I cracked my eyes‚ my hand went to my phone to check a variety of things including my Facebook‚ my text messages‚ and my instant messages. I was hoping to see a message from my boyfriend‚ Lucas. Three months prior to this day‚ my boyfriend’s best friend‚ Michael‚ had died in a motorcycle accident. As long as I had known the two of them‚ they did
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moment that forever changed my life was the day that the local librarian‚ Phil‚ convinced me to read my first independent novel. My father couldn’t find any more work in Manassas‚ Virginia and the only option was to move to Wise where his family resided. Throughout the first year of moving‚ stress was at an all-time high. My mother and father were still at home packing things while my siblings and I were attending school in Wise. Once my parents arrived in Wise permanently‚ my father continued to
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“The Crash that changed my life” Paris Tallman Developmental Writing Life can be very unpredictable‚ there are many accidents everyday. Some people perceive these events as unfortunate‚ while others believe it to be an act of god. Whenever I witness car accidents on the road‚ I view them as to be very unfortunate for the people involved. I never imagined one day I would firsthand experience the event of being in a car accident. I remember it as if it was yesterday. On Sunday‚ September
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Aric Trujillo The Day That Changed My Life For years in my life graduating from High School had been a date circled in my mind. For me graduating High School meant I could then do whatever I wanted to do without anyone telling me right from wrong. As I got older I began to realize that everything I had thought before was now totally wrong. I realized that graduating High School meant I was going to have to be more responsible there I ever had before. It now made me realize that I had to become
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American Christian girl‚ who has no idea what she going to be in life. When I was ten years old my mother‚ Candyce Brockington‚ died from cancer. While she was alive‚ I swore I would become a doctor and cure cancer. After she died‚ I didn’t know who I was‚ let alone who I wanted to become. Completely lost and confused‚ my main focus became my studies‚ not because I enjoyed it‚ but because it keep me focus on the big picture‚ college. When my mother was still alive the most important thing she wanted was
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