what you love‚ what you’re passionate about PERSERVANCE Perseverance was a big key to his success as an athlete. Michael Jordan didn’t decide to play basketball until high school. After he got cut from the Varsity team his sophomore year the hard work really started. He was determined at getting better and better to perfect his game to ensure he would make the Varsity team. Jordan has said‚ "I think that not making the Varsity team drove me to really work at my game‚ and also taught me that if you
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My grandma was a brave women. she never said die.My favourite place to go is the mountains. I like it there because it’s so peaceful and quiet. I just go to get away from everyone and all my stress. Although this makes it a great place to go‚ my main reason for loving the mountains is because it’s where my Grandma’s house is. My Grandma is the greatest person I’ve ever known. She has had an amazing life and put up with so much‚ but all of it has helped her to grow up and become so strong and intelligent
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Someone I have admired for a long time would be my grandma Lola. For as long as I can remember‚ grandma Lola has had the nickname “Lu”. Her kind brown eyes and bright smile make her seem like the kindest woman in the world‚ while short brown hair‚ which now has some strands of gray‚ fits her tanned face perfectly. When I picture grandma Lu in my mind‚ I can see her wearing a “life is good” shirt and a pair of Birkenstocks. Nicknames are a big deal in my family. One person can have so many nicknames
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Ezekiel Gonda SP 251 I am here this evening to commemorate a talent that has inspired myself and many professionally‚ creatively‚ and even a little spiritually. Michael Balzary is a musician that has helped many young troubled people‚ directly and indirectly‚ who are deep down good souls just looking for an outlet. He has paved the way for people ranging from low to upper class in finding yourself and releasing you upon the world. It was 30 years ago that Michael Balzary‚ better known as Flea
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There I was‚ grinning happily at my grandma. In another picture‚ my grandpa was feeding me. Why couldn’t I remember? When I was just a few months old‚ I was sent to live with my grandparents. They raised me for about two years‚ and then I went back to America to my parents. In my opinion‚ infancy is the most difficult stage in the process of raising a child. Loud shrieks‚ diaper changing and wailing in the middle of the night- it doesn’t sound very appealing does it? My grandparents dealt with all of
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My Grandma is Going to Broadway The usher is walking us to our seats‚ row H seat twelve and fourteen. We sit down and I look around. I look behind me and see all other seats just like ours. The red fabric seats are endless. I look in front of me and see the depth stage. I reach out and grab a familiar hand. The warmth running through me. I look up and see her. Our eyes meet. Beyond the old glasses is a sea of brown. These pearls are full of kindness‚ knowledge‚ and have seen many things
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My name goes way back to my great grandma Luci. My mom and great grandma were very close. You could say they were always together. My great grandma passed away when I was in the 4th grade and she didn’t live here in Hawaii‚ so I didn’t really see her much. My mom always use to tell me little stories about things they would do‚ like gardening‚ shopping in the city‚ cooking‚ etc. My mom says I’m very much like her in little ways. Is it because I’m named after her? I have a couple of memories with her
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Playing the board game Sorry with my grandmother and sister‚ I draw a seven and knock both of my grandmother’s pieces off the board. “You’re just vicious”‚ she alleged in a joking voice. As unimportant as that day might’ve been‚ I know that not all people would even play the board game with their grandchildren. Sue Straw was born on August 11‚ 1958. She had eight siblings‚ and she would give birth to my mother on March 19‚ 1978. My Grandma is special to me because she is generous‚ dependable‚ and
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Recently‚ a visit to see my grandma changed my perspective. This visit was the first time I saw my eighty-nine year-old grandmother in her new home‚ an assisted living facility. My grandmother was always a strong‚ independent woman. But now she can no longer live independently‚ due to her advanced age‚ and we have had to move her out of her home into an assisted living facility. The facility that my grandmother lives in is rather innocent looking when you first glimpse it‚ but when you see the residents
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time with their grandma. This is especially true when a grandchild has been away at college and has not seen their grandma in an extended period of time. The way Lisa Parker uses imagery and opposition allows readers to visualize the country setting where the grandma resides‚ along with the relationship between the grandma and granddaughter. The moment the grandma questions the granddaughter about college creates a tempting yet uneasy feeling for the granddaughter as she thinks about answering truthfully
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