I recognized Francis by three things‚ her strong southern accent‚ her rich intoxicating perfume‚ and the color of her skin. She was my “Black Grandmama.” When I was a little kid‚ my family would drive down to my father’s hometown of New Orleans Louisiana‚ and stay with his parents for months at a time. My grandparents‚ very wealthy‚ had an ensemble of workers. Maids‚ butlers‚ cooks‚ all of which had one thing in common; they were black. Growing up in Dubuque I had very few encounters with people
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had been working. At least up to this point. I picked up my anatomy books and nursing manual. My hands shook the whole time. Those guards could have easily dragged me away if Charles hadn’t been there to cover my emotions. He saw my face with the dissenter call. I was looking straight at him and my face read guilty all over it. Anyone nearby could have witnessed my reaction. I hoped to God they didn’t. Even a guilty face could get you terminated‚ because when the guards came to arrest a dissenter
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no longer had hope. I remember just wanting to sleep. To drift away and have all my pain and worries leave my body. I never wanted to wake up and feel the agony that had overtaken me. So I made a decision. Running towards the kitchen I gabbed every bottle of pain and sleep medication I could find‚ popped them open and threw handfuls after handfuls of pills into my mouth. I begged for it to work‚ that all the
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“Smiley”. Her community will also miss her as she fought and stood up for those in the African American community‚ as a lawyer and advocate. It never occurs to us that death has a connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon‚ this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance. It is an honor to stand before you and share my precious memories of Jerica. She will be missed by all‚ but her memory will live on in us all forever. Jerica
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Silence fills the room and for a moment you can nearly hear everyone’s heartbeat‚ as constant blood flows into their bodies. Alicia grew impatient and says “ So is no one going to speak?” Alicia looked at everyone‚ then proceeded to look in her bag‚ pulling something out and unwrapped it and asked. “Whose pregnancy test is this?” While the look of confusion fills everyone’s face‚ but Rosey’s. Rosey once filled with color became white as snow. Her face looks as if she had left her own body. Rosey
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both‚ Cuahtemoc felt about the same in regards to each. He kept his paws to his face‚ wincing as he charged through the cloud of in-sync feather dusters. “Out of my face. Please. Guys‚ I won’t stop for any birds in the wrong mouth at the wrong time.”
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Maram Salamah Kealy/Royer WFP 20 November 2012 The Sun Also Rises The season cast an orange haze above the horizon‚ lighting up the sky as if lit by fire‚ yet the haze was so crisp and clear. The sun‚ like a large‚ grandeur orange fireball in the distance was partially cloaked by the hanging clouds‚ which were all splashed with the random colors of hot pinks‚ reds and even hints of purples and blues. The sun was so large that he felt he could almost touch it. It seemed to look at him with a
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help you get ready! It’s not just any other day Bee‚ it’s your sixteenth birthday!!” Bee sat down gesturing her hands for Auburn to do the same‚ as Bee’s mother intruded. “Yes it is! My little baby is turning sixteen. Oh my beautiful little baby‚” Bee’s mom crossed through the kitchen to get to Bee and squeeze her bony cheeks. “Mom… I’m not your baby‚ you have Patricia too‚” said Bee. Patricia was Bee’s younger sister that she wasn’t very close to. She had always followed after Auburn and not Bee
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popped the lid on the Coke‚ took a sip and resigned herself to spend the rest of the afternoon in frustrated seclusion. Julie set the Coke down on a coaster and plopped herself in front of her laptop hitting the power button on the computer at the same time. The young woman threw her head back and stared up at the ceiling‚ twirling in her chair as the computer booted up. When the familiar whir of the startup process stopped‚ she straightened up and opened her Word program. For ten minutes she sat
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individual wants to feel like they have a purpose somewhere in life. in the poem “ June 23rd 1973” by Bruce Hunter two boys chase every teenage boys dream to fit in with the popular crowd and be accepted by all of them. The poem uses to two boys to portray the idea that people will go to extremes to be accepted and in that process can make some bad decisions. The short story “ The New Kid” by Murray Heyart is all about a young boy and his journey to be accepted. This story shows a side of a lot of boys
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