My Quinceanera was three years ago‚ and it was an experience I will never forget. A Quinceanera is a Hispanic traditional ceremony when a little girl becomes a young lady at the age of fifteen. In the eyes of the church and family my life as I knew it would be different from this special event. I left my childhood behind in one day‚ I remember the church ceremony‚ the reception‚ and my Sunday dinner for my court of honor. At the church is where you are told what is expected of you as a young lady
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Babysitting is one of the most stressful things to do. It all started when I was suppose to go out to dinner with my friends but then there wasn’t anyone to babysit my baby sister or my brother. Then all of a sudden my mom said I can’t hang out‚ because there is no one that could take care of them‚ I was mad and disappointed at her because she didn’t even let me out that whole week. Few hours later my mom left and left me a list of things I needed to know about babysitting. Once my baby sister and
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This past summer‚ I got a job working at a local country club as a lifeguard. I had taken the training classes needed‚ and was ready to have my very first job. Signing up for the course‚ I was aware that this was not like any other entry job. If I got distracted‚ someone’s life could be lost. The responsibility I had was not just to my boss‚ it was to the people I was watching. The whole summer went by without a hitch‚ until the second to last day before the pool closed for the season. That day
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n a cold and windy December seventeenth‚ tragedy struck. A day the whole kingdom never forgot about. The tragic day the prince went missing and the day a kingdom lost their queen. Prince Aleksander had just celebrated his first and last birthday with the royal family. This day would soon be memorialized not as the prince’s birthday but as the day the kingdom mourned for the lost of a son‚ a prince‚ and an heir to the throne. His mother‚ Adeline‚ was the first person that made it to young Aleksander’s
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As a child I dreamt of the day I would get married‚ start a family‚ buy a home and have lots of money. I felt so foolish as I began to get older and realized that that wasn’t the hand I was dealt‚ that was not my reality. Now‚ I find myself homeless and without hope and all I can think is‚ “No one said life was easy.” As I start packing my tiny one-bedroom apartment where my family and I lived‚ I could not help but feel the anxiety building‚ unsure of what will come after we make this lengthy trip
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My experience with Hawaii was primarily with its beauty and its epic underwater scenery. However‚ there is another side to Hawaii. While there‚ I had an unexpected and dangerous encounter with nature itself‚ which was both frightening and awe inspiring. My battle with the elements shed light on the importance of being able to rely on those closest to you. It also taught me that we must always respect the power that nature possesses. That summer I was going into my third year of elementary school
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Takeda sat on his ornate rocking chair‚ on the porch of his coastal home. This day marked the point thirteen years from his first and last battle. He remembered the cries of anguish‚ he remembered watching his friends that he had known for all of his life fall in battle‚ some even being decapitated. Decapitation was the highest form of humiliation for a samurai. Takeda rocked in his rocking chair‚ memories of the times he was a samurai flowed into his mind. Takeda had been taken from his parents
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There once was this boy whose name was Kyler. He had never had pizza in his whole life. This one time his friend Kolt brought pizza for lunch. Kyler asked what it was he had in his lunchbox. Kolt told him it was pizza. Kyler interrogated what pizza was. Kyler’s question was bizarre to Kolt because pizza was popular in his town. Kolt wasn’t really that hungry and gave it to Kyler‚ but Kyler was a little scared to try it. The bell rang and lunch was over. He asked Kolt if he can bring another one tomorrow
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“I told you not to dance with other men….period!” James screamed at Denise. The music faded as James’ fist met Denise’s face; an all too familiar scene for Denise. “I wasn’t dancing with him‚” Denise explained‚ “he was just passing by!” It seemed as if no one had heard or seen what was happening. The crowd at the party grew larger . After James’ hit Denise she screamed as if she was watching a scary movie . James hit her so hard ‚ her neck looked like it did a whole 360 on her shoulders . Jeff
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It was the summer of 2007‚ and my parents thought that it would be a brilliant idea to go on a family road trip to some unknown location. This was the summer before I started high school and I wasn’t in the family bonding mood for a day let alone two weeks. With me being an only child‚ grandchild‚ and great grandchild‚ I was the only kid with five adults in a minivan. Why my parents thought that this was a good idea is still beyond my imagination. The trip started off like any other hectic family
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