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    family is just as hard and stressful as you may have heard. My dad made the decision to join the Navy when I was six years old. After he joined he had to go to boot-camp for six to eight weeks‚ which left me in the care of my aunt since my mother wasn’t in the U.S at the time. It was hard to see my dad go because not only did have to deal with the fact that I was in a new country but I also had to cope with my dad leaving. After my dad finished boot-camp he had to stay close to his base because of

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    Dirt Bike Poem

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    not just a dirt bike. Me and my dad were eating seril. My dad said let’s go to the shed i want to show you something. We walked thru the garage. Down the hill and throw the wet grass. mY Shoes kept slipping on the grass and it made it hard to stand. Finally we got two the shed. My dad unlocked the door and swung it open. My dad said do you see anything different in the shed. No i said it always looked like this. I squinted and looked close at every precise

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    Introduction Speech

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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPEECH TITLE : My remarkable Dad Name: Angela Hawley Topic: My Dad Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how well my dad raised my sister and I and how much fun we had growing up with him. Thesis Statement: Three important things I will talk about involving my dad are how he always accepted everything‚ what it was like growing up with my dad and how my dad would keep us entertained. Briefly‚ what did you do to “adapt” to your audience

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    personalities and work ethics. My dad has always taught me that I have to work my hardest for whatever I want in life. My dad had me with his first wife‚ my mother‚ when he was seventeen. My parents had very little money to raise me on their own‚ so my dad went to work right away to help support his family. He gave up all his freedom and the fun on a teenage life to help support his family. My dad has been working at least two jobs at a time since the age of seventeen. My dad has always been by my side

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    My Father's Grit Story

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    definitions both sound like my dad. My dad has gone through a lot in life and has shown more grit than anyone I know. He is to this day my role model and an inspiration for all the grit he has shown. My dad’s grit story started at really young age. It wasn’t like he was drafted into the army at any young‚ but the worst thing happened to any kid around his age (4). My dad had lost his dad to a very bad heart disease. My dad had to grow up without a father. He’s dad always wanted my dad to grow up and be happy

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    One Day Well Research Paper

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    the other hand that was holding me back; should I trust the man that left me and my mother so many years ago. It was definitely a hard call to make. Just as the first few rays of sun started to poke over the horizon I decided to try it. The day my dad came to get me for the trip I panicked. I was super confused and thought maybe I made the wrong decision. I looked to my mom for help‚ she was good to me and helped me talk through things. This time was different‚ she told me I made a decision and

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    Sorrel Soup Sundays

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    When Dad Wanted Sorrel Soup Coming from Riga‚ Latvia and missing his homeland my dad wanted to be able to enjoy the foods he was used to in his country. One of those was Sorrel Soup. I will write a post on Sorrel however for this post let me just explain that this is a leafy spinach like plant and the leaves are rather tart. In Latvian it is called Skabene and soup made with these leaves is very popular. The soup can be eaten hot or cold. When eaten hot it usually includes some meat and an added

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    refused to play. Not only did she loose contact with her dad she lost contact with music too. This is until Ronnie and her brother Jonah are sent to stay with their dad in North Carolina over the summer. The main themes in this movie are love and forgiveness and Ronnie is truly admirable in both these aspects. Ronnie’s relationship with her dad is lost when her parents divorced because they had a special connection through music. Ronnie blamed her dad for leaving the family and she had been rebellious

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    and now let’s begin with the story. SCENE 1 Narrator: Colin never knew his real father. His mum left his father a few weeks after he was born. She says he was a bit of a rough-house and they were much safer away from him. Then she took up with his dad. Colin calls him that because he came when he was eight months old‚ and don’t remember any time before that. He looks a bit like Colin‚ anyway. His hair is dark‚ like him‚ though he has silver patches over his ears. He knows the words of practically

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    Mystery Story - English

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    THE HOOK “Dad do we really have to go?” I whined. It is the start of winter and my dad wants to go camping in the middle of nowhere. It’s going to be so boring‚ just me by myself‚ No kids‚ no games and worst of all no PlayStation. I mean‚ I don’t mind going camping in a tent‚ but does dad really have to make it in the middle of my only holidays away from school? Not to mention in the middle of winter‚ if I was a polar bear I probably wouldn’t mind. “Yes Adam we have already booked and paid for

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