There are places in the world that take your breath away and make you feel alive all at once. Big Bend National Park is one of these places. Despite what many people think‚ Big Bend has more to offer than just deserts‚ cacti‚ and zero wifi. It is filled with beautiful wildlife and splendid mountains. My aunt used to live and work there as a park ranger and seeing her so little during the year made our visits over Christmas break that much more meaningful. One of those times sticks out in my mind
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You could see for miles over the grass‚ trees‚ gradual acceleration into the city‚ and the blinding sun just above that. Green was all over‚ I had never seen that much life before‚ and little me was amazed. I spent half of the drive being paranoid that the wild animals would get us. After all‚ there warnings posted all over the roads. And of course the tracks my brothers had pointed out to me were obviously legitimate
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of telling someone you like something of theirs. She also said something about wanting to do something so that her face was light colored like our someday. I tried to tell her that God made us this way and her that way and he loves here just the way he made her. We eventually left and on the way home we were stopped by the police. They said that they were going to arrest our driver. What they really wanted was for us to pay a bribe. We did have too many people in the van though and our driver did
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ice. I never expected to spin out of control like that and I was so sure that the only way this could end was with my car upside down in the middle of the road. My knuckles were white from gripping the bitter cold leather steering wheel‚ which felt like ice even on my gloved hands. I could hear my dad in the back of my head‚ reminding me to very slowly press on my brake. My car slowed‚ but it was still trapped in the wrong lane‚ with traffic heading right
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the wall curled inward where the cheap paint was beginning to peel and rot. The light that shone through the cracked window started to fade as I recalled Mr Nungarin’s rapid words. “Remember‚ your research task for the holiday is the Cape Grim massacre.” Shortly afterwards‚ I visited the local library. Everywhere you looked‚ there were neat rows of books‚ bean bags‚ and comfortable leather chairs. I can hear the muffled stillness and the occasional laughter of children‚ and I can picture the librarian’s
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me. I remember walking up the bleachers and stepping on the 3rd and last bleacher then falling right through an opening in it. These bleachers had 3 rows‚ like stairs but wide. On the 3rd bleacher there is a bar supporting it‚ so you can lean on it. This bar was in a shape of a rectangular so it is possible someone could go through it. So I either walked up and fell head first or most likely‚ went up‚ turned around‚ went backwards to lean on the bar then fell through the opening. I remember when I
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leaving only the hopeless drunks and a few young couples too lost in trivial conversation to realize the bar is closing soon. That’s a lie. This place doesn’t bring in any sensible people‚ in fact it hardly brings anyone in at all anymore. I like to remember how it used to be—so full of life and genuinely pleasant—and pretend that’s still the way it is. But this bar in particular‚ which I have been forced to call home‚ has become pretty rundown. I’ve been here long enough to see it evolve‚ or more accurately
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the Colima‚ Mexico orphanage was very overwhelming and very emotional. At first‚ I felt very out of place‚ like seeing grass during a Michigan winter. All these kids surrounding me right now have no families and have nobody to love them. These kids were all beautiful in their own way and really knew how to make you smile without even trying.They were like flowers in a rundown parking lot. Beautiful but with a dark‚ sad background. Everytime they looked at you‚ you could see the excitement in their
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I remember the events of 9/11 like they were yesterday. The enormous‚ burning building collapsing to the ashy ground‚ people desperate to stop the plane that was being flown at 600 miles per hour‚ the impact of when the plane collided with the building‚ the screams and cries for help‚ along with my fellow passengers calling their loved ones to say they’re not going to make it. Yes‚ I said my fellow passengers. My name Lauren Kriewitz‚ and I am a survivor of the treacherous 9/11 attack. My flight
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