mound. I threw a perfect curve ball which caught the corner of the strike zone. “Strike one‚” Maison calls from the outfield. Next pitch I threw a fastball‚ which Ryan and missed. “Strike two‚” I say pumping My next I made him chase outside for the last strike. “Strike three‚” Alex calls from first base. I threw a curve ball right down the middle‚ which Conner hit over by the woodchip area. I desperately ran over
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Mom said “Just like a family meeting”. She choked on the words‚ almost forgetting how to speak. He didn’t know that those words were always followed by bad news. I’ll admit that I was anxious for the meeting. I didn’t know that this would be the “Last Good Day’ as a family‚ with all of our blissful innocence and being oh so naive. We laid out a blanket over the rug. Both of us sat patiently waiting for our parents to deliver the news. My father’s eyes filled with tears as my mother spoke
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interactions between himself and Madison switched to strictly professional and cordial. Seeing less and less of Madison also helped‚ but since she was his boss‚ there was no cutting it off all together. It had been just over one year since he and Theo’s last ’Madison argument’ and since then things had remained relatively peaceful between them. Theo had called Eric and asked if he would be willing to work some upper class social event; Eric happily agreed to help out and just like that‚ a series of unfortunate
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got back from dinner when I got a text message that made my heart race. It said “Come to the health center right now! It’s Channing. Hurry it’s urgent.” The message was from my good friend Nick So. I didn’t know it then‚ but that Monday would be the last time I would see my best friend at NMH. I raced to the health center with a million thoughts running in and out of my mind. “I just hope he’s not hurt.”‚ was at the front of my mind. I was greeted by one of the health staff who already knew why
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for their daughter for a long time. Estevan was an English teacher who lived in Guatemala with his wife and child‚ up until fifteen years ago. The reason for the sudden move was far harsher than Aurora would’ve liked. The letter continues with the story of how the government had persecuted their family because they had been part of a teachers union. The next part of this letter began to turn Aurora’s stomach. Their three year old child had been taken from them by kidnappers. This child’s name was
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After spending so much time cooped up in a cell with someone‚ their face and behaviour become normal to you but to any passing onlookers my cellmate is anything but normal. When I was first thrown into the cell‚ Marigold was the first thing I saw‚ it was kind of hard not to‚ she could be standing in a room full of diamonds and she would be the brightest thing there. This shine she possesses isn’t due to beauty but rather a peculiar mix of clashing features. She has a wrinkled forehead that always
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Growing up on an island surrounded by water‚ it was hard to resist the temptations of the ocean. I was vicariously watching the older crew who were pretty gregarious bodyboarders ‚ but as me and my friends grew older we got dexterous with bodyboarding. Our little crew was always trying to one up each other‚ we were pretty ostentatious when it came to that kind of stuff. We would always go out on the optimal days for bodyboarding‚ but some days we would just go out to facetious time. We would also
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I never knew deciding my future would have such a tragic back story. I remember when I woke up to the twelve missed calls from my mother the day after Easter. When I saw I had numerous missed calls‚ I knew something was dreadfully wrong. When I called my mother back‚ she had told me my uncle Charles had taken his own life. I didn’t know what to feel‚ or what to think. Two years later‚ and I still think about him every day. He was sick‚ not like cancer or something physical. He was sick emotionally
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It’s been raining for days now. I can’t remember the last time I saw the sun. So long I can’t remember. I don’t pay much attention to the days. I don’t pay much attention to anything at all really. It always gets me in trouble. I get in trouble a lot. You wouldn’t think it‚ 14 year old Timmy Carter‚ innocent‚ quiet‚ lonely‚ in trouble? No one would pick it‚ but then again‚ no one knows me. People know the school Timmy Carter‚ a smart kid with a smile on my face. But if anyone was to look closely
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Oh yeah‚ there’s just something about singing with a huge chorus‚ you know? I’ve been very fortunate to be in things like The Producers‚ The Drowsy Chaperone‚ Urinetown--quite a number of stuff‚ I guess. It’s just great to be on stage singing with a bunch of other people. I’ve not had the opportunity to actually be in a musical‚ but I was a music teacher‚ and I have gotten to direct musicals‚ and be the choreographer‚ and teach the music. Oh my gosh‚ you’re never sleeping. Definitely a tough gig
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