up idolizing left my family for a twenty-year-old girl‚ it left me mentally and emotionally unstable. As many times as my parents told me that their problems were their problems and that they shouldn’t affect me; this affected me. My life before the affair was great and carefree‚ however‚ now I’m not sure that I’ll ever get back there. It is literally as if I lived a different life before the trauma. My mom and dad divorced when I was just a baby. Although I have always loved my real daddy‚ I also
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those two years I was with my biological family‚ a lot happen that wasn’t for the best. Since I was addicted to heroin‚ I went through the withdrawals as a baby. I was lost as a baby‚ I just didn’t know it yet. After seeing that my biological mother was driving with me while high on heroin‚ my grandpa and grandmother called DFS and then later got Child Services involved. After that‚ I was placed into foster care with the parents I know of now. Erin and Brian Duncan. My life wouldn’t be the same if
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The Degree in which I changed my life We all know that change is scary‚ and for some of us‚ almost impossible. The fear of the unknown is at times all together overwhelming. However‚ change happens everyday‚ even if we don’t recognize it‚ change is happening around us‚ all the time. I chose to welcome change into my life‚ I had to‚ or I was going to lose the most important people in my life‚ my children. Approximately two years ago‚ my world came crashing down on me like a wall of bricks. In one
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for a couple of months. I was on the phone with one of my friends from school when my mom called through my door for me to come out into the living room. I ignored her and kept talking for a few minutes when she called me out again. I rolled my eyes and told my friend I would call her right back. I walked into the living room and it seemed odd to me that both my sisters and dad were all out there too. I watched my mom take a deep breath with my dad by her side. As she began to speak her voice shook
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Two words--three‚ depending on how you feel about hyphens--have changed my life and net financial worth: Mid-Century Modern. If you’re a fan of “Mad Men” or martinis you probably already know about Mid-Mod‚ this rekindling of love for all things Fifties—sunburst wall clocks‚ tail fins‚ Tang‚ and‚ most significantly‚ the suburban ranch house. This infatuation with the brawny‚ ebullient time following the war when America was in love with space travel and clam dip was not in play twenty years ago
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of me and felt as if I was about to explode. My walking pace slowly started to increase to a jog then to a run. My mind slowly starting to become clear blank slate and I ran without any destination. Since I haven’t been jogging regularly at that time my body was exhausted‚ screaming for me to stop. However‚ my mind kept pushing my body to keep running letting me forget about all the pain. My feet were pounding against the pavement as I hear my breath streaming out of my lungs and throat rushing back
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would need to alter my ways or I would spend a miserable life. I resolved to lift weights and run every day and get into shape and try a lot harder in school. I was fit and I had never played sports‚ so when school came I joined the football team. I studied the playbook hard and memorized the plays so that when they called a play I instantly saw what was going to
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I was in the sixth grade when I first met my best friend Jamilex. Jamilex and I were really close‚ we did everything together; our homework‚ went to the movies‚ hung out in the park‚ and often went her house where we had conversations about guys. We tried to spend time together as often as possible‚ because we didn’t see each other during school hours since she attended a different junior High school. We saw each other every day after school to do homework together. I never thought I would finally
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School of Rock. Seeing those words on my calendar made me dread the weeks to come. My parents had signed me up for an activity‚ once again‚ without asking my opinion first. My friends would be going‚ but that didn’t make it sound better. I would be put in a band with people I didn’t know. I’d always left being outgoing and meeting new people for my friends to take care of‚ but this week it seemed to be on my to-do list. My idea of the next two weeks was a monotonous‚ dreary prison. I would be
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The part of my life I am about to recount was during the summer of 2014 when I was the starting pitcher and third hitter for the Drexel Hill Little League tournament team. Now‚ baseball is america’s pastime and in my words is the greatest sport on god’s green earth. A little background on the sport is it’s a game of nines. Nine starting players on each team try to score as many runs in nine inning by hitting a nine inch baseball coming in at an average speed of ninety miles per hour. This leaves
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