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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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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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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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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Quite possibly the most impactful event in my life was the death of Harriet Williams. Harriet was a foster mother and a devout Christian. She had fostered six children to adulthood and one of her own. When she stumbled upon me I was only 2 months old and the story she would always tell was and I was so cute that she just had to adopt me but because she didn’t want to make the other children jealous she adopted all of them as well. Harriet had enough love in her heart to adopt 7 other boys and two
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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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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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turning to‚ but when we worked in school time on it; my mind changed. Having the guidance of Natasha was a huge step in my spiritual journey and it motivated me to open my mind to new things. When we completed our first meditation‚ I became more aware of how I was really feeling on the inside. I went home and reflected on my experience‚ excited for our next Religion lesson‚ where I could try a new type of meditation and work with it to suit my needs. I had participated in meditation before and it
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I could not read at all‚ it did not really bother me until the class got assigned reading levels. I was put into the lowest level while most of my friends got put into different groups and were allowed to read different books then me. Not long after I was put into the lowest level‚ a lady came to my classroom and took me to another room to test
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Sitting in the freezing rain on a December afternoon wondering what I did so wrong to be thrown out of my house. I look into the puddle that was formed due to the accumulation of the rain. As I lean forward to look into it all I see is a reflection of a child that was misunderstood and used his entire life. This child was me. While many children had a childhood filled with laughter and friends; this was not the case with mine. As a child that grew up with no friends; a person would perceive me
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