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    My Inspiration I never imagined that one little‚ tiny human could change my life. I know they say that the second you see your child‚ you’ll experience a love that you’ll have experienced before. Although I didn’t have a child‚ the birth of my little sister sure allowed me to experience this love. At the ripe age of 13‚ I was beyond excited for my mom to have a baby. While I already had two siblings‚ they were closer to me in age. I was finally going to be able to take care of a baby‚ and there was

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    I hadn’t been feeling like myself. I was nine years old and I had been visiting my neighborhood pediatrician’s office very frequently‚ but apparently nothing was wrong. Then one day‚ I woke up and realized that I had a bump on my neck; I didn’t think much of it but I showed my mom anyways. She then immediately took me to the hospital. In the cab ride to the hospital‚ all I could think about was what was wrong with me as I looked at the buildings zooming out of sight. After

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    soccer‚ I set my expectations high for myself. That’s why I was so disappointed with my soccer abilities when I was benched several games. So‚ I made myself work over the winter and summer to have some playing time on varsity. Every Sunday‚ my parents would go wash clothes at the laundromat and I would cross the street to my local YMCA and practice outside by myself. No matter what the weather was I’d be out there. I would set up tires in front of the goal and shoot through them to work on my accuracy

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    To begin with‚ when I was a little girl I lived in South Central Los Angeles‚ California with my two parents whom the names are Arturo Ferreiro and Cynthia Contreras. We all lived in one small pink house with my grandmother named Yolanda Contreras. My parents worked so hard to move from the ghetto. My mother once said to my grandmother “ I don’t want my daughter to distinguish the negativity.” There were so many crimes around our area and honestly‚ it was dense to walk around the neighborhood without

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    pull hard at each other‚ battling one another for the complete claim of me. However‚ I remain stuck in between the two‚ not knowing which culture has conquered me. September 6th‚ 2006 was the day my brother‚ and I left our mother and home in Ghana to come to America. After a long 12 hour flight‚ I met my father for the first time. It was an unforgettable moment. He was taller than I imagined and had a brilliant smile. His eyes sparkled with delight as he helped us carry our bags. He asked us a plethora

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    Once upon a time I lived a semi normal life. The last day I lived that life was Thanksgiving of 2002. The people that made up my semi normal life was Papa‚ Nannie‚ Mom‚ Aunt Jodi‚ and me. As you may of concluded it was Thanksgiving‚ but this one wasn’t like the rest. We were going to Chicago to my Aunt Jackie and Uncle John’s house to have Thanksgiving dinner. The thing is we would of had dinner at Nannie and Papa’s‚ but a little less than a year before Papa was diagnosed with lung cancer. Lung

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    My daughter’s name is Amelia. She is three-years old with bright blonde hair and calming blue eyes. She attends a five star daycare within our area. The daycare is run by Aiden and Jennifer Clifton. The married couple has owned the daycare for the past twelve years‚ while also having their four-year old daughter attend the daycare. Taking Amelia to daycare each day isn’t easy. She is the light of my world and it breaks my heart to leave her throughout the day. I wish I could stay home with her

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    Hi! How have you been? I feel like we have not talked in forever‚ and I wanted to catch up. I decided to tryout for lacrosse at Mercy and I made it‚ (Jv of course) but Alexa and Ash tried out too and made JV. Mia also tried out and she made both Jv and Varsity. I was wondering did your daughters decide to try out for lacrosse? Speaking of Mia‚ we have become really close friends this year which is awesome‚ and of course I have made a ton of new friends because I am outgoing (like I’ve always been)

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    "Can you guys come in the dining room for a minute?" As my face turns reddish and my stomach feelings like it is turning inside out‚ my stomach has never felt the way it felt that day? On just a day like no other I could not even believe that this had happened. That just a few words could have such a strong meaning‚ these words felt as if the world had been crashing all at once. This had felt like a nightmare‚ it stills feels like one to till this day‚ and I just have not woken up from it. I tell

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    We learn from our mistakes all the time‚ sometimes we regret them other ties we don’t. One time I had the chance to have the world in my hands‚ but I ended up in a hole I couldn’t get out of. I had all the resources right there but never took it seriously. In school I wasn’t always the best top 4.0 student‚ but I maintained good grades. However‚ high school came I took everything for granted. I always had the impression of “It’s going to be easy” or you can make it later in the run.” You can’t have

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