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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his songs were great he just wrote very few of them. I have missed Elvis dearly ever since he passed away a few years ago. I have many great memories with him but my favorites are the memories of all the holiday party Elvis and i went to. The first
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book and there are a number of reasons why. In the beginning of the book‚ Scout was terrified of Boo and would make plays with Jem about Boo’s life. She did so to lessen her fear of him. She especially feared some of the stories that Jem told her‚ “I’ve seen his tracks in our back yard many mornin’‚ and one night i heard him scratching on the back screen”(Lee‚ 1960‚ p.16) This made Scout fear that every night he would look into her window while she was sleeping. She and Jem had attempted to contact
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My mom has multiple sclerosis. Having been diagnosed with the disease almost eighteen years ago‚ my mother has never been healthy in the time that I can remember her. Because of this‚ I have been accustomed to a different childhood than a majority of my friends. There were a lot of things that I didn’t do with my mom as a child that many other families do. We did a lot of traveling when we were younger‚ but we stopped taking trips after I was seven years old. Although my aunt and uncle always stepped
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you hear and half of what you see‚” Dad reiterated as I became a young woman. But growing up‚ I relied on what I could see‚ what I could touch‚ and what others shared with me. I held my peers and teachers words as peremptory and gained a sense of false dependence. As I entered my third year of high school this changed. “I need you to translate what this man is saying‚” Dad explained as he drove through our neighborhood. An older Hispanic man with a hat‚ long sleeves and jeans‚ an unusual outfit for
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My heart is pounding in my chest as I am in complete awe as I realize that finally she is coming. It is one of the most thrilling events that has ever happened to me in my entire life. I don’t think one can ever be completely ready for what I was about to endure as well as the pain my body was about to be put through. The pain begins to become more alarming as stronger waves of torment flows throughout my body down to the deepest core of my being. I have to say no matter how many books or classes
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one night changed her entire life for the worse. She cannot speak normally and it is really hard to get a job. I learned to never ever take drugs. No matter how cool some people say it is or how it is part of the norm‚ I should never do it. One time‚ one night‚ or one deal could affect my future and what I want for my life. Her story affected me because she really seems to regret her decisions. Her life was great and she was privileged‚ but she turned to drugs which messed up her entire life. It also
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Going Back to School as an Older Student. Her last child has graduated from college‚ so the mother now has time to go back to college. Having spent much of her time working and supporting her children in their scholastic developments‚ she has decided this is her time for self-gratification. Or it could be‚ going back to college after being away for many years is a valuable opportunity to network with likeminded individuals. Or else‚ it might be an opportunity to live out her dream. Going to college
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boy who changed everything about me. Before his birth I was a carefree‚ immature party girl without a care in the world‚ after his birth I grew up stopped parting and took on the responsibility that was gifted to me. It has not been a stroll in the park more like a steep climb up a mountain‚ but it is not something that I would give up no matter how hard it can get Before the birth of my son I was a carefree‚ immature party girl without a care in the world. I remember spending my days shopping
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The Day That Changed My Life Forever It was a bone chilling January night; my mom received a call at about 11:15 PM‚ a call that changed my life forever. My Aunt June was on the other line. She was crying so hard my mother could barely understand her. Through the sobbing my mom finally understood that Brian‚ my cousin‚ had been in a horrible accident and she didn’t know how bad it was. My mother jumped out of the bed after she hung up the phone. She screamed up the stairs at my sister and me;
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