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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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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morning of my freshman year‚ and something noteworthy arose in my mind. I don’t know how this thought appeared‚ but I took a step‚ a big‚ courageous step‚ that has changed my life forever. I had always been the girl who follows the crowd and never did anything where I felt I would be judged or made fun of‚ but this overwhelming‚ yet amazing event gave me a different perspective on who I truly was. Next thing‚ I was standing in line to sign up for the girls golf team. It was terrifying; my legs and
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called Nduta my family fled there during a war that took place in Burundi. I personally didn’t experience the war because my mom fled when she was pregnant with me‚ she conceived me three months later. After reaching the camp I’m told that a lot of people got sick while we were there because there weren’t enough doctors to treat the people‚ due to that most people passed away. At age six I became very ill to point where I couldn’t eat‚ drink‚ or even the energy to sit up. For a minute my family thought
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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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having your face pushed into a cake doesn’t make your eyes go puffy. Unfortunately for me‚ that cake had chocolate icing‚ and it triggered an allergic reaction. After all‚ I’ve been allergic to chocolate my entire life. As a child‚ I was forced to watch as my younger brother received a large chunk of my Halloween spoils year after year‚ solely because I couldn’t eat it. I believed I was an anomaly until I met David Kim‚ who shared two major traits with me: our last names and our allergies. As I discovered
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My first memory involving religion of any kind is when my grandmother was my temporary Sunday school teacher. This memory had absolutely nothing to do with reading the bible or praying or doing anything of that sort. I have no idea why I remember it either. The memory is of about four other kids and me sitting around the Sunday school table while my grandma sang a song about our ancestry and how it didn’t start with monkeys. The song went like this “I’m no kin to the monkey‚ the monkey’s no kin to
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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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_____________________________________ Date ________________________________ Period ___ My Dream Life Essay Due Date: Typed final drafts are due on _______________________ at the beginning of the period. Your graded final draft will be placed in your portfolio. Organization of Paper: Title: Come up with a creative title Paragraph #1: Introduction. Use one of the “hooks” from the six choices on side 2. Don’t forget to let your reader know what your essay will be about (career‚ family‚ friends‚ relationships‚ house
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