Being an African American female that was raised by a single parent whom was my grandmother took on a role after realizing that my mother and father was to incompetent to take care of their kids due to drugs. My grandmother took on the responsibility of raising me and my two sisters in a middle class city on the eastside of Cleveland. Although it may seem like we were doing good because of the area we stayed in but being raised by a single parent was a bit of a challenge. I remember not having Christmas’s
Premium High school Family
Baseball The summer that I was seven‚ I spent most of my time playing backyard games with my brother and our neighbors. They were all at least three years older than me and I was the only girl‚ but I had lots of fun‚ and in my second grade mind it made me feel cool since they were big fifth-graders. Our favorite game to play was baseball since my brother had gotten a set of bases and a plastic bat and a whiffle ball for Christmas. We would set the bases up in my neighbor’s front lawn and if the
Premium Baseball Major League Baseball Family
“And‚ now…it is time to announce the winners for Problem 3‚ ‘Pandora’s Box‚’” said the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals master of ceremonies in his most resonant voice. He was about to name the top six high school teams in the world! My team sat in utter suspense‚ hoping our names would be called. We had worked harder this year on our problem solution than ever before. We grasped each other’s’ hands and sat‚ feeling full of both excitement and anxiety and waited. Finally‚ the announcer spoke again:
Premium High school Game Debut albums
start to see how the impact of maternity leave provisions on mothers. The FMLA has required employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Some qualified medical and family reasons include personal or family illness‚ family military leave‚ adoption‚ pregnancy‚ or the foster care place of a child. The act started off by saying that “…it is important for the development of children and the family unit that fathers and mothers be able to participate
Premium Leave United States Bill Clinton
The glaring white walls that scare most others bring comfort to me. During my life I have spent a profound amount of time wandering the halls of these mazes. Each room in this building has a story behind it‚ a path of hope‚ pain‚ and resilience. To me‚ hospitals are one of the places I feel most relaxed. My mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis is 2003‚ just as she completed her PhD in psychology. As she finished what she thought to be the hardest portion of her life‚ she was dumped into a
Premium Family Mother Medicine
I remember the first time I created art. I was seven years old and I was already in the midst of learning about myself. The pencil crayons felt like paint brushes as I let my inner artist run wild. I felt like Matisse himself even though I had no idea who that was at the time. I drew a rose and an off-coloured clownfish that looked more like Tiger. Although the things I drew had no significance‚ the idea of creating something captivated me ever since. I practiced baking to settle my need for creation
Premium Cooking Family Food
One night at the ballpark‚ I was able to do something I had never done in a softball game before….. Pitch! My parents and softball team were all present and they were anxiously watching me. I was incredibly nervous and excited all at the same time! Up to this point I had only had one pitching lesson and I had never had the chance to pitch in a game. This is what happened next…... We were playing the Panthers and I was positioned at first base when suddenly I heard my coach call my name. He
Premium Baseball Baseball statistics Pitcher
Hi‚ I am Nathaniel Nelson and I have broken my back twice. Two years ago I fractured my lower L5 (left side) while training new skills in gymnastics. The L5 is the bone that connects the front of my hip to the back of my hip. After wearing a brace and undergoing physical therapy for six months I was back into my normal routine. The following summer‚ I fractured the L5 again training new skills but this time on the right side. After going through about 6 more months of physical therapy I was "fixed"
Premium
Descriptive Essay Entry Slip I had a hard time deciding on a topic for my descriptive essay. My first idea was to describe a concert I had recently attended‚ but as I started writing‚ I realized it was not the right topic for me. This essay I compared to lasagna‚ a classic‚ yet complex‚ dish. There are many different lasagna recipes to choose from‚ so I often have to try different recipes to find the right fit. Once I decided on the topic of describing a farmers’ market‚ my writing became much easier
Premium Writing Essay Paper
twitter‚ Facebook and I would always come up with some bullshit person just pretending to be someone‚ and although they saw it as some funny game but it was a nasty joke to me that would tare up my hope every year. So when my mom’s (my real mom’s) personal investigator found the names of my brother and my birth mom the first thing I did was search for them on Facebook‚ I found my brother and I messaged him three times on October 29‚ 2013 and received nothing. Finally when I had given up on everything
Premium English-language films Parent