As I was looking through the suggested summer reading list for 10th graders‚ the title of this book caught my attention: My Life As A Rhombus. I wondered how could someone have a life as a rhombus. And since it has the word “rhombus”‚ I was expecting the book to be mostly about math. Expecting so‚ I ordered the book online without reading a summary or preview. I guess I shouldn’t have judged the book by its title. It turns out that the book is mostly about two girls becoming friends as they exchanged
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Keys to a successful marriage COM 200 Interpersonal Communication Professor November 5‚ 2012 Becoming an engaged couple is an exciting event in any person’s life. Being engaged means starting a new life together and when you feel more connected to your partner more than ever. Even with all that happiness‚ newly engaged couples can face problems on the way to the altar. The types of problems are mostly communications issues such as; developing strategies for active‚ critical‚ and empathic
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A Defining Moment in my life Cancer‚ the word burned into my mind. My dad has cancer. The realization of this was so painful‚ that it was too much to bear. It was Multiple Myeloma‚ disease with which was not familiar. All that I knew was that my dad had cancer and my world was about to change forever. I always loved my dad and thought we had a strong bond‚ but our time together was limited. Between his work schedule and my school and sports schedules‚ we rarely saw each other. When he began his
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ICS-200.b: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents 012011 Final Exam Page 1 1) These levels of the ICS organization may have Deputy positions: Branch Incident Commander ___________ (a) Staging Area (b) Group (c) Division (d) Section 2) Resources within the Staging Areas: (a) Are managed by the Logistics Section (b) Are awaiting operational assignment (c) Include out-of-service resources that are being made ready for deployment (d) Include those
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rewarding experience ever in my life Since early childhood‚ I have made numerous trips to more than twenty countries. However‚ most of the trips did not stay in my memory long as they were just for fun and enjoyment. The trip that meant to me the most was the School Adventure Week trip to Cambodia this year. With the curiosity of exploring what a less developed country was like and the desire to offer community service to those in need‚ I chose to participate in this trip. My first impression of
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some way. When asked to look at a moment that impacted me. I can only choose one‚ the moment that made the biggest impact‚ when my mom died. That event forced me to think in ways that I never had to before. Our roles changed‚ we became more independent. We looked after ourselves. We kids also help start dinner before dad came home. A role in my first eight years of life I had never had to play. This impacted me emotionally‚ mentally‚ and socially. The day started out well‚ woke up to go to school
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Scariest Night of My Life In April 1984‚ I experienced what I believe to be the scariest night of my life. At the time I was living in the Philippines‚ where my husband was stationed at Clark Air Force Base. We lived in a small two bedroom apartment located off base at Friendship Gate. At each end of the hallway was a bedroom‚ separated by a bathroom. At night when I couldn’t sleep‚ I would move to the spare bedroom and read or do word search puzzles so I wouldn’t keep my husband awake
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The Turning Point of My Life I was in my final year at Rodeo High School. I was only seventeen and the pressure of knowing the outcome of post high school results would determine my whole life ahead finally got to me. I snapped out of my bewilderment one day‚ in the absence of my parents while they were out on vacation‚ I went out with my friends‚ hoping to find myself spiritually and mentally. This was the turning point in my life that would ultimately lead to my destiny. With an incomplete
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tilted the top box toward the light and began to carefully lift out one old photograph album after another. Eyes once bright but now dim searched longingly for the source that had drawn him here. It began with the fond recollection of the love of his life‚ long gone‚ and somewhere in these albums was a photo of her he hoped to rediscover. Silent as a mouse‚ he patiently opened the long buried treasures and soon was lost in a sea of memories. Although his world had not stopped spinning when his wife
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Day of My Life As I lie here looking up at the ceiling‚ unable to move‚ I think to myself that this could be the worst day of my life. As I try to think about how I got here I begin to put the pieces together and I realize what happened to me. This day was like any other day of my life. It was such a pretty day‚ the sun was shining‚ the sky was blue‚ a perfect day for a summer birthday party. My nephew was turning four years of age‚ so my brother was throwing him a pool party at my Dad’s house
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