to thinking that it was blood. I immediately began crying because I knew I had split my head open. Everyone in the living room heard my cry and ran right to the staircase including my cousins. No one had any clue how I got injured. Without thinking about how it happened my mom started cleaning the blood running down my forehead and said "we need to get him the the hospital right now". My dad got his car turned on and everyone in the house decided to come along with us to the hospital. After checking
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homophobic comment‚ my brother accidently bumps into me‚ my music isn’t loud enough to block out the sounds of the water‚ the bus driver slams on the brakes‚ I hit my head‚ someone turns on the radio. Then I’m home. When I get inside my dad makes a comment about how much I’m eating I know he is joking but the water rises along with every awful intrusive thought I’ve ever had. I rush to my room‚ I can’t breath‚ I’m crying‚ with ever thought the water rises further above my head making it harder and harder to
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weather I would have to get used to again. After all I was going up north moving to Minnesota. My parents called a family meeting. I could feel the nervousness setting in as I threw myself onto the couch feeling my body sink into the cushions. It was about six months in advance my parents gingerly told my brother and I that we would be moving to Minnesota. At first I could not believe them. I felt sick to my stomach‚ but after a few minutes I realized that they were serious. Multiple questions invaded
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is engulfed with all my siblings and of course papa. We all sit eager as ever‚ anticipating thinking and imagining how good the turkey is going to be this year. Everyone’s engaged in one another‚ talking joking and laughing around the table. It’s about as good as any Thanksgiving dinner can get‚ but as soon as grandma cracks open the oven the aroma of the freshly seasoned and cooked turkey floods the kitchen. It’s as silent as the nights whistle. She brings the comestible around with the help of
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Losing a game is not half bad but‚ losing an entire season is disastrous. It takes a toll on one’s confidence and makes one lose their interest and ability in that certain sport. And that is exactly what happened to me during my eighth grade basketball season. Although I wasn’t too good at basketball to begin with‚ I did have high hopes for our team. I believed my team and I could win conference that year‚ my last year at Glenside Middle School. We were a distinct group of kids from different cultures
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I was raised‚ since eight years of age in Canton‚ a northern community in Georgia. My upbringing was in a suburban setting‚ relatively quiet and with a lot of friendships developed right from my neighborhood. Except for vacations to Florida‚ most of my friends never left Canton and went to the same elementary‚ middle and high school. Our parents drove us to school‚ enrolled me in Lacrosse‚ baseball and football. I grew with‚ what I consider‚ a very normal American childhood. During the summer
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Bam! Crash! Boom! I remember hearing those sounds on September 11‚ 2001 when I was aboard United Flight 93. That day has impacted the rest of my life and the way I live now. I can recall those events like it was yesterday. I woke up tired on a beautiful‚ sunny‚ Tuesday morning. It was the day I had to fly to San Francisco for my job on a cruise ship. I had been in between cruises‚ so I had taken the chance to come see my parents in Newark‚ New Jersey. Later I realized that it could have cost me
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Every athlete always dreams of having that big moment. Hearing the crowd chant your school name as you make memories you will never forget. The moment where they reach one of the highest points in their career‚ but know it’s not the peak. They spend countless hours in the gym hoping that someday their moment will come. Thoughts run through their head‚ “Will I be ready when my chance comes?” As the Sutton girl’s basketball team traveled to Fairbury in late January‚ we had no idea that our chance
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“ Rose clean this house and go to the market”‚ the crazed woman yelled. Only 14 rose is treated like a slave by her own mother‚ even worse she was terrified to go to the market. Although the market does not seem like a terrible place to visit‚ Rose would also have to visit her cousin on the way. Roy was much older and bigger than rose‚ he is almost 18. One week ago it started‚ Roy approached Rose on her way to the market. He confronted her of having a secret admirer‚ it was against her mother’s rules
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Surrounded by a massive ray of brightness‚ complete silence‚ I was just as shocked as my mother and father standing on the lush and thick grass. All I could see was my teammate‚ Zayna with her short‚ black‚ thick hair and the other team’s goalie. I was standing on the field right in front of the goal. Even at the age of 8 years old‚ one soccer goal would be a great accomplishment for me and would help me move forward in life. I was so excited when I joined my first soccer team‚ the Hornets‚ because
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