a moment in your life where you knew nothing will ever be the same again‚ a moment in your life where you realized‚ discovered‚ learned‚ or became something new? Everyone has one of these moments‚ for some more unique than others. Not all life changing moments are bad but like most life changing moments you never know when it’s going to actually happen. My Life changing moment unfortunately was bad with a good outcome. This all began when I was nine years old and my mother sat my brother and I down
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died. I got in a life-threatening car accident. My seatbelt saved my life. If I didn’t have my seatbelt on when I wrecked I would be dead even with medical attention. I swerved to prevent a wreck between the black suv‚ the other car involved in the accident at fault‚ and myself by swerving. Swerving may not have been the best idea because I lost control of the car and ended up‚ upside down in a ditch with a completely missing window‚ a caved in roof that would have collapsed on my head if I was a
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My whole life I have been a leader‚ the rule maker‚ the boss‚ a take charge and a "get stuff done" type of person. These qualities I attribute to being the oldest sibling‚ raised by a strong mother‚ and a stepfather determined to raise another man’s child as best he could. I thrive in situations where I can have control and can help guide a team or myself to the best possible outcome. I apply these characteristics to nearly every aspect of my life‚ sometimes to a fault. After dropping out of college
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lost someone very dear to me‚ my mom‚ and my grandma‚ although she was very loved by many. I can say that it seems like it is harder for my mom and grandma. They both loved her so much and you can tell it broke my mom some. She was sad today while looking through my great grandma’s things but it was worth everything to see all the stuff that she owns and read more about her life. Today we received the package of my great grandma’s things and journal’s about her life basically. So as I am sitting
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The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass In the book‚ The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas‚ we see the hard lives the slaves went through. The physically‚ mentally and emotional abuse from the “masters.” I the book Douglass talks about personal feelings in his history and that helps us understand the intense abhorrence and repugnance the American slave had for his possessor. The typical American slave standard of living was worse than most of the poverty stricken countries of today. Most
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My Uncle Ross is a person I admire greatly. His life has been a continuous struggle. He is a person who has faced much adversity and yet remains positive. When I hear about what he faces on a daily basis‚ I can’t quite imagine how he handles it. When I hear about his struggles‚ mine seem so insignificant. He is someone that I can look up to and find inspiration from as I face struggles of my own. Uncle Ross is my mother’s brother and the youngest of four children. He grew up in a quiet neighborhood
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My life as a child in California was a rough one and I remember it well despite being so young. My mother gave birth to me when she was 19 and my biological father died shortly after. I was raised primarily by my grandparents as my mother was incapable of caring for me. She turned her life around when she married but more problems arose further along in time. Quarrels between my parents became frequent‚ and they decided to move our family away from everything we had known to start anew elsewhere
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that I was an only child – and never worried about hearing the answer‚ “No”. I had this insane idea that the world revolved around me. Although I still had the concept in my head‚ that it was all about me when I was informed I would be an older sister‚ I knew that nothing would be the same. Before I was a sister‚ I never took anyone else into consideration‚ and I was never told to do otherwise. I was around four years old‚ when this news has changed my life forever. When I first received the news that
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Jonita Cepeda Asst. Prof. Toves EN 100W-Section #8 Date: 2/20/2014 Paper #1‚ Draft #4 My Athletic Life as a Senior Friends were made‚ teams were created‚ and working hard was my life. I practiced to reach my full potential and challenged myself to beat my best score. The thrill of the sports I played gave me meaning to work and work. That is why my senior year was full of accomplishments. It all started by joining a first quarter sport‚ which for me was volleyball. I joined volleyball with
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At First I was apprehensive about moving for the gazillionth time. Through my life I was very unsettled moving from place to place. Now I had to move again‚ Which I felt very fed up with moving repeatedly. My father wanted to move closer to his family‚ and try to start a better life for us. We were living in Effingham‚ IL‚ with a friend of ours. It was a yellow house‚ yet not like a bright yellow‚ more of a pale yellow. It was a 2 story house; the central floor and the basement. There four bedrooms
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