Have you ever met a family as adventurous as mine? We’ve been to 2 different countries‚ Canada‚ and Australia. If you like adventure then you’ll want to meet the Grahek family. To start of the first on the list is my dear old grandma. Her first name is Maribeth‚ and last name Knoble. She was born in Los Angeles‚ California. She grew up in Iowa. She likes to sew‚ read‚ and shop. She has 2 daughters‚ 2 grandsons‚ and one granddaughter. She also has 3 step grandsons and 5 step-granddaughters. She has
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My Family History Many individuals immigrate to The United States of America (U.S.A) for many reason as a family or alone. Not knowing what to truly expect in America follow someone else’s advice that life is prosperous for one’s family or one self. My family’s journey is no different from other immigrant families who settle in America‚ but the reason as to why people flee from their home country are very unique. As my family’s journey embarked‚ my mother’s family was forced to leave Nicaragua by
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made me weak. Who would have thought a high school relationship wouldn’t last; I didn’t. Middle of summer I started my yearly job as a camp counselor at the Tampa Jewish Community Center‚ finally opening up to meeting new people I became practically family with‚ I found myself thinking “this isn’t so bad”. Using all of my energy being responsible with children everyday made everything much easier and I was happy. Things became tougher again when my summer job ended and I had to say goodbyes to friends
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Keilyn Nguyen HEART SAYS. “You choose us or you’ll lose us‚” said my best friend – Clove. I remember it was in December of 2010. I was in grade 9 – Grad of Junior High School. My best friends and I created a group that was really naughty and popular. Sometimes we made our teachers mad. We usually helped each other in many tests and quizzes which we called that action teamwork‚ but cheating was what teachers and parents considered of. In spite of the naughtiness and popularity we had‚ we were
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. The saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ goes a very long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as
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Celebration of Discipline‚ by Richard Foster‚ was a great book explaining practical ways to live a Christian life. It also provided key insights on how to strengthen your Christian walk‚ live a spiritually disciplined life‚ and showed the outcomes of living such life. In the book Mr. Foster talked about twelve spiritual inward‚ outward‚ and corporate disciplines. The inward disciplines mentioned in the book were meditation‚ prayer‚ fasting‚ and study. These disciplines help us to evaluate ourselves
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and younger sisters get married‚ I found the concept of sharing my life with someone difficult to desire. I had dated several women‚ and later some men as well‚ however I was fiercely independent and found it difficult to consider leaving my ailing family to start a life co-dependent with a virtual stranger. When I began dating S.‚ I felt in very short order something different about him; an ability to trust completely and that he possessed a heart that I could sense would never betray me. After only
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Langston’s event connects to my own and my outlook on life. My outlook has changed when I started going to church around the age of fifteen about to be sixteen. At first I had nobody to trust. Not my family‚ not my friends‚ no one. But one day‚ my friend asked me to go to church with his family‚ I decided to go because I had nothing to do that day. That decision was probably my best one I’ve ever made. During the session‚ I got emotional because the pastor had us pray a lot and to put our trust
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foreign rule. It came after a long and hard struggle. Preparation for the day: We celebrate this day with great zeal every year. This year great preparations were made in our school. Every one of us was eager to take part in the Independent Day Celebration. The vice principal drew up a programme which was announced by the principal on the 12th august. Programme of the Day: Early in the morning of the 15th August we gathered in the School ground. Our teacher also joined us in a few minutes. There
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A Trip Into Unfamiliar Territory They say ‘’who lives sees‚ but who travels sees more.’’ When my family decided to take a trip to the Dominican Republic‚ I realized this is true. My father who is Dominican and my mother is Haitian both came to America. They faced many hardships as they adapted to lifestyle changes. My parents always wanted my sister and I to see how it is growing outside of US. When spring break rolled around‚ it was the perfect opportunity. We had a week to ourselves
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