matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” I was unaware that my opinion of myself was more meaningful than my peer’s opinion. I had a rough time figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be in my first few years of high school. The first chance I got to poke the popular bubble was taken‚ giving me one shot to embed myself into an exotic‚ unknown social group. What I didn’t know was that this social group made me feel like an outsider. My ticket from “outsider nation” was becoming best friends with
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Mount Elenor I was laboring up the Sierra Buttes trail‚ my pace devouring the miles‚ when I first met Elenor. I’ve been hiking the trail every Labor Day weekend with my family‚ for over 7 years; I know how challenging the trail is‚ I’ve seen a number of hikers turn back without even making it half way. I was astounded when I happened upon Elenor inching her way up the trail. I thought there was no way she could make it to the top‚ she’s simply too old. Elenor proved me to be incredibly wrong‚ to
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always stay vivid in my memory. It all started with a Sunday morning. Unlike usual‚ that day‚ I woke up with a bright smile on my face. As soon as I opened my eyes‚ my sight immediately looked at the side of the grey cupboard at the corner of my room where I hung the calendar. I was so happy when I saw the calendar and the day of first January had finally arrived. I have been waiting for that day to come‚ first day of January used to be the most exciting day for me because it was my birthday‚ an important
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Matt. My sister is fast asleep in her bed. My mom is looking over her mother‚ sleeping by her side. My dad is watching another show on The History Channel. The phone rings. My heart stops. Who could be calling at this time of night? What is wrong? Are Grandpap and Meemaw okay? Should I get the phone? Do I want to know? Moments later my father answers the phone. I wonder who called. I need to find out. I hesitantly go up the creaking staircase trying to reassure myself that my worst nightmare
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the entire summer with my aunt and uncle. There was never once a summer that I didn’t come and every summer I came I would always wish that I could stay and didn’t have to go back home to NJ. So finally when I finished high school my wish came true and I got to move to Florida. When I moved to Florida I was moving on my own with my two dogs. I had a two door sports car and I remembered it was crammed all over the place with my stuff. The day it was finally time for me to go my mother was so sad and
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it but the problem was that the way the rules work are different. In India all the cars are right hand driving and in America all the cars are left handed‚ so the lane system was a bit confusing for me. But this one November day I had left to give my driving test and was really excited about it and was hoping it to be a cakewalk but turned out to be that I was really nervous because this was the first time I was driving in America. “Turn on the engine” said the instructor and I slowly got out of
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Easter Sunday has always been a very important holiday. My whole family always gets together to celebrate it. We always go to the Ranch‚ and have lots of activities‚ and many kinds of delicious food. In the spring of 2010 I was expecting my first baby. It was a great feeling‚ but it turned out that his due date was on Holy Friday ‚ just two days before Easter Sunday. I had been feeling great during my hole pregnancy‚ so when I had my 39th week visit to the Doctor‚ and he asked me if I wanted
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RICH I was alone. I sat on the concrete table in the schoolyard of the local school in Annestown. My parents and I had finally settled in Annestown‚ Ireland. I was an only child‚ and had no friends in this town‚ which made me very lonely. Let me start from the beginning. I am Caitlin Conchubair‚ which is my maiden name. Most people know me as Caitlin O’Connor‚ though. Early last year‚ my parents and I had ancestral DNA tests done to find out where we were from. Once we got them back‚ we discovered
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be a very scary experience. Of course I think I can discover and have discovered something original from every incident in my life‚ but sometimes I wish there had been easier ways to gain those insights. Sometime in June of the year 2001‚ when I arrived to the United States from Brazil‚ my parents and I were welcomed at the airport by this very nice lady whose name was Romy. My dad would be taking Romy’s job in a few weeks‚ and I assume it was her duty to show us around the new town and to get us acquainted
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cry but couldn’t. She was shocked‚ just like me. was staring into my eyes. “Don’t worry sweetheart‚” she said after a few minutes. “I am going to be OK.” She was smiling at me as if nothing had happened. I don’t know how she could be so fearless. We had been married for 23 years; we had shared every single second of our happiness and grief together! Whenever I needed someone she was there with her kind heart. She always held my hands and told me “as long as you have me‚ you don’t need to worry
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