mother’s charred bones whole‚ as though that might somehow bring her closer to her lost mother. I cried the day of my high school graduation‚ because at the same time‚ in another state‚ my stepfather’s ashes were being scattered across the ancient oaks he loved so much. I do not know if my stepfather feared his death. When told he only had five months left to live‚ he became reckless. He lived the last three years of his life “to the fullest.” He pushed away his loved ones‚ drank‚ and drugged the rest
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I just finished my morning YAP program‚ which is going amazing and I will do another journal about my final outcome for my last journal entry. So‚ I am now about to head over to one of the biggest events of the year; with over 1‚100 athletes in participation and my adrenaline is racing and I’m not even the one competing. This is such a big day for these athletes and I cannot wait to see their faces light up‚ this is going to be exciting! I have just arrived and holy moly are there a lot of athletes
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In the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch‚ there were many lessons of wisdom and words to live by. Randy Pausch decided to write a book about himself‚ and his last lecture because he was dying soon. Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer‚ and even after multiple treatments of the hardest chemo and radiation therapy‚ ten tumors managed to move onto his liver‚ giving him only three to five months to live. After finding this out‚ Randy battles with the cancer and how to prepare his children’s
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Last Man Standing by Norman Collins was quite an eye opening read. It walks the reader through the life of a WWI soldier on a daily basis. Norman Collins’ life revolved around the war. He joined when he was still a teenager and saw the battle through to its end. The hundreds of letters he sent home are written in great detail‚ regarding anything from his daily training routine to what he ate for dinner and also his requests for care packages. What better way to learn about WWI then from reading
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A Moment that Lasts Forever “2nd place‚ Sherry Tang.” I stared up in shock at the announcer. I was sitting in the middle of an audience I had just played for a few hours ago. “Whooohooo!!!! Yeah!!!” I turn around to see the audience cheering their lungs out for me. Even though I’ve been through so many competitions before‚ none of the competitions could even compare to the contrasting feelings I was having at the moment. Although at the time‚ I still did not know who won in the finals
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it’s been full of high and low points. Starting in the summer getting dumped by your best friend; well I thought was not a good starting off point. I felt so alone and upset and never thought I would enjoy the summer break without him. Knowing I had been very dependent on him for a long time‚ 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
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I am six years old and in the first grade. Today is my favorite day of the year‚ besides the last day of school. It’s Track and Field Day! The sun is shining‚ and it’s a beautiful May day. I’m standing on the dusty dirt track‚ and I feel the sun on my skin and the wind in my hair. I hear my classmates chattering all around me. The grass under my feet is soft‚ fresh‚ and green. One problem breaks the stillness of this place. I want to win a blue ribbon‚ but I am not the fastest girl in the grade.
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Robert Brownings poem My Last Duchess‚ is a great poem about a very colorful character and his trials with jealously‚ control‚ and marriage. Throughout the poem the reader is able to gather that it is about a Duke who is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Dukes next marriage. As the Duke is entertaining the emissary‚ the he takes the opportunity to show a portrait of his late wife‚ or as the poem titles says his last duchess. The Duke upon showing the portrait‚ almost immediately
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Losing My First Job When I was eighteen years old‚ I had an amazing job as a welding inspector making more money than I probably should have been for my age. I was with an amazing woman who I had just married. I was on top of the world; I thought I was set for life and nothing was going to bring me down. Then‚ I was suddenly struck off of my high horse. I was never really concerned about the future until I was let go from my job and I was left with no job‚ no money and no backup plan. As someone
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Discuss My Last Duchess as an example of a well constructed dramatic monologue. Robert Browning used the poetic device of the dramatic monologue in his poem "My Last Duchess." One advantage of using this device is that it allows the speaker’s own words to reveal‚ celebrate‚ or‚ in this case‚ condemn his behavior. The speaker in "My Last Duchess" is the Duke‚ loosely based on the historical figure‚ the Duke of Ferrara whose own young wife died under mysterious circumstances. Browning writes the
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