husband who had a decent job and great income to provide for the household. She did not need to worry about food‚ shelter‚ nor anything else. She was a housewife with a six years old daughter and a son‚ who just turned three months old. Another family member in the house was an elderly babysitter who did all the chores and took care of the baby. She was free to do anything she wanted during the day without any pressure of having to look over the kids nor running the errands. By the time she got home
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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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of his ear. Seeing this gave me the chills. Can someone so self-assured really get nervous like everyone else? I immediately began to feel a lot better about myself. When Liam had finished his presentation‚ I straightened my papers and folded my board. “Lisa Williams.” I stood up‚ gathered everything I needed and headed up to the front. I was about halfway there when I tripped over someone’s bag and landed face-first on the ground. It’s almost as if I was doomed to embarrass myself. I bade farewell
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THE CAVE Timothy Eves May 13‚ 1989: I sat in a cave‚ one of a multitude of prisoners. For dinner‚ as for so many other meals‚ we were served steak. Tendrils of steam rose from our plates like beckoning fingers. The aroma penetrated our nostrils; our mouths watered. We took a bite: the meat was so tender that it practically melted on our tongues. We groaned with pleasure. Where the meat came from we didn’t know—and didn’t care. We simply reveled in the flavor‚ the texture‚ the juice dribbling down
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person is unique‚ and has their own opinion‚ but their is no reason to argue about it. Ellie and I watch this show called “Liv and Maddie” there’s a saying on the show “ Sisters by Chance‚ Friends by Choice” . This saying means a lot to me ‚ because this describes our friendship. This quote means‚ we did not choose to be sisters‚ but we chose to be friends. I think Ellie and I will live by this quote with each other. Some day we are hoping to live together in Florida. We love Florida ‚ if we could
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the coolest thing ever because they were about to put it around their fingers and poked their friends in the back by giving them a hug. I thought that was so much fun‚ and when my friend was not looking‚ I took the stapler ring away from him. The next day‚ I thought it would be funny to try what I did with my friends to a teacher. As this device is designed to remove staples‚ the edges are knife-like and can do serious harm. The
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One day I was watching the news and they said that a hurricane called Harvey was coming to Houston and it was at category 4. I was shock and frightened of the hurricane because I didn’t knew what to do. I was watching the news the whole week‚ while school was cancelled. It was one rainy day that I started to watch the news and I saw that people were stuck in their homes and needed help to get out there homes. A lot of people had to evacuate their homes because of warnings of flooding but some people
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My phone screen lit up as if a million fireflies were trapped beneath the glassy surface. I triumphantly scrolled through the list of notifications‚ certain that this time my parents would answer me. To my dismay‚ I realized that none of these messages were from them. I felt my eyes become glossy as I assured myself that they were simply busy. I attempted to call them‚ but was redirected to immediate voicemail. As I dazed off into the distance‚ I felt a sweaty palm brush against my shoulder. Startled
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When I was little my parents got divorced. As that happened they said I had to move schools. I would have never thought this would ever happen‚ but my parents just decided to move where it was halfway from work both ways‚ so they decided Royalton. Moving to Royalton was very scary‚ but also a great‚ fun change. It was scary being the new kid‚ but I worked my way around it. There was a bunch of different changes I went through. I also had a very fun time living at royalton since fourth grade and to
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for the next day‚ but I had stayed up too late doing it. The first thing I needed to do was drink coffee‚ which helps me wake up. After waking up‚ I had to quell my jitters and excitement so my mom would not flag‚ and become overwhelmed. She sent me back upstairs to get ready. My jersey was blue‚ my shorts were blue‚ my socks were blue‚ and the whole time I was appareling‚
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