After the long vigorous hours of hard practice‚ game day arrives. The coaches and girls have been waiting on tonight for numerous amounts of days. The smell of diesel fuel fills the air as the fierce competitors exit the yellow painted bus‚ after a long‚ time consuming ride. The players enter the gym in a parade like fashion as the loud roars of supporters fill the stands. While the hype increases‚ the players gear up for war. The torn knee pads slide on to protect the player’s boney knees as they
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As Bernard M. Baruch once said‚ “Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t 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
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Eternal Love We were sitting in the doctor’s office when he told us‚ “your wife has breast cancer.” All of a sudden the room vanished and I found myself in a darker room‚ unable to feel anything. I wanted to 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
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Can you think of a time when you were feeling down and everyone else is having a good time? The best think you can do is cheer someone else up. That sometimes makes me feel better. Not to long ago I wasn’t cheerful around my friends. I was just having a bad day. Neither was my friend Mark. We both were on the same team for badminton in gym. Our other good friend Wade was cheating on us. So that was making Mark mad. I had to cheer Mark up to cheer myself up. Mark was mad as a bee gets when humans
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Outside Writing Assignment #1 Has the question‚ “ What do other people think of me?” ever crossed your mind before? It has crossed my mind before‚ which has led me to many questions. In this day and age people know how to handle a computer‚ I’d like to say I know more than your average bear. Many things are possible with a computer‚ like watching videos or listening to live streams. Every week or so a group of my friends speak about random topics‚ this particular week the gang decided to speak
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The Story of My Love 02/13/2013 Love is a crazy‚ strange‚ yet enticing game. Many think that they will never fall into its captivating lure; I am one of these people. If someone had told me back in April‚ when Aingeal and I were officially introduced that he would later become my Fiancée‚ I would have laughed at the mere thought. It’s quite funny how life works. We have had our share of problems but I never would have thought I would lose him so soon. Shortly before finishing the last of
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The Year I spent Easter Sunday in the Hospital To me 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
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Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie is an inspiring book about how people should value the precious time everyone has to live.Tuesdays with Morrie is the a story of a professor Morrie‚ his former student Mitch‚ and their final “class” with each other as Morrie is in the final stages of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mitch taped their discussions together and transferred them into the book while also throwing in college memories of Morrie and himself. While transferring this‚ he lastly put in other important
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It is Saturday‚ September 17‚ 2011 at 1:00 am. I am watching a movie in the basement with 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
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First day of January 2010 is the day that I would never forget. Everything that happened on that day will 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
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