Early on in my life I learned that life is not easy and that there are bumps in the road that may throw you off track‚ just like Tess did. My family moved from Michigan back to Ohio in 2004. At first‚ things went smoothly and we were figuring things out. But after about 8 months‚ I wasn’t so naïve. I was walking to school with my older brother‚ who was in 7th grade at the time‚ and I was in 2nd grade. He was fruastrated because my parents had a fight. Being the curious 8 year old I was‚ I asked
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I woke to the aroma of fresh cut grass and crisp morning air. Anxious for my first game‚ I rushed to put my wondrous forest green jersey on; the uniform encompassed my small and delicate body‚ making me feel as if I was drowning in a sea of silk. I was entirely thrilled‚ therefore the rest of the morning remained a blur until it came time to watching the plethora of mini vans; driven by loving soccer moms‚ pile into the parking lot. I snatched my water bottle and oversized soccer ball from the back
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Sandy Gilmore Mrs. Easton English 1301-018 4 February 2013 How the Fairy Tale Came to Life The day that I became a bride changed my life forever. I was marrying my knight in shining armour‚ and what I think is the love of my life. My brother Richard and his wife Cathy graciously allowed my husband and I to have our wedding at their house which was the greatest blessing I could have asked for. The time was nearing that I would be walking down the aisle and the perfect vow would be read. On
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For the Wrong Reasons I arrived at practice with my shoes laced‚ hair pulled back‚ and the mindset that I was unstoppable. I could play against every member of my team and come out the victor on any given day. It was the first day of practice that week‚ and challenge matches were scheduled to begin. The team went through our daily shuffle of drills‚ conditioning‚ and running to prepare for what was lying ahead. While warming up with my friends‚ I felt great‚ talking about homecoming‚ boys‚ and
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All my life I’ve felt like I was constantly reaching‚ constantly pushing myself to work hard and achieve goals that to me‚ didn’t seem difficult to obtain. I never believed that I couldn’t do it. But for 10 of the 17 years of my life all I was doing was reaching‚ never actually grabbing a hold of whatever it was that I was reaching for. Throughout my childhood‚ I participated in many sports. The first thing I participated in was ballet‚ at the age of 5. At that age‚ I had set the goal for myself
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Annette Cavender RWS 305 Word Count: 1326 At the age of twenty-one‚ I thought I knew it all. I thought I had life figured out. Because I had fought through and overcome a good amount of obstacles throughout my life thus far‚ I felt as though I had a good sense of what the world was about. I couldn’t have been more wrong. My life changed forever on a random‚ seemingly normal afternoon. My secure sense of how things were‚ and how I expected things to continue‚ was shattered. All it took was
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How I came to America? Have you ever been through an experience where you moved to an unfamiliar location by yourself? I had the opportunity to do just that when I left my hometown in Hong Kong and come to America for a better education. I was only thirteen years of age at the time. Giving me the chance to come the U.S was the greatest gift that my parent has ever given me in my life. I appreciated them for providing me this valuable and precious chance for my thirteen years old birthday present
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Their last breathe I take a seat on the cold stone bench of the arena. The rumble of the crowd fades into my head; the thick July air makes it hard to breathe. It is not my fight but my nerves acts as if it is‚ shaking in anticipation and fear. The competitors take their places on opposing ends of the field. I’m too far away to see their faces behind their masks but I can feel the adrenaline flow through my body and know that it doesn’t compare to what they must be feeling; knowing that this could
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When I started writing this I realized that Cheri and I have known each other for 12 years. In those 12 years‚ a couple of memories have somewhat stood out. Our friendship began in primary school. I remember sitting behind Cheri in grade 4 and being completely mesmerized by what I believed was the longest pony-tail I had ever seen‚ and wondering how such a small girl managed to not sit on it. Being the new girl‚ tomboy Cheri took me under her wing and introduced me to playing soccer with the boys
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Pirsig touches on the strange encounter of self-deception. I know the truth and you do not; I intentionally hide the truth from youthis is the lie. But with this understanding of deception‚ how then‚ is self-deception possible? Does one know the truth about something and then‚ simultaneously‚ hide the truth from one ’s self? How could this be: what makes it possible for a single person to be both deceived and deceiver? Nietzsche makes self-deception a reality through the error of truth. Like
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