I hammered. I beat it raw‚ until the piece was unrecognizable. I manipulated it in a way to suit my own twisted desires. And like that‚ I was finished. Sweat dripped off my brow‚ as I cleaned and wiped the surface with rubbing alcohol and surface cleaner‚ making it shine to show my blood covered face and sweat drenched shirt. This summer‚ I spent my weeks‚ day in and day out‚ working on an old pickup. The pickup was a 1991‚ with over four hundred thousand miles‚ and enough stories to bring a child
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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I walked in the doors and looked around at the blazing lights and large crowds. I walked up the large set of stairs in the dingy room where we were to get ready. I striped down to my shorts and walked onto the large scale to test my weight before the match. I weighed in at just 97 pounds. The matches went by weight‚ from smallest to largest‚ and were displayed on the clean wall by a projector mounted high in the gym ceiling. I was in the third set of matches‚ and could barely stand because of all
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As Theo Rossi once said‚ “Scars so toughness: that you’ve been through it‚ and you’re still standing.” I don’t have too many scars myself but there is this one that will forever be an interesting story to share. Notably I usually avoid situations that lead to dangerous outcomes but this was completely blinding to the fact. Plus it was the last day of my 8th grade year and it was Field Day so it was only fair for me to act according to the occasion. But in this moment I was chilling with my female
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Flexibility to Thrive By : Warishah Khan One of the greatest challenges I’ve had to overcome was having to moving to different states every few years. From New Jersey‚ to Texas‚ to New York and back to New Jersey. This was literally my life ever since I was a baby until now. Every time we thought that we can finally settle‚ we get the news of my dad getting a new job and soon enough we’re on verge of moving. I believe that in order to live a good life you should be flexible because at the end
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I am a 14 year old chubby boy that goes to Westlake high school. I enjoy devouring large amounts of food and going to the lake in our city. The lake is rumoured to have man eating otters surrounding the premises. I don’t like to go as much because I don’t like those scary stories about the lake and we usually run out of food at the lake. We’re going to visit the lake in a couple of days and I’m scared of the otters at the lake. I’ve been having nightmares about it every night and can’t seem to get
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Scaredly‚ I get into the cool water and plop on my water skis and swim over the to the rope and handle. My grandpa‚ excited‚ asks me if i’m ready but I don’t reply cause I am too frightened to even move. He assumes I am ready and started the boat up and yelled “Here we go!”. I really wasn’t ready‚ I was sobbing and kept saying “I can’t”. As the boat started accelerating My knees locked up and I didn’t even get out of the water before I let go of the rope. The second attempt wasn’t as bad because
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A possession is something someone owns that they seek an immense amount of value in. Some possessions mean more to certain people depending on the circumstances surrounding it. It may have been handed down from a family member‚ or it might just be something they bought to remind them of a loved one who passed away. It could be as big a car‚ or even as small as a ring. The main thing about a possession is the meaning it holds within it. One possession that I hold dear to me is my baseball glove.
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COMING TO AMERICA One year ago‚ my mother was speaking to father about moving to another country. I was thinking that we will just move somewhere near Belarus‚ but one time I asked my mother‚ ’’ Where we will go‚” She answered:’’ Maybe we will move to America’’. I asked‚ “To America? Really? She answered: ‘’ Yes‚ my dear. Yes “ I was so excited about America. I never knew that me and my family will move to America‚ New York City. My parents
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Life as a refugee Living as a refugee is a life filled with horror and petrifying situations. A life which I don’t think can be defined as a life‚ many haven’t lived in years. All they have done have been trying to survive. And in these three paragraphs you will probably figure out that what their life is like‚ is revolting and gruesome. They live in constant fear of not knowing whether they will survive‚ or die trying. They flee from a life where bombs drop over their heads‚ and men rob their homes
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