For the most part I have lead an admittedly blessed life. From traveling through Europe and walking down the streets of Paris inhaling the culture like it was freshly made bread to volunteering at food banks down the Californian coast getting to see the impact my actions could have on the well-being and lives of others. Coming from the small-town life in Ellensburg‚ WA‚ I am very fortunate to have been able to branch out and see the world more than the unending view of pastures and windmills that
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Pow! Right smack in my forehead crushing my skull. The metal baseball bat knocked in my skull. It was a warm sunny day in the middle of the summer. Joey‚ my brother‚ was hitting tennis balls over my house. Little 10 year old me was playing in the yard and my brother purposely pushed me far away so he wouldn’t hit me. Oh how I was a stupid little kid. I was intrigued by what he was doing so I started wandering over to like how not knowing little kids do. As I approached my brother he was so focused
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The Drive Bam! I heard the crash as the front gate slammed behind me as I it shut behind me. I sprinted back to the car and my mom told me‚”Only five more minutes Blake.” Me‚ my parents‚ and my brother and sister were headed to our annual family reunion at my cousin’s ranch. We were on the final part of our drive‚ and this is always the favorite part of the drive. The wait is killing me. I couldn’t wait to see my family. My family is always so nice and helpful. My dad’s cousin‚ Kevin‚ is the one
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It is the morning of June 27 and what an unpleasant sight it is. The birds were out singing and chirping as usual. The sun also was painfully bright since it was summertime. I see all the townsfolk walking together and the children running to the square. All the families are hand and in hand just smiling and laughing. Do they not understand the pain of all the families that have lost someone? Do they understand what we had to go through? Or maybe they just don’t care. My mother was brutally
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My father‚ being a literature teacher‚ would come home day after day and unintentionally present me various titles that all brought an aroma of mystery. Temptation would force me to reach upon the bookshelf‚ shovel the dust off of the bookshelf‚ and attempt to read strange new words. Every title would elicit a wide range of questions that would scatter my mind‚ but‚ because I lacked the wisdom brought by experience and context‚ there were no visible answers. Therefore‚ I continued to read fruitless
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On a scorching hot day‚ I feel a slight breeze as my hair falls above my eyes. We are all excited to finally go to the playground after a day of hard work. On a typical day‚ my friends and I play competitive kickball games that usually end in an argument. But today‚ I smelled the musty and sharp sense of rain from last night. I looked to see there was mud covering the whole field‚ which resulted in the teachers howling at us to get off. They informed us that we had to go to the sand to play. When
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It was what seemed like an ordinary day. The sun rising over the horizon‚ the birds singing‚ and a noisy crowd in the center of the village. A few feet to the right of the village was the shore‚ toward where I was walking along with others; suddenly‚ we encountered something never seen before. From far‚ one could see what looked like tiny floating mountains. Out of amusement‚ we ran to the shoreline only to find out the mysterious objects were enormous boats; huge in comparison to the ones from the
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I did not know what it meant to be happy until I was almost twenty years old. Growing up‚ I viewed the world through what seemed to be a veil; everything was muted‚ grey and distant. I had reached a point where I accepted how I felt‚ where I came to regard it as normal. Looking back‚ I realize how wrong I was. My first semester of college was a wake-up call‚ both for me and my parents. At the start of winter break‚ my parents sat me down in our living room‚ holding me between them‚ and asked
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Touchdown! I jumped up in the air and cheered because my favorite football team won the game I was watching. Then a news flash storm watch popped up on the t.v. It said severe thunder storms‚ possible hail‚ high winds‚ and even said it seemed supernatural. Lightning flashed and I noticed my phone was on the back porch. I decided to make a run for it. I grabbed a small flashlight and ran outside. Right before I grabbed my phone‚ I tripped. The flash light flew out of my hand a few feet away from
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They called the team name from the front of the judge booth. “Seymour Tigers‚ you may take the mat!” The nerves were rushing through all of us. The adrenaline kicked in and we got on the mat cheering and yelling variations of “Go Seymour!” or “We got this girls!” I know who said “We got this.”. It was Emily‚ who in the beginning was across from me; she gave me a nod and mouthed “Good Luck”. Other girls on the team gave each other the same look of reassurance too. Suddenly‚ the arena that had been
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