I was about eleven or twelve at the time. My mother called me into her bedroom. “Khalil‚ I have breast cancer‚” she said. Bewildered‚ confused and emotionally wounded when she proclaimed that she might not be a part of my life anymore. The announcement of her terminal illness shocked and awed me to a point in which I could not wipe the tears from my face fast enough to see properly. However‚ this experience not only made me appreciate and value my mother’s existence more‚ but‚ it also made me look
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Monday‚December of 2008‚ I woke up early about 5:00AM morning to study for final exams as I heard my bus driver repeatedly calling out my name‚ “Asmaa!! Asmaa!!” I ran down as quickly as I could from the 5th floor down until I reached a closed gate at the bottom level of our house‚ got in the bus‚ and on my way I was to take my first final. I remember having a bad feeling of going to school that day. There was a twisting gut feeling in my stomach that I could not shake. I was dropped off at school
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I asked him‚”What kind of gun did you use while you were in the service?” That question runs through my mind every time I think of Ted. Ted was my great-great uncle who served in World War II and he would give me some insight into what he experienced. Ever since I can remember‚ I have gone to visit Ted and his wife‚ Annie at their house in Evansville. The first thing that they would both do‚ upon my arrival‚ is to offer me some candy. That is a memory I will never forget because they would say‚ “Take
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Have you ever felt like your heart would beat out of your chest? That’s how I feel every time I’m on the line before a race. I love to run‚ but it comes with an extra side on nerves. As much as these nerves try to get to me‚ a little dose of nerves helped at the line for the first time. And as I may recall‚ it was the official start of my track career. Sixth grade started it all‚ running the four-hundred-meter dash for the first time. Finishing‚ with a time of a minute and six seconds‚ I won first
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My fiancé and I normally communicate clearly to one another. We do not typically have to worry about language being that much of a barrier. On one occasion‚ however‚ our use of abstraction led to a misunderstanding that led to an argument that frustrated both of us. I was drinking red wine and was tired one night. Brett (my fiancé) told me that my eyes and teeth matched: they were both red. I became offended and thought it was rude for him to point something such as this out when I had had a long
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On one crummy summer day‚ my mom‚ sister and I were all on our way to Target to get some groceries. When we were passing through the isles‚ a toy caught my eye. It was a brand new Transformers set. It was like heaven… In a 5 year old’s eyes. So I ran over and screamed. “Mom! Could I pretty please get these? They would go great with my other Transformers”. I said. “No Buddy‚ Maybe another time”. My mom replied. I was terribly depressed‚ I really wanted to get these transformers and my mom
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I am Felix and I am 20 years old I have just abandon my farm and I have 8 gold nuggets and I need money to survive.The winds in the valley where strong and I got dirt‚sand and I am bleeding from my leg a rock came tumbling from the hill and hit me in the knee I am stranded though my map got burned because of a fire that started last night from lighting...you know my dad died of being stranded when he was in war on the way to the battlefield his horse got out of control and started to run to the middle
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Sunlight filters through the windows until the room is painted in hues of amber. The brilliance of the rays overwhelms the shadows formed by twilight‚ driving away the monsters that thrive in its inky depths. The aurora tumbles like fresh snow upon a sheet of unyielding ice‚ doing little to penetrate the December chill that descended overnight. The wintery atmosphere is far away as I open my eyes‚ encased in a cocoon of commodious blankets. For a brief moment in time‚ I am alone. The troubles of
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I’m three miles in on a four-mile morning training run along the sandy Southern Californian coastline. I can’t breathe‚ and all I see is the ground an inch in front of my face. My Drill Sergeant’s booming voice jolts me back into my senses. I push myself up as I spit out the mouthful of wet sand between my teeth‚ and immediately my legs begin propelling me forward. My running buddy‚ De Guzman‚ already got 10 or so seconds on me so I lean forward‚ wipe my face‚ and keep advancing. For another what
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I have to say Aids is the worst and horrific killers I have witnessed in life. Ron came to stay with me in his last year of life. I watched him suffer‚ cry and fear death‚ regretful and unknowingly spread this deadly disease to several married men. Staying up until two and three even four in the morning‚ while he told me of his experiences in life and as a child and growing up and what happen to Keith. The molestation‚ how and where it took place and who did it. The reason he disappeared for ten
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