being‚ I have had my fair share of challenges to face. My parents were born and raised in Mexico. Being from the type of family both my parents had‚ education was not an option and no importance was taken toward it. They both dropped out of high school and began to work in factories to help their families with financial problems. They realized how hard it was to earn a living and to maintain a family without a proper education. When I was four years old and my sister was nine‚ my parents made the
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My heart is pounding in my chest as I am in complete awe as I realize that finally she is coming. It is one of the most thrilling events that has ever happened to me in my entire life. I don’t think one can ever be completely ready for what I was about to endure as well as the pain my body was about to be put through. The pain begins to become more alarming as stronger waves of torment flows throughout my body down to the deepest core of my being. I have to say no matter how many books or classes
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up idolizing left my family for a twenty-year-old girl‚ it left me mentally and emotionally unstable. As many times as my parents told me that their problems were their problems and that they shouldn’t affect me; this affected me. My life before the affair was great and carefree‚ however‚ now I’m not sure that I’ll ever get back there. It is literally as if I lived a different life before the trauma. My mom and dad divorced when I was just a baby. Although I have always loved my real daddy‚ I also
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dollars. One night me and my family went gambling‚ I really at the time didn’t know much about poker but they introduced me to it that night which changed my life. That night off of 100 dollars i turned it into 18‚000 dollars and that’s what set my miniature career off. After about a year of gambling the adrenaline slowly dissipated away. I was
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That 1.8-meter-tall singer on stage was me. My schoolmates may not know me by name‚ but they can tell something about the guy who is damn good at singing musicals. After he finished singing on the stage‚ the principal jumped to his feet clapping hands. Parents watching online hurriedly posted messages of praise‚ eager to find out whose kid the singer was. I‚ proud but not vain‚ had been accustomed to such reactions. For me‚ loving and practicing musicals has been a long‚ inspiring journey; it means
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up in a rural community‚ there was little diversity where i was from. From racist slurs to actually yelling at a minority‚ i could tell there was a problem at the age of 6. When my mom and I moved after my parents divorce‚ we lived in a primarily black community. Over the next six years of my life‚ I did not only expand my knowledge‚ but I learned how to accept and embrace others whom were different than myself. When I was
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Rouge‚ Louisiana all my life. We came from a very poor place where we had nothing‚ education was low‚ crime was high‚ and food was scarce. When we first came here we honestly didn’t have much. My Mother and I didn’t know English but at the time I was only 3 years old. My mother was carrying my sister so it was very tough at the time for her to find a job because she was expecting to have her very soon. We met with my Grandmother who decided that she wanted to help us until my mom could be stable
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would need to alter my ways or I would spend a miserable life. I resolved to lift weights and run every day and get into shape and try a lot harder in school. I was fit and I had never played sports‚ so when school came I joined the football team. I studied the playbook hard and memorized the plays so that when they called a play I instantly saw what was going to
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changed my life We all know that change is scary‚ and for some of us‚ almost impossible. The fear of the unknown is at times all together overwhelming. However‚ change happens everyday‚ even if we don’t recognize it‚ change is happening around us‚ all the time. I chose to welcome change into my life‚ I had to‚ or I was going to lose the most important people in my life‚ my children. Approximately two years ago‚ my world came crashing down on me like a wall of bricks. In one day I had lost my fiance’
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something so far out of my reach‚ that I couldn’t do alone‚ I needed my family‚ friends‚ a few doctors and some prayers to help me towards the happy ending. Around December of 2011‚ I was 12 years old. I was getting a physical so I could join my middle school bowling team. I felt great‚ I was nervous about whether I needed a shot. Everything was going fine‚ but the physician noticed that my throat was enlarged. I had a goiter. I never noticed it prior to her saying something‚ my mom didn’t even notice
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