I recognized Francis by three things‚ her strong southern accent‚ her rich intoxicating perfume‚ and the color of her skin. She was my “Black Grandmama.” When I was a little kid‚ my family would drive down to my father’s hometown of New Orleans Louisiana‚ and stay with his parents for months at a time. My grandparents‚ very wealthy‚ had an ensemble of workers. Maids‚ butlers‚ cooks‚ all of which had one thing in common; they were black. Growing up in Dubuque I had very few encounters with people
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and I have been best friends since 1st grade. He stole my apple and I hit him are teacher made us talk about our feelings and we’ve been buddies ever since. Convincing Marky to come with me to the sit-in protest was easier than I thought I just had to buy him lunch. I felt less scared going to the sit-in with Marky even the thought made my hands sweat. We gathered in a college gym there was about 250 people we were put in the second
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epileptic father son duo‚ but gained only $6. She says with a sad and hopeless look on her face. "How cruel can my fellow man be not to want to help those in need‚ and no I don’t want to hear this line about people don’t have any money‚ because we all know that’s BS. Everyone in the world usually has about $1 to $5 to spare. So‚ why can’t they be generous like I would be if I had the money. Last time I donated the only dollar I had to the duo and someone else donated $5. If I can do it so can you guys
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only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories might look like‚ baseball games‚ track meets‚ hiking and camping. Letting her mind wander as she pealed potatoes. She looked beside her at the young boy sitting at the dining room table coloring in his new book. Life couldn’t be
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When you discard your shopping cart‚ do you ever think about the people returning it from the parking lot to the store? Well rain or shine‚ one man has been doing it for over a decade and at 81-years-old. "And I love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts
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ico “WAKE UP!” Screamed my brother in to my ear. “Owwww” I said But soon realized we were going to MEXICO! First we had to drive to Omaha to get on our airplane it took about 1 hour 30 minutes just to get there. Then it took the plane 8 hours to get to Cancun. When we got their it had just stopped raining. The first thing I saw once we left the airport was a…….PALM TREE! It was like 6:00 A.M. so I was tired we went to our hotel and slept for 4 hours. Then my dad said “wake up it time to see the
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One day‚ in June‚ I was at tumbling class. It was about 80 degrees and sunny. It smells like sweat‚ but I’m used to it. An old‚ dingy and torn apart gym. A drop of sweat comes down my face and I got an idea. A dumb idea. Everything was going great until something vile happened‚ something that I will never forget. I was in line waiting for my turn‚ and I decided to go off to the side and practice one of my own tricks. Then BOOM‚ I broke my arm‚ I couldn’t explain how fast it went. My coach came
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"we’ll take him for a trial spin.” After filling out the papers‚ and paying the fee‚ we took Bobo to the grooming salon inside the store. “For ten dollar extra‚” the groomer said‚ “We will trim his nails‚ bathed‚ groomed‚ him and be ready to go in about an hour and a half." “Otherwise‚" he said. "It might take up to three hours.” As we walked to the Bakery to get lunch my wife asked‚ “I wonder how often he pulls that‚ ‘For an extra ten dollars scam.’” That worked out great it will give us time
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at this point. Standing at the bottom of her stairs‚ she called up. "I’m gonna come up there and throw that damn thing out the window if you don’t stop!" Did her son hear her? Most likely. Did he listen? Not a chance in hell. She mumbled some shit about her ex-husband while walking back towards the kitchen. It was Colin who had bought the The Beats Pill speaker and Lorelai was almost certain he did it just to annoy her — their son was a brat and he seemed to dislike Lorelai the most‚ so it was no
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“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” This was a lesson that many of Jericas’ friends and family were gracious enough to learn from the loving and caring spirit that Jerica had. Not only did she dance in the rain during the rough and happy times of her life‚ she wanted to dance in the rain. As a close friend of Jerica’s‚ as I reminisce back throughout our friendship I can only remember positive‚ uplifting thoughts and experiences about the girl
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