Looking for Home Her name is Orelia Marie Degraffenaried‚ she is my grandmother. I called her Ms. Pat. I honestly don’t know where “Pat” came from. I remember hearing someone call her Patricia and ever since then I’ve called her Ms. Pat. I love everything about my grandmother‚ moreover‚ she’s my favorite person in the whole world. When I found out she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s‚ my heart broke into a million pieces. It all started after my aunt’s death. My aunt was handicapped and my grandmother
Premium Family
Every little boys dream is to play the game of football. I Remember It like it was yesterday my first time playing football though before I ever played I had to learn what football was. Football was a game where two teams went head to head on a 100 ft field with two end zones on each end called touchdowns‚ and the team that scores the most touchdowns win.Behind every game of football there is an alternating ending anything is possible in this sport. My new home‚ the gridiron where it all began
Premium American football National Football League Super Bowl
Now I am going to tell you have how I became friends with Bobby the rock. It all started one not so sunny day‚ when I went to youth group. My grandma picked Abby and me up‚ and took us to youth group. We waited for everyone to show up‚ then we sat around and talked like a bunch of hyenas. Then my uncle (youth pastor) told us which car or van to go in‚we drove to the foam pit place‚ and talked about some random stuff.We were going to some place with a pit filled with foam cubes. When we got there
Premium English-language films Family Mother
Throughout my entire life I would have never imagined ever having to deal with the loss of someone so close to me. My worse fear was something devastating happening and me not being able to deal with it. I always assumed‚ which is kind of crazy that my family members were immortal and would live forever‚ however on this particular day in January my life came to a screeching halt and I was changed forever. It all started a few months ago when my granny begin to get sick. She went from being totally
Premium Family Coming out
The day I was looking forward to had finally arrived: Basketball tryouts. I wasn’t the most talented‚ but I knew I could contribute to the team as a defensive stopper‚ using my size to my advantage. While the rest of the fellow middle schoolers struggled to hit layups and dribble the ball‚ I showed slightly more skill than everyone else. I made the B team that year as the team captain and leader. We didn’t win a game all season long‚ but that didn’t stop my love of the game; in fact‚ that is when
Premium Basketball High school Play
“Tremors” - Barakah Moti MYP4 Midnight‚ 14 June 2012. I was awake in my bed‚ excited or maybe depressed. I did not know. The night seemed weird‚ because it was much darker than before and I heard the owls hoot louder. They seemed hungry. Hungry for meat and for love. Every time I closed my eyes‚ I would see a thin light pass by and I opened it at my highest to identify what it was. I missed it each time. What was it? When sunrise grew closer‚ I heard weird thuds that pierced my ear deeply. What
Premium Family Sibling Crying
The Guiding Wind My vision was blurry‚ smudging my surroundings into a blob of color. Something was slamming into the wall of my chest as if it was trying to break free. I put my hand over my heart and felt each strong pulsation quicken. I knew I had to concentrate and use all of my will power to take another step forward. I had to keep telling myself not to look down‚ but how? How could I not look down if I needed to see where to put my foot? Tension started to build in my muscles making every
Premium English-language films I Decided
Growing up in a middle-class family of four in the suburbs of Ohio‚ I consider myself to be blessed. Blessed with stable‚ loving parents‚ a roof over my head‚ and an education‚ I was practically handed all I needed to succeed in life. However‚ it was revealed to me that not everyone had been granted such privileges and opportunities to thrive. Although I was aware of the reality of homelessness in the community‚ it was not until my freshman year of high school at Archbishop Hoban that I was able
Premium
“Good Luck ‚ David” said my mom and my sister. It was finally the day that I was going to tryout to make the “A” team of the NJ Avalanche. I worked as hard as an ant all year‚ I took hockey lessons before school‚ and afterschool‚ till 11 o’clock.. I started hockey because of my friend‚ which he introduced me to hockey‚ which then I was interested in playing hockey. Today‚ I have to go to the Ice House to attend the tryout at 7 o’clock.. I knew I could do it‚ but on the other hand‚ I was thinking
Premium Ice hockey
Page 1 Kiana Pizzo Professor Jarvis Composition 101 09 November 2012 Dance: There was a time in my life when the only thing I wanted to do was dance. It was like I couldn’t get up and start my day without releasing those wonderful endorphins. The instant high I would get just by moving my body and sweating really made me feel alive. There were days that I did not dance. I felt extremely lazy and my feet felt heavy like they were dragging across the floor as I walked. What a difference
Premium Dance