The Day I Nearly Died Year after year our family takes a trip to Colorado for spring break. It’s an exhilarating trip because I get to see all my wild and wacky relatives as well as spend some quality time on the slopes. Something funny or embarrassing always happens. This time was different. This time‚ I could have died! Generally when we go out on the slopes‚ falling down is one of my specialties. Putting an extremely clumsy person on skis and sending them down the hill‚ I found
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When I Almost Became a Midwife Everytime I see those blinding blue eyes that my 4 year old niece has‚ my mind goes straight to the day before she was born. On October 30th around 4pm‚ my sister‚ who was 9 months pregnant at the time‚ and I are sitting on our comfy brown suede couch. The cliche screams coming from the scary movie that’s playing in the front of the room. Little did I know that in just a few minutes my heart rate would go up‚ but not from the movie‚ from the horrors of childbirth.
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The excitement I feel before I see him is like nothing I ever felt. The day was going by so slow and I could not wait any longer‚ so I left to pick him up. On the way there I could almost feel actual butterflies fluttering in my stomach. His name is Nick Massoni‚ complete with dirty blonde hair‚ bright blue eyes and pale Irish skin; he is the youngest of three handsome sons. He is a pleasure to be near and he can always turn my frown upside down. There he was running out of the house like the speed
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Paper C: Reaction to article How I (Almost) Saved the Earth By: S. Adams Richard R. Powers Environment & Society 21432 M-W 12:00PM There are a lot of factors when considering building a “green” home. In Adams’ article “How I Almost Saved the Earth‚” he states that the greenest house any one could ever build is a house that is never built. This is true‚ but to most people this will not be a reasonable way to spend their lives. Therefore‚ if one wanted to build a house with the least
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forget that day. It was in February that my father told me my older sister might not be coming home. I was home alone and had been since the very end of January. My dad called me from the Children’s Hospital in Denver‚ Colorado. It started out with what seemed to be a normal conversation. “Hi‚ Dad! How’s Bridgette doing?” “She’s still goin.’ Just had another seizure. We got some news today.” “Oh‚ yeah? What is it?” “Well‚ if your sister has surgery‚ there’s a chance she won’t make it.” I was eleven
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The day I gave birth to my first child Yolanda Jackson Composition I – 46 May 9 2012 March 26‚ 2004 I got up at 7 am and took me a good hot bath. After my bath I put me on some clothes to go to the hospital in Rutherfordton. On this day all I could smell was the scent of hot spring air‚ birds chirping‚ and fresh spring flowers. This was the day my labor was induced and I gave birth to my first son. I was 17 years old not expecting to jump head first into a teenage life as being a mother
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"Got Milk?" This advertisement was found in the October issue of Cosmopolitan. "Got Milk" advertisements are seen in all types of magazines from sports to beauty‚ featuring many different kinds of celebrities selling their product. The product being sold in "Got Milk" advertisements is‚ of course‚ milk. They are trying to reinforce that the calcium in milk keeps bones strong and helps prevent osteoporosis. In this advertisement for milk irony is it’s secret weapon to get the point across.
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Yesterday I was going to order my first computer but I got in trouble for “Yelling” at my coach/grandpa even though I can’t even remember raising my voice once at him so I wasn’t allowed to. So now I have to wait a while for my parents anger to cool down‚ and for me to become ungrounded to order it myself (also include the time I have to wait to get paid‚ but that’s like tonight so that doesn’t really matter.) because I can almost guarantee that they are not going to pay for some of it anymore. I also
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From the day I first saw my son to now When I first saw my baby he was all wrapped up in a stiff white blanket with footprints from all colors of the rainbow. His eyes were closed because his cheeks were so puffed up that they kept him from being able to open them up. His face resembled a red puffy marshmallow. His head was so long and narrow it almost reminded me of a little alien head. He had a full head of curly golden sandy brown hair. His nose was small as could be. It was like a little button
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I still remember the day‚ December 6‚ 1999. My Best friend had called me crying‚ asking for my help. I expected the worst‚ but it wasn’t so bad. She asked if I could go with her to the doctor because she thought she was pregnant. My thoughts immediately went to the baby because my friend had been drinking and doing drugs for the past two months. The next day‚ I told my mom I was walking to the bus stop‚ but really I was going to skip school so I could accompany my friend to the doctor. That day
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