Ten years ago I married the love of my life‚ I thought we would live a long life together. But‚ two years later disease had spread over Athens and I had fallen ill. With me near the end was my wife‚ Hermia and our twelve month old son‚ John. I could not process what was going on at the time I refused to believe that my time was almost up. I was not prepared to let go I did not want to miss my boy grow up and the chance to raise a child with Hermia. There was no way for Hermia to ever be prepared
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Grendel‚ arrives to the porch of Herot‚ as his demon like appearance is exposed due to the glimmering overhead light shining upon him. He hurriedly grips the door handle and tears the door straight to the floor. The collapsing door and Grendel’s stomp into the grand entrance was as loud as thunder. Straight ahead of him‚ lay the warriors‚ sleeping like rocks. The walls of pure gold were so shiny‚ it was as if it was reflecting off the warriors skin. A sense of pure joy fills his mind‚ and his mouth
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Trying new things can be tough. Facing our fears is something many people refuse to do. I had to face my fears this past weekend‚ when my family decided to go on a skiing trip. I woke up around seven thirty or eight o’clock on Sunday morning. My mom‚ younger brother‚ and I stayed at my mom’s boyfriend’s house the night before. The original plan was to get up around five in the morning to get to the ski resort earlier‚ but we ended up sleeping in a little bit longer than expected. My mom woke me
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It was a perfect day for me‚ I couldn’t think of anything that could ruin it. I made new friends when I made the basketball. Until I got home that day. As I walked into my house I noticed something strange. My father was home sitting on the couch and as fast as I could I tried to remember if I did anything bad I couldn’t remember the last bad thing I did at school‚ then a million more thoughts rushed through my head as I remembered the C on my report card. When my dad called me in a serious low
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The pain that shot through my veins and in my leg was like when I try to lick soup that has just came out of the stove. The agony I felt when I realized my feet weren’t straight told me that I was in trouble. I knew I had to do something because if not I would be left stranded on a mountain. I will never forget the moment I broke both of my ankles. The wind blew in my face as the fresh fallen snow was packed and hardened‚ leaving a perfect trail for snowboarding. As a novice snowboarder racing probably
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The day was bad because Alonzo and Sergio where fighting. When we got to are three class we’re where out side Alonzo dropped Sergio in the grass be for we got in class. Then they stop fighting when we got in class. Then we got to are four class Alonzo got Sergio in a head lock. Then Sergio hit Alonzo in the face then he hit him in the face to. Then the teachers came in running in the class and Brock up the fight. We did not know what was going to happen to them. We heard the teacher on the phone
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Anything‚ but normal would describe my eldest son Donald‚ or as he prefers Donny or Don. His timing was impeccable when he came into this world two weeks early on opening deer hunting weekend. By the way‚ nothing stops an opener in a family of avid hunters‚ not even a baby. His dad was there to see him into the world for about a day. Back then‚ it was common practice for a 7-day hospital stay after a C-section‚ talk of postpartum blues‚ I cried the whole time. When I look back‚ I see a sweet‚ happy-go-lucky
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“ Que pasa “(what’s up)my grandpa said over the phone. “ I’m just at home con mi mama”‚ I replied. “ Yo y tu Nana Amanda vamos ir a México mañana quieres venir?”(your grandma Amanda and I are going to Mexico do you want to come?) I said “ Espere le voy a preguntar a mi mama”(hold on i’m going to ask my mom). I asked my mom if I could go and she said ‚“I’m not going to be able to go I have notes to write for work over the weekend.” I said‚ “ You have notes but I don’t‚ so can I go.” My mom said
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Moving I was quieter than usual as my family piled into the car. We were going to go see our new house. The house I didn’t really know how I felt about yet. My parents had always talked about moving into a bigger house when I was younger‚ but I never thought it would actually happened. I couldn’t think of any reason why we needed to move. I liked our current house just fine--with all the fruit trees and the small backyard‚ and the room that me‚ my older sister‚ and my brother shared. Plus--moving
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I am fired up for 2017. My family is going on a trip to Maui in the summer‚ I am going to play football for the 7th grade football team in September‚ and the new Star Wars movie is coming out in December. For the 4th of July‚ my family is going to Hawaii this summer. We will celebrate my mom’s 40th birthday and my grandma’s 70th birthday. I have never been to Hawaii before in my life‚ so I’m really thrilled. We are staying at the Honua Kai Resort on Kaanapali Beach in Maui for a week. We are also
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