A Day in My Life Essay

Life is a journey to the other side, but the road to being an adult to short. It was as if I actually walked into a bathroom a child and came out and adult? This is how fast I remember the summer before high school. I didn’t gradually transition like most kids, it all just happened in the blink of an eye. It was hard enough changing schools let alone being a teenager, all while I watching my mom be sick. I recall this summer as one of the hardest I would ever face. I never would have guessed…

be with the Lord." Fifteen years ago, my dad received a kidney and pancreas transplant. It was a successful surgery. He was a juvenile diabetic, and for the first time since he was nine-years-old, he didn 't have to inject himself with insulin. It was a successful surgery. Two weeks later, on New Year 's day, my older sister and I were sitting in the family room waiting to go to our next door neighbor 's house. My dad had been throwing up all night, and my mom was getting ready to drive him…

Looking back on my life I can honestly say I have been blessed with a “Precious” and sometimes “wild” life; there has been drama, regret, trials, and tribulations, there have also been many moments I will forever cherish. Life has not always played out the way I thought it would, not all my dreams have come true, some of the people I once cherished have moved from this world to the next, some of the choices I have been regrettable and for that, I have paid the price. The days spent with my best…

At the age of nine, I witnessed my father fight his last battle against prostate cancer. The war defeated him as the war defeated me. This war against cancer was a life changing experience regardless of my wishes. It helped structure me into who I am today, it impelled me to learn a few things about life itself and its values which makes me a little uncommon from the average kid. “You don 't choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them” was never considered significant to…

Tragedies or Lessons Learned? Tragedies occur throughout many lives, but only the major ones stand out to the world. A tragedy is usually considered a despair, but in my seventeen years of living, I have discovered a tragedy is only a tragedy if allowed. I think of tragedies as lessons learned, not because they are not difficult, but because they teach me and have made me who I am. The world wide events that have molded me into the person I am today are Hurricane Katrina, by making me more…

thankful for is my dog, my mom and my friends. I am thankful for them because they are supportive. Also I am happy when I am around them. When focusing on what I am grateful I have recognized many other things that are forgotten through the mix of life. By keeping a gratitude journals, they taught me mindfulness, love and the importance of relationships, and the importance of friends and family because when you keep a journals and focus on positive psychology. I am thankful for my dog because…

forced to be around day to day, I didn’t care about any of my classes, and the dark, gloomy, plain repeating sight of the halls inside Canyon High School were exhausting to look at. I was done. It was about three weeks into my junior year when I…

Spending days at home with just my babies and my husband was the most amazing thing. We had such an amazing time, we did this for 2 weeks. After two weeks Ryan needed to head back to work and I needed to start back up at school. I decided to finish school online so I could stay home with my babies. A couple of months later, Ryan came home with some news. He was being transferred to Indianapolis police department. So our next step in life was to find a house to live in, in Indy! This was hard…

Over the past eighteen years of my life, many events have contributed to the person that I am today. I was born and raised in a small urban North Carolina town, where my friends and family mean everything to me. Not only does family hit home to me, it has a great impact on the woman that I am becoming and have yet to become. I was fortunate enough to grow up under one roof with two supporting parents, along with my grandparents in the same town. Through the many years of dance, reckless…

up, prepare yourself for the day, and leave for high school. The vast majority of high school students derided this series of events. During the bulk of my high school career, I exhibited this mentality. My junior year occurred basically the same as the previous two and the one that followed, save for my first period class. I began my day with pre-calculus, which, to the general population, probably sounds terrible. I held a similar opinion, until I spent a few days in Mr. Call’s classroom.…