So much of our lives have changed, while at the same time staying the same in a way that is just us. He has kept his promise to me. He has gone to counseling and has changed some of the things in his life that made him feel the way he did. He sobered up and now he rarely…
Speech Introduce myself: Introduction: I have to tell you I am challenged and excited. My excitement is; I get a chance to give something back. My challenge is; the shortest workshop I usually do is 20 hours. [Laughter] I’m not overstating. In any case, I do weekends, and many more and likewise coach people. The bottom line of why I’m here, is that I'm not here to persuade you. Obviously you don’t need that. What's more, that is the farthest thing from it. Since individuals normally come up…
The first time I went kayaking was a great adventure and opened me up to so many new things! My two friends, Juan and Bobby, went on a kayaking trip to the Holston River. When they got back they told me about the amazing time that they had. My mom and I decided that we wanted to try it out too, but little did we know what an amazing time we would have. My mom and I got up very early in the morning and headed off to a large nearby lake that we had seen when driving past. Thankfully, we had…
Algebra 2 In my life I had a lot of memories good ones and bad ones.The best memory I can come up with is when I was little and every summer my family went to Mississippi. We would go swimming, and family members houses and just see a lot and eat a lot. One of the years we had went I almost drowned by jumping into the middle of the pool at our hotel and not knowing how to swim. But what made the best memory was just seeing my whole family together and that I just like being down south, for the…
Back to school season had knocked on every door of Tirana to deliver a message: September has arrived and so has school. Although I was enthusiastic to reunite with my classmates, the idea of innumerable assignments and tests ready to conquer my spare time was inevitable. This dreadful forecast sent a cold shiver down my spine, paralyzing me for a couple of minutes, struck by the realization that I would not be able to participate in any sports. Later that day, I turned on the TV to notice the…
As time passes, the various branches of our family find in increasingly more difficult to escape from our day-to-day lives. Even I, the youngest of the cousins, am quickly approaching adulthood. Plans for graduation and the impending move to college have been distraction enough over the last few months. Albeit naively, I had expected my beach to wait for my return. In…
Naseeb Kaur – I I know what it's like to make people happy. Admittedly I didn't mean to walk head-first into a glass door like that Pakistani Engineer in his college video, or trip down a 100ft bore well like nation’s beloved pranky Prince of Kurukshetra, but beggars can't exactly be choosers, and so I make fun of people around me and sometimes of myself to make people laugh. To see smile on all those faces, well, for a brief moment of time is worth living. This is the same reason why I write…
I hear my alarm clock go off. I roll on my side and open my eyes. "Its too early" I yell as I slam my hand down on my alarm clock to get it to shut off. I close my eyes again and moments later hear my clock go off again. I look at it again and it was an hour later. " five thirty is way to frickin early for football practice" I say as I get ready to walk out the door. This particular practice was on a saturday morning and coach wanted offense there early so we could run some extra laps around the…
The Creepy Basketball First, it was a cold dark night in the winter only one sound MO! HA! HA! HA! HA! It came for the haunted house down on fourth with the creepy basketball. The man living there wanted to find out what was there they named the ball LeBron James the man how owned the house was Steph Curry. It came out one night he picked up a chair a tried to hit the ball with it he missed and the ball went back under the rug and back into his hoop. So Steph called Kevin Durant a teammate of…
A Frigid Raceway The crisp, cold wind breezed through my hair during an enjoyable outdoor activity, as I zipped around the corner. A feeling of excitement is what I experience when I Long Track speed skate. It is enjoyable for many reasons. This sport is entertaining for numerous explanations. First, it is necessary to develop skills. Getting to know my boundaries has helped me. While having fun and without discouragement, I am more familiar with of my abilities and setting reachable goals.…