Florida is a land of sun palm trees and sand. Florida being a southern state with sweet tea, Publix, and Disney just a few hours away, had many perks. I had never thought of what it might be like to grow up in a northern area, or just even outside of Florida. Up until my 14th summer I had always assumed everyone lived the same way I did. It had all started when I got accepted to a summer program in Washington D.C to attend a medical forum.…
I went to the Gulf Shores, Alabama last year. I ran into a man while having been walking on a port who asked me to take a photo of his him and his family. I could have taken his phone and ran away. I could have made $400 dollars by selling it. I could have thrown the phone into the ocean.…
I moved to Titusville in the middle of my junior year, to get better schooling, and to use my full potential academically that I wasn't able to obtain back in my hometown. Moving across Florida, away from my parents was a dramatic event, and it took some getting use too. Living away from my parents, made me feel grown and mature like I had my whole life in my hands with nobody there to always tell me what to do. I, now live with my aunt and uncle, attending Titusville High School. I am a part time college student and also acquire high school credits with my courses at the college.…
Going To Florida We went to Florida on the 30th of April. My mom, step dad, and my best friend Sasha came. Sasha has brown hair, brown eyes, and she’s 14 years old. I was 13 at the time. As soon as we got to our hotel we unpacked.…
When I was fifteen my mom had decided to uproot our lives in Michigan to move to a small town in Florida. It started when my mom fell in love with a business partner, Keith, whom she had talked on the phone with for months. She then had flown to Florida to meet with him several times for over the course of a year. When they decided that they could no longer live apart, the decision was made that my mom and I would move from everything we had ever known, to move to a small Florida town. At the time I thought this was the worst thing that could ever happen to my fifteen year old self, however, our move turned out to be the best decision my mom had ever made.…
L is for Louisiana One summer when I was 3 or so I got to go to Louisiana. My dad had a great-uncle that lived down there with his wife and their 2 dogs. The great-uncle was a pilot in World War ll. He was even there on D-Day as one of the pilots!…
On Monday, I went to Martinsville to pick up my boyfriend then we went to Greenwood Mall and got to spend the five hours up there and then his work called him and said he had to go in at 4. When we got to his work he wanted me to meet some of his co-workers. Most of his co-workers are nice. Then I got home around 6 o’clock. Then on Tuesday I mostly just rested, besides I went to Silver Oaks at 3:30 and helped out there until 4:30.…
Hi everyone, I am Quynh, I come from Vietnam and I have just arrived to Tacoma for few months. I have decided to come to this wonderful state because my boyfriend is pursuing his bachelor degree here and told me that Tacoma is a wonderful city for living and studying. So far I really love this place with a nice weather and many beautiful natural places such as Mt. Rainier. My major is business and my plan is transfer to a four-year college after finishing my associate degree at Pierce college, my dream school would be University of Washington and I will word hard to get in there. Thank you for reading my introduction and I am looking forward to have a successful quarter with you guys.…
I was in a deep sleep dreaming about my life until BOOM, my mom came in and told me to wake up. I was walking to the bathroom like a zombie to the bathroom brushing my teeth, taking a shower, and changing my clothes. We had to get to the airport as quickly as possible, because our flight leaves at five o’clock in the morning. Even though I was mad doing this I still enjoyed it because we were on our way to Florida!!This is great practice because one day I will have to do this again.…
We had to go down to the first floor then we got off and we were walking around all the shops trying to find a souvenir. I finally found a hand carved turtle that I really liked and bought. Then my stepdad said we had to get to the docks to get on a boat to go fishing. After a lot of walking we made it to the docks and a boat pulled up, we got in and started zooming away. After a while one of the boat guys started pulling these huge fishing rods out and setting them up.…
Texas, so hot and humid. But under all that rancid heat, is something to assemble amazing memories in and to enjoy. Going to Texas, we saw a lot of beautiful things, some I’ve never seen before. I saw a lot of colorful lizards and frogs, very tall palm trees, and the dark blue ocean! When we first arrived in Texas, I got to see my grandparents and cousins over Thanksgiving.…
Road Trip Crash! White caps went as they crashed up against the moss covered rocks. We had just arrived at Johnson Shut-Ins in Saint Louis, Missouri. I was seven, my cousin Brooke was 18 and my cousin Luke was 13. My family was on a summer vacation to go see my family.…
It was two days before the first day of school was going to start and I was stuck in Des Moines. I was with my grandma and grandpa sitting in the airport waiting for the plane to come in. The plane was supposed to leave at 8PM but right around 7:30 the loud airport speakers announced, “The flight to Phoenix, Arizona has been delayed two hours.” Now the flight won’t take off until 10 PM and we were going to miss our connecting flight. My grandma went to the gate agent with about two other groups in front of us waiting to get their flight changed too.…
From smelling the salty waters by the Florida Keys, seeing all of the green from the stems of green beans growing, the flavor of the freshest eggs you could get from the coop in the backyard, to the avocado tree growing in the backyard, my trip to Florida had become one of the greatest life experiences I’ve had yet. Visiting Florida taught me many skills on being independent, mentally, and how easy and fun it is just to be to yourself sometimes. It all started Christmas eve when I got home to find my presents from “Santa” there before we even went to bed. My parents had planned on taking a vacation to Florida for Christmas break to see my grandparents, but we were unable to also get my parents there.…
Salty air, sunny skies and sand in-between my toes, there’s nothing like the beach in Galveston, Texas. Every year around the time the Texas heat starts to become unbearable, my family takes a beach trip to the coast. The Cooper annual trip usually consists of countless arguments between my siblings and parents, deep sea fishing and surfing on the beach. This year would be no different, with a few exceptions.…