It was a dark night. I was home alone. I was watching the movie Ride Along. All of a sudden i hear “”, the errrrrr door opens and I hid. I ran to the laundry room and closed the door.…
I was with my father, he was there for the fire department in case anyone got hurt, and it was cold outside, so I got in the fire truck to keep warm. All of a sudden, all of the firefighters’ pagers went off. Someone was in a car accident and they needed emergency responders. My dad didn’t have anyone to leave me with, so I had to ride in the truck to the accident. When we arrived at the scene, I remember seeing a bright, red car that was all smashed up.…
You can see smoke in the air, you can hear building crashing down, and people are crying yelling God’s name!! Looking back now the clouds in the air that I was seeing is almost like when the atomic bomb was drop on Hiroshima. I still didn’t understand it all mean while in the Orphanage I was one of the oldest I had to help out the little ones and make sure they are safe. Sometimes I could hear the Nannies talking and crying we had to stay away from walls so if the earthquake happens again then the walls wont fall under…
Faith is the belief in something greater than us one can put full trust, confidence, and reliance on when difficult times arise. I was raised to be involved with church activities to maintain my spiritual life; additionally my faith grew dramatically when my cousin deceased and gave me an overview of what I wanted to pursue my career as. When I was a child, my parents encouraged me to always be as loving and caring as I could be, not for personal gain, but to be benevolent to the people around me. I was raised with two loving parents, Mario and Rebeca, along with a younger brother, Mario and older sister, Ana.…
I went on but never wanted to get off but it came… I was on the couch staring TV Dad wanted me and my brothers to get in the car to go to Chili's I’m not all shaky about it because we go there every Saturday, So we got in the car went to Chili ’s I Got this, Cheese Burgers with pineapple We had to race to Islands for Mom, Avy and Gigi [ My Grandma ] and we got to see Star Wars The Last Jedi, once we got home there was a clueless present on the floor I opened it up and you cannot believe what it was, A puppy this was the best day of my life but we still had to eat gigi though she was cute like everyone else…
I sat there in the hard seat of my desk and waited patiently. The scent of Lysol was overwhelmingly powerful in the room, but I knew by the third week it would be overpowered by the smell of musty children and chalk dust. I could not wait for my new teacher to saunter up to me, eyes full of admiration, and give me my paper. I had worked hard on it for nearly two months during the summer prior to this new school year. Looking around the room at my new classmates, it was easy to tell who had done the summer assignments, especially with their conspicuous faces.…
Sometime, when I was about four, in a small, isolated country kitchen in regional Victoria, my mother noticed that I was taking "funny turns", moments that took me away and into my own world. It took time but eventually the diagnosis came back - welcome to epilepsy. Then, back in the day it was a limiting and defining description; no support groups; little information but much fear; it stalked me through all facets of life, complicating both the serious and the mundane. It changed little things, fell between you and life, little hurdles, like risk; the meds made you nod off in the afternoon; the need to carry medication (got your wallet; got your pills), explanations and reassurances for teachers, coaches and, just when you thought you…
To say my year was uneventful, well that would be a lie. So many things have happened and so many things have gone unnoticed. Where to begin,where to end,what to include and what not to include. So many things to say,that will never be told,so many jokes no one will understand but us. So much life that never seemed eventful at the time.…
As Wanda set down baby Tony, she gave him a kiss on his forehead and whispered, “I will save you, she will save you.” As I hear my basic ring tone go off, I get up from my bed and I pause the loud music. When I pick up my phone I see that Tony’s mom is calling me. Which is very common so I casually answer it.…
What’s the most common word that comes to mind in a week? Mine is sorry. Most common phrase? Always beginning in under, less than or lacking. You are underrepresented in society.…
All my life I’ve struggled with not feeling fulfilled in Loveland, Colorado. I never feel truly inspired, motivated, or happy. Driving down 29th street for what feels like the 29th time that day, I look at the McDonald’s I’ve ate at since childhood, I watch all the less than intereging Honda Civics and Ford Tauruses everyone in Northern Colorado seems to drive, and I look at the drab Loveland High School building and I’m reminded of how much I hate everything it holds. Everything I see, I feel like I’ve seen it before…
May, 2017, my parents divorced. I was shocked but even more than that, confused. Every family argued so why couldn’t mine overcome this hardship? Why did my Mom never tell me she had this thought? When they told me I calmly said “I understand, and I hope this will make you both happier”.…
Summer nights are the time for romance. After 18 years, I finally got to experience what only happens in movies. I was exhausted after spending the day with Stone, my boyfriend. We had a spectacular day running errands and just hanging out together. I expressed to Stone my feelings about the day.…
When I was younger, I got to know myself better through performing for others. Participating in dramas really brought out my theatrical side. About ten years ago, when I was seven, my siblings and I were part of a performing arts program called Divine Current Anointed Flow, or D.C.A.F. for short. I was excited to start our performance that day for I had watched my older siblings participate in this event before…
One day my mom and dad were just watching a movie in the living room and all of a sudden my sister’s school picture was thrown across the room. Another was when I was younger, around the age of two, my sister and brother kept telling my mom that they see a little girl around the house, but my mom never really believed them until one day we were all eating and I suddenly…