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I have never really known the true meaning of life. When I was younger I was reckless, so reckless that I wasn't afraid of anything. Breaking bones? I’d done it. I wasn't aware of how precious life was, I didn't care. However as life’s gone on I've changed, now I am extremely grateful for the life I have lived and the life I am living currently. I was taking life for granted. I'd do all these crazy things, not caring what people said or thought of me. I'm not going to lie, I felt great I…

Since we were little kids we dreamed of who we will be in the future. As time pass and we get older we forget about the future and all the dreams we had when we were little. We get caught in this messy world and suddenly we are afraid or insecure about our future. Even though we grow up, we should always imagine ourselves 20 years from now, and take decisions according to our vision. Few years ago, adults always asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were like, astronaut,…

The morning was quiet. I was heading out the door when I heard a scream coming from the kitchen, “Shamara! Help!”. I thought nothing about it as I walked back inside but the scene I came across fueled me with a rush of panic and uneasiness; my grandfather, kneeled over the kitchen sink with his finger nearly severed and profusely bleeding. Time had slowed down, I saw my grandmother frantically running around the house accumulating all the bandages she could, my mother watching everything…

How many of you have cooked before? Most of you have. You see the thing is, I've never really enjoyed cooking. It just takes too much effort to gather all the correct ingredients and quantities correct. The first time I tried cooking was around six years ago on my parent's anniversary. In the kitchen, I felt like I was making a masterpiece. As soon as they woke up, I was waiting in anticipation outside of their room. They opened the door and I wished them a very happy anniversary while handing…

My parents are my heroes. They are both heroes to me not because of what they offered the world, but what they offered me. To me a hero is someone that you can model yourself after. A person you look up to and strive to be like. To be able to ask yourself what that person would have done in a situation you do not know how to solve. A hero is someone who sets a good example for you and someone with a set of good morals and values. A hero does not always have had to wear a cape and work everyday…

Imagine yourself in a dark alleyway, alone, cold, sick, and hungry. You have no money, no home, no food, and you have been in the same clothes for months. You are on the brink of death, however, a group of people see you and immediately take you to the hospital and then take you into a care center. What if these kind of people did not exist? Fortunately, though not many, they do which makes them an important group. The value of charity and community service groups is altruism because they save…

December 2013 was a memorable time for me. My mother and I went to Manila to visit my grandparents for some family bonding time. We took a bus going there and on the way I saw blue skies and acres of farms throughout the highway. It was a long ride, about six to seven hours. Moreover, the traffic was horrendous when we arrived in Manila. Fortunately, my grandparents fetched us at the bus terminal. We were going to stay at my grandparent’s house and it was already late when we arrived at…

Sierra Owen Cady Windish Creative Composition 15 September 2017 Don’t Be Greedy Once upon a time, there were a fisherman and his wife who lived together in a huge castle right next to the ocean. Every morning, the fisherman would go out and fish for hours. One day, he was sitting there with his giant hook in the water and he felt a tug. Moments later, he felt a bigger tug. Then again, the tug was so hard, he almost flew out of his chair. He began to reel in and it took forever because…

Mercy Mercy Is the only word my lips open to speak? Truth, Is the only word that haunts me! Your hallucinations every time and everywhere are seen by me. Your shrilling cries, give me sleepless nights In this tiny prison cell, I shudder at the thought of that night. The night on which I committed a bloody sin I killed you. In spite of your mother not letting me to I want mercy! O’ God hear my plea O’ my child, What if you were a girl? I should have loved you, kissed and cherished you. But I…

I have had many great days, but the most memorable day in my life was August 6, 2004 when I gave birth to the most precious gift one could ask for. A handsome bouncing baby boy named Jhaquan Kevin Mario Lewis was born. When I woke up at 6:00 am on that morning I knew today was the day. I felt all the heaviness of this world in my lower abdomen and a series of painful contractions that I had never felt during the last nine months. I was home alone so I prepared myself to go to the hospital. At…