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The life we live is like an open sea. At times, it hurls violent waves on us, completely throwing us off our tracks. Usually, the only way to recover from the blows that constantly blind us as we journey along is to fight with our strongest will possible. I have lived the kind of life I consider extraordinary. My father use to assault my mother and when I was a young girl. On almost a daily basis, he would send me to my room, lock me in there and abuse my mother. She was never the type to fight…

The Robinson’s finally ask me to babysit for them again! I’m literally ecstatic about this, I haven’t seen little Johnny or Tessa in 4 whole months! Tessa is a cute, 6 year old, brunette munchkin. She wears these really adorable glasses that wrap around her head so they don’t fall off! Her deep blue eyes always brighten my day.Then there’s Johnny, Tessa’s twin brother. Johnny is the absolute sweetest gentleman I know. He always walks me to his bedroom when I, I mean he escorts me to his room for…

Lying on my bedroom floor, I cried. It wasn’t one of those angry cries or stress cries, it was a cry that highlighted the hurt and pain that consumed me. I couldn’t comprehend what I did to deserve any of it, so I just cried. No one could hear me. Earlier that day in 2012, I woke up to my regular, everyday routine. From the kitchen, my mom yelled, “Wake up! It’s time to get ready for school!” Grumbling, I got out of my bed and started getting ready. It was a lovely spring morning, and I was…

Have you ever felt like numbers or exams defined you and planned your future for you? I have, all my life I was defined by simple numbers from when I was a baby to now that I am an adult whether it was my GPA or my score on a test or the score they give a new born baby on how fast they cry or react to a stimulate. For once in my life I would want something else to define me rather than just a couple of numbers. As little kids barely entering school we are encourage to do our best. We are…

The double doors of Mason County High School soared open at three o 'clock on a sunny spring afternoon. School was out for the summer. Students darted out of the school like they were being chased by something colossal, repugnant, and petrifying. “Ouch!” wailed Tyra as she was pushed down by this gargantuan pack of mad wolves sprinting as if they had their eyes on prey. Tyra continued on, “The boys at this school are SO annoying and immature!” “Atleast boys give you attention. I would do…

Application Essay In the following paragraphs I will tell the story of when I began to follow God. I then will tell about where he has brought me today and how he has grown me over the years. Lastly I will explain how I feel I am a good match for Southeastern University in the academic field as well as a spiritual aspect. So let’s begin with the beginning. It was one day after work, I worked in the same town that Jonathan, my youth pastor, lived in. I believe Jonathan wanted to talk to me…

Many of us have lost something that held a reason in our life and a loss that did not. I have loss a person that was a purpose and should still be in my life today, but things will come and go and that has made me who I am today. The loss I experienced was my aunt not by death, but by actions and choices. The poems that best connected and related with my loss were “Naming” by Nancy Mairs and “Raised Voices” by Jack Brannon from What Have You Lost? The poems both hold similar qualities to my…

A Fighter I’m sitting in some loud, smokey, old bus on my way to my first real competition. I couldn’t tell my dad, he doesn’t mind me liking boxing but the last thing he needs to worry about is why I come home from a weekend away with a black eye. So I told him it was a class trip. Technically I wasn’t lying. So here I am with the same merry band of misfits that had become like a second family to me, they supported me through all the crap this last month. “GO BACK TO IOWA YOU BUCK TOOTH…

I remember one time when I was younger; I would get sick and need to take my dose of medicine, literally. Medicine time to me was something that made me cry from the thought of it, even till this. Like when I four years old and sick with a horrible fever. I would hide underneath my blankets (I know that’s a good idea and nobody would find me). While I was hiding, I was suddenly hit with the cold air and a surge of light beamed against me, before I knew it my mom dragged me out of my warm,…

Humans are flawed; humans lie, cheat, steal, and for all of their good qualities always have issues. These character traits aren’t specific to a single person, everyone has them. People are also filled with love, compassion, kindness, and all sorts of other things that make them nothing short of amazing. My cousin Triston played an amazing role in my life before he passed away prematurely, but the impact he had has shaped me into who I am today. Triston had his faults like all of us, but he had…