2006 singles

Today was the day. I could barely hold in my excitement as I trotted down the hallway to get ready for the big day. Now what exactly am I so excited for? Today was the day my family and I were going back to Denver, Colorado for the first time in eight years. I had waited 4 long months for this day to come, and now it is finally here. I went downstairs to get breakfast, then headed out the door to go to school. I could barely pay attention to anything because of all of my excitement. The…

INNER VOICE Of course. It’s genius! It won’t cause as much pain which is a con, but other than that good choice. SHELLY Now there will be no mess. No blood to clean. They won’t even have to clean me up. Just throw me in the box and send me six feet below. The only question is where do I get them? INNER VOICE You know Mommy dearest has a whole cabinet full. The past eighteen years have taken quite the toll on her. You can take them all because as soon as you’re gone she won’t need any of them…

I was flying, high up in the atmosphere, zooming past clouds, skirting birds, and basking in the hot sun. The sky, a never-ending vast expanse of teal blue, surrounded me, as I flew somewhere. I felt like I was on top of the world. The air rushed past me creating a soft whistle in my ear, but making my body cool. I don't know why, but I was so excited and joyous. My heart was racing, my eyes widening, and a smile growing across my face. Then, out of the corner of my eye I saw why I am so happy.…

Without Worry Keeping my head down, I walk into the school, my bangs covering my right eye. Pulling out my schedule, I start to my first period, taking slow, even steps, counting each step as I go. Forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-n… Before I can count another number, I’m on the ground. Looking up, I see a boy around my age bending down to my height, worry in his eyes. “Hey, sorry about that... didn’t see you there. You alright; I can take you to the nurse?” He asks, checking my…

I woke up this morning really happy because me and Colby were going on a movie date. I was really excited about it because I can spend more time with Colby and I can forget about the whole Felicity thing maybe I don't know. I got up and got dressed and waited for him to pick me up. He came in early so we can hang out a little before we go to the movies. In the meantime, all we did was cuddle and kiss, but he kept teasing me about him and Derek being together. He knows that I get jealous about it…

It 's intimidating enough to feel the burning eyes of the various doctors in the room watching me, but the sight of the syringe with a large needle in the short grumpy old nurses hand makes me feel very unsettled. "You will only feel a slight pinch in your arm okay." Said the nurse while she grabs my upper arm and tries to find the dot she drew on my arm earlier camouflaged in the faint freckles up and down my arm. I take a deep breath as she brings the syringe , filled with the "magical"…

FORGIVING OURSELVES I know more people who have had trouble with this than I can name. This is one of the issues that people I have worked with in recovery have shared with me, “how do I forgive myself for what I have done”? That is a great question and not an easy one to answer. I have an old friend, an elderly gentleman. He always keeps it simple and says “if you want to feel good, do good” so one of the ways we can start to feel better about ourselves is to begin to perpetuate good things…

I am a teacher graduated from Mexico. When I got married I moved to the United States, and English became my second language. I wanted to keep teaching children, so I applied to work for a school in Idaho Falls. With this first experience I became familiar with teaching in this country. I moved to Alaska, and I started to work in another school with a temporary teaching certificate. I had a year to pass the required test to get certified within the State. On my first intent to get certified I…

This is why karate classes often work because you 'll see the same people over and over again. But, overall, I 'm very anti-classes. If you are paying for something it is usually not the best place to find friends (with the exception of college). Unless the class has the same group of people who meet frequently (like a college Salsa classes), you won 't make them your friends. So dance class, work out classes, etc. are all really a waste of your time. Unfortunately, these businesses, like a lot…

There are many lessons to be learned in life, lessons which are learned through conversations, mishaps, and great experiences. One experience I had was a little bit of all three. It was a conversation, started wrong, but nevertheless ended up being a great experience in which I learned an important lesson, that there are times to give up, and times to not give up, and sometimes even though giving up might seem like the right option, not giving up can lead to great success. My senior year of…