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The cold body lying there stiff and dead. Tears were everywhere while we breathed pure and murky despair. Everything was quiet except for those heartfelt words. We watched him trying to stay afloat and not drown in his sadness and disbelief. It was a gray sky on Friday, April 21, 2014. It was some time in the evening, we were in the funeral home all day I didn’t have time to check. Outside, everything was cold and looked as though a single poke could make the sky rain. Inside, was eerily nice…

While being confident in sports is common in most guys, being over confident can sometimes lead to their downfall. That is what happened to me and my little brother one early summer day. While playing basketball in an empty YMCA gym as we usually did, two old guys walked. They both looked like they were over 50 at least , with long grey beards, balding heads and wrinkly skin, they walked toward us and asked us to play the in a game. At first we were not very interested in playing against them…

Hi Mum, Yes, it's pretty shitty at the moment and now we are approaching five months of winter ! oh joy Emoji I can't say that I've had a boring life, it's certainly been eventful to say the least. It's all part of my journey but I'd like to think that things to get a little easier. I have met Leila on numerous occasions at Susan's get togethers over the years. She did tell me about her aspie husband and child. They both sound fairly low functioning on the autism scale. Aspergers takes…

Today, halfway through my spring break as a high-school junior, I am somewhere that may surprise you. Somehow, I have found myself six feet under a century old house, slowly chipping away at a wall of dirt and clay. I’m dressed in a bright yellow jumpsuit, breathing through a mask, with a hammer in my right hand, and a chisel in my left. As I take my first break of the eight-hour workday, I look at the progress I have made. Over the last few hours I managed to clear out another foot or so of…

Angela arrived at work half an hour early. She thought of popping in to see Viviana and thank her, but her boss, Mr. Henshaw, needed her to clock in immediately. It was food stamp day, and the registers were backed up. She went about her day, clearing the mass of customers down to just a few by early evening. She kept feeling worse as the day went on. It started at the house shortly after Jacob Talbot left. At first, she was relieved and somewhat giddy. However, as she dressed, she started…

When I was in not so friendly Mississippi in sixth grade, I met some not so friendly people. Sometimes these people were teachers and sometimes they were students. My parents had been sure to shelter me from a certain type of injustices that affected my life and still affects my life. In this one moment, I had gotten the leading grade in my math class. My teacher then said, "I did not know people like you could be so smart". At first, I was confused, but then it kicked in what she really meant…

The song that fits my 8th grade experience is Kygo - Stranger Things ft. One Republic. I chose this song for three reasons. It melody matches my feelings, the lyrics express my 8th grade experience, and the transitions have helped me relax many times throughout my school year. To start off the melody is really calm and has a nice beat to it. Which changes throughout the song. In general the beat is humble, but at certain parts of the melody the beat becomes faster which is similar to…

They say one can die from a broken heart, that you can become so distressed your heart strings pop and that vital organ no longer functions. I almost experienced this phenomenon, or so I thought, when I was nineteen. I met Brad my senior year of highschool and like most other teenage girls, I fell hopelessly in love. Things were great. We went to the movies, the beach and hung out with friends up until 4 months of one of our most memorable nights, graduation. My parents moved to Tennessee…

ACES Career Fair Reflection I was amazed as I walked into the ACES Career Fair. I knew there would be a lot of businesses at this event, but I was not able to quantify just how many until I walked around. Since I grew up on a grain farm, I have been familiar with many of these companies surrounding me, such as John Deere, AgriGold, and Pioneer. However, before the career fair, I still researched what companies would be present on Handshake, and I formulated a plan to speak with AgriGold, DuPont…

We often hear the famous quote "The Buck Stops Here", but how does that apply to your endeavor to succeed in life and in business? When you get down to the nitty gritty of success in any area, it is everything! First of all, you must accept the fact that wherever you are in business, relationships, spiritual life or health, is a result of the choices you have made in your life. You may not have chosen the specific destination, but the choices you made along the way, have placed you exactly…