2008 films

A famous French playwright by the name of Molière once said “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it”. This is the perfect quote to summarize the average adolescent’s life. When it comes to being a teenager; most adults forget they once went through the same stages of life before. It’s not easy balancing all the struggles of finding your passions, juggling school, and dealing with family drama! One big struggle of growing up, and finding myself is work. For instance; I’m a…

Augustine’s confession’s recount the tale of both his path to redemption and praise of God who allowed him to start anew. Without God Augustine and many others would go astray and live a life of sins. Augustine states, “The thought of you stirs him so deeply that he cannot be content unless he praises you, because you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you.” Connecting with God is one of the many ways that humans can best live their lives. If one does not…

Raindrops. Drip. Drip. Drip. Clouds, gray and hiding any sign of sunlight. It looks miserable and cold but it matches my mood so it doesn 't bother me. I need to get out, It 's horrible to be stuck in this room. I want to be out in the rain. Peeling myself away from the window, I can the floor for my hoodie and Converse. "Where could they be?" I mutter, kicking clothes around. My toe clips the edge of a shoe hidden underneath a pile of clothes. I freeze as the pain pulses from my foot. Angrily,…

On May 5, 2003 my life changed forever. It was so painful for my family and I couldn’t bear the pain. It was my father’s funeral day. I remembered it like it was yesterday. I had on a white flower dress with tear drops on it. My hair was long and in two little pony tails with red clips on the end. When we got to the funeral home, there were so many of my family members there, but it wasn’t the same. Everyone looked so hopeless and weak. There were blue and white flowers all in…

What could go wrong as already gone wrong? It was two days before the senior prom and I received a call from a very raspy voiced lady, it was my mother. “Hello son”, she talked very slow with a slur in her voice. I could tell she was drunk, I wanted to hang up the phone. I could smell the blue can of Buzz light through the phone, and that’s when I asked “what now mom?” she replied “J’s tux shop has been shut down”. I hung up the phone that was it; my mom had one job to do and failed me again. At…

Growing up as a child you think everyone in your life will never leave you and they will always be there for you. Last summer, I lost my great aunt to bone cancer. Losing my aunt was one of the hardest things I ever had to endure. My aunt was a positive role model in my life, if I needed anything she would provide it. She loved to help others, if a person was in need, she would give you her last, no questions asked. She would literally give you the clothes off her back. She was a women with so…

2 Pip Scribbling around in the muck on your hands and knees. That 's not a good look. Xolelwa. I don 't blame myself! I blame Lebo! She sold me! It 's like it 's happening now... Where is she? Is she okay? Sphe is pregnant. Look, I know it changes things, but not between us. We 're perfectly fine. - Have some tea. - Thank you, but you really didn 't have to. I wanted to. It 's so lovely to have you back. Living in this house... full of men. No ways. I 'd like us to have dinner at…

I believe that to be successful in life you need to have a purpose. You don’t have to follow anybody else’s rubric, but you can create yourself a standard of what you think will make you successful, and that could be either being rich, or being happy or being famous it is up to you to define it. You define what you think you need to achieve in order to be successful, and this is, basically, creating a goal. So in shorter terms I believe that goal setting is important because it gives us purpose.…

As my boyfriend and I rushed to the vet on a cool seventy degree May night in two thousand twelve we knew the news was going to be horrifying. Our eyes were puffed as tears of sadness rolled down our faces. We knew this was going to be the day we had to euthanize our dog Polly. Polly was a thirteen-year-old boxer. Around February of two thousand and twelve, Jimmy had gotten up for work and went to let Polly out that morning. She could not get up on her own. Jimmy immediately called me…

She didn 't even look... upset. She walked into court as if it was the easiest thing for her. Boss? So what do you think? Should we make our move? I don 't care what you do. Do anything you want. Go. I want to be alone. I don 't want to speak out of turn, but seeing you like this... It 's like that time when you couldn 't walk. You were ready to give up. I can 't let you go back there. Tell me what to do. Cosmo, do you want to help? Find the bastard who ripped my family apart, so I…