2008 singles

After reading “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore I can understand what he means when he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine, the tragedy is that my story could have been his”. This is about two men who each had their own struggle growing up but one was able to succeed in life while the other is facing a life sentence behind bars. Wes Moore could have had a similar life as the other Wes Moore if his mother would have just given up on him. Credit should not be given…

Luci opened the door and my parent’s faces were speechless. “It 's so beautiful” my mother spoke. “Look at the tree honey” my father pointed to the ice tree. “Happy Christmas mum and dad” I walked over to hug them; they hugged me back. “I see you got creative with the decorations” my father replied surprised. “Well Luci helped me figure out that” we broke apart from the embrace. My parents were still in there PJ’s dad in his navy blue and black PJ’s; mom in her red PJ’s they had little dogs…

I'll end up starving, becoming really weak and ill otherwise, so I'm taking a trip to The Palace Bar. I don't know what it's like in there; I've never been in before. I didn't have any interest in that place, but now It's different now. It's my only hope, my last hope before I give up, give up for good. 5th March 1911 First a bad idea going to The Palace Bar, but it turned out for the best. Gerald Oh he's wonderful, just perfect! The name makes me get lots of butterflies! It was a…

What is it about music that draws us in? Is it the beat, the lyrics, the artist or is it the type of genre the music is in? Could it even just be what we happen to be going through at the time we hear a specific song? For me most of these questions apply to specific times in my life where music helped me out of pain, stress, loss and even despair. There are a few of these times that stand out more than other because they have had a harder impact on me. For instance January of 2007 when my…

Right outside of the front door was a platform, I spent most of my time on it. I would sit there and acknowledge everything that would happen. My grandmother did not live on a very busy street, but it was always fascinating to me to watch different things going on, from my brother playing basketball with his friends to waiting for the ice cream man to pass. The ice cream man probably passed about five times a day. By the end of my summers, he already knew us by name. My brother and I kind of…

Education has always been my top priority, but what I don 't comprehend is - why is it? Most people view attending school and studying is mandatory, but I disagree. I usually spend all of my spare time, and even if it 's for one assignment, indulge myself for possibly six-eight hours a day and study in my room. I had a choice from the very beginning - to do the work or to fail, but that question already seems rhetorical as it is. I choose to work hard, not because I had to, but because I believe…

Let me start off by defining what an aphorism is, an aphorism is a true statement intended to share a universal truth (Google.com). In Tuesdays With Morrie, Morrie was a professor who was diagnosed with ALS. This is a terminal disease that attacks a person 's nervous system, slowly making parts of the victim 's body inoperable. While he is dying, an old student of his, Mitch, visits Morrie every Tuesday. Morrie shares a lot of aphorisms with him that taught Mitch Albom, and myself, how to live a…

Everything has beauty, and sometimes we shrug it off because we’re going too fast to really notice the intricate details. Sometimes, we need to slow down and appreciate things for what they really are. Life is much more interesting when we notice every single part of something.” After that, she goes back to her gardening. I didn’t listen to her…

(Pam Beesly/Halpert). An ordinarily unordinary life with a combination of my parents life before me, big moments, and small instances has shaped me into the person I am today. Born into a happy family, I was surrounded by loving people through every single move we made. In between moves, my family connected through numerous family vacations throughout the country and beyond. As I grew up, I had the classic issues with friends and once I got older, boys too. All this seems so simply ordinary, yet…

“Happiness is a choice. You are the only person who can make you happy. You 're as happy as you choose to be.” - Rick Warren. Your happiness is bassed on yourself and the effort you decide to put into your happiness. A couple years ago I attended a presentation at my middle school, the speaker was a young lady who was raised with everything handed to her she never had to work for anything in her life. She started off by talking to us about her childhood and how her parents were…