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By the end of the day, I value strive to make my mother and family proud of what I do. I am the youngest of six children and all of us were raised by our single mother; she has been our provider, our “father”, and someone we admire. She has instilled in me the key values of family, tradition, and valuing education has raised me to be who I am today and to love what I have become. While I do focus on my education and have my own life, my main priority is to do well not only to succeed, but to be…

Learned Trust “Trust is something developed in the first few years of your life. Usually infants have one “face” they can depend on and trust.” A little while back my psychologist Dr. Henry told me that. I realized that I have a problem trusting people and don 't like having to depend on someone. I am a very self-dependent person. I push myself to work hard, get good grades and do things I enjoy. I do not like having somebody constantly telling me to do my homework, or don’t forget to go to work…

Whether you have a small business, work inside of a corporation, or are retired and starting round two, chances are you’ve struggled to to feel successful at one point or another. Maybe your big ideas and confidence gave way to the reality that it’s harder than you thought or harder than others made it seem (from the outside looking in). With my client’s permission, I wanted to share a part of her journey in the hope that you may see an echo of your own. Jenny wanted to create a business and do…

“Immigrants are the lifeblood of this country- we are a nation of immigrants…” Within The Tortilla Curtain” written by T.C. Boyle, and “Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden” written by E.L. Doctorow, many examples of social commentary can be found. The above quote is only one example provided by Boyle of the hypocrisy that goes on within the book. The reason the quote would be identified as hypocrisy is because Delaney, the character who said the quote, later goes on to terrorize an immigrant and…

“How much further until the finish line?” During a Cross Country meet you will find yourself asking this question quite a bit. You may think that a 5k is simple work, you’ve never run up and down hills for 30 minutes straight. Though these things may try and keep you down, you just keep pushing ahead until the next mile point. While running you seem to be in a whole new state of mind and determination. All thoughts disappear and all you can do is run. First I will explain how a Cross Country…

While sitting and drinking our caramel frappes, like we do every Friday, Nicole randomly interrupted my story about the mall earlier that week with Abbey. “I really don’t care what you did with Abbey,” Nicole said quietly while taking a drink of her frappe. ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that was a problem,” you could very clearly here the annoyance in my voice. Nicole was always jealous of my other friend, this I knew very well. Especially Abbey. “It’s not that I don’t care, I just…

A Few Words, A Lifetime Difference My entire perspective changed in the span of a single conversation. That day, like all the others, followed the same boring routine: wake up, go to school, go home, do whatever, eat, do whatever, then go to bed. The only variance to my schedule was the occasional extracurricular activity and what occurred in school. However, school for me was always easy. I never struggled, I never had to exert myself. This ease combined with my upbringing is what carved my…

Jackson, quickly stood up, and dimmed the lights. He peeled his shirt over his body, as he walked towards her. His hands found the bottom of her dress, peeling it over her head, careful not to mess up the curls, he knew she had worked on the night before. His hands working her bra off, mouth clamping down on a breast, she gasped, wrapping one leg around his waist. “Tell me you 've missed me.” He whispered, working his pants down his legs, as she moved her pelvis against him. “You know I have…

His name ringed in my mind continuously as I went to school. Jasper. I had given him another three packs of Skyflakes Crackers and two bottles of water before leaving a while ago. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry because of school, so I wasn’t able to stay and chat a bit longer. I, surprisingly, was able to perform my best on my Filipino quiz a while ago. Despite having only three to four hours of sleep, it was a blessing that I was still on my senses. I felt satisfied that I didn’t have to worry…

Sharonda Bryant fulfills her expectations for this rating period. Sharonda is the REV Team SOSA, which is a new clerical position in our region. Sharonda has been with the agency, as an Hourly and Intermittent employee for several years. Sharonda has learned much about the policies and procedures of the agency. Sharonda is knowledgeable of all of the web based systems used to complete her tasks. Sharonda is also familiar with how to process care plan requests if necessary. Sharonda’s…