I have never wanted something more in my life. I have never spent so much time thinking about something like I had thought about this. Once I finally got what I prayed so hard for, someone took it away. Before I go into detail about what “it” is, I am going to start from the beginning. I have an immense weakness for animals. I love almost every species known to mankind. My whole life I have picked up animals that have been dropped off or left in the road and I have cared for them. When I see…
Griffin and Jon Griffin. My mother, Cheryl, was born in Gary, Indiana but soon moved to Terre Haute. She was a very loving and compassionate mother. If I had to describe her in one word, it would be outstanding. I say that because not only did she take care of her own children but she also took care of my father’s other children as well. My father, Jon, was born in a town in Texas. He was always really strict and angry. My one word to describe him would be explosive. My father would just pop…
and I felt hopeless and only wanted it to stop. It never stopped, even when I moved to a new home. I always wondered if there was something wrong with me or that it was my fault and that I should just take it. One Saturday afternoon I am at the cul de sac in my Grandma’s neighborhood and happily riding around on my bike when I see my bullies come down their driveway. The bullies were a girl and her older brother, they only saw me as their punching bag. The walked over to me at a slow…
statistic. My mother and father have been separated ever since I can remember. I am an only child and I lived with solely my mother for most of my childhood. My father was a carpenter who was desperate to find work. He moved to Florida to find construction work after hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. I was only seven years old. My memorable years of childhood were just beginning when he left. My father was not able to be there during these years. Therefore most of my childhood memories do not…
a baby, I lived with my grandparents in China. I remember them still young, healthy, and living happy together. Both of my grandparents are very important to me, but my grandpa is the most important person to me in the world. My grandpa’s name is Jiang Qi Ping, everyone calls him Ping, of course I call him grandpa Ping because he is my grandpa. After 14 years, my grandpa passed away from lung cancer. The day after his funeral, my grandma told me that grandpa Ping kept all my letters that I have…
The light was glistening as how my mood represented. I had sprung up like a spring. My brother was still somehow asleep, although I don't know how through this exciting occasion. I couldn't go back to sleep as if I had just drank a bunch of coffee and was wired from then on out. The same effect was left with my brother when I woke him up too. The drool that was on his cheek had showed that he had a pretty good sleep. He was wearing a blue, Kris Bryant baseball t-shirt, that was a little longer…
handle tantrums, you’ll develop your ability to positively respond to other people’s emotions. You’ll learn how to remain calm and become aware of the importance of being proactive and anticipate situations in other areas of your life. Keeping this distinction in mind, here are my seven tips to handle tantrums: 1. Stay calm and provide comfort. You cannot pour from an empty cup! Even in the midst of your child’s meltdown, it’s crucial to find some peace for yourself first. Try your…
I ever been around, anyone more in my life than my sister. From the moment I was born, we were attached at her hip whether she wanted me there or not - we played with toys, and games, together; I looked up to her; I respected her; she taught me next to everything that I knew about life back before I started school. Once I got a bit older, I reached the point of having the ability to genuinely discover who I was, and find my own identity. Around the same time, my sister was working through…
We all have change in our life, but it is whether we choose to accept that change or refuse the change that will decide our happiness. Sometimes its not that we 're not trying hard enough, it 's that we 're trying in the wrong direction. Love is not but a fight you have with yourself, your heart, and theirs. Being alive does not mean you 're really living. Sometimes, striving for someone else ' s happiness gives you a sense of yours. When you 've worked up to your full abilities, you come…
In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, A character, the Wife of Bath, tells a tale about a knight who learns the secret to a fulfilling marriage. The Wife of Bath explains that the thing women want most in the world is sovereignty. In the tale, one of King Arthur's knights rapes a village woman, the penalty for which is death. One must note that the crime wasn’t against the woman who was defiled, but to the family who had been stolen from. The loss of a woman’s virginity reduced her value…