A Night to Remember

put my courage to the test. It was a couple of nights after thanksgiving, I remember because it was the last time we had gotten a week-long break before the one we took for Christmas. I just came to the thought maybe I will be the bravest one of them all. So I began to pack my book bag with everything that I felt necessary to survive one night in the woods, basically I got food, a blanket, and a lamp. I felt that was enough to get me through the night. So I waited until everybody was asleep to…

with no breaks work all day and disease was all around, you were exposed to all climates without the necessities to live but if you didn't do the work you would die. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses Symbolism, Irony, and foreshadowing to show the cruel and awful treatment the Jews will face in the concentration camps. In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel uses many Literary devices such as Symbolism, Irony, and Foreshadowing. One example of how he uses symbolism is when he saw “a truck drew close and…

because everything was funny in every way. Time to take a shower at night all of us rushed to the bathroom we all wanted to shower first so we were all screaming, Antonia (a friend of mine) and I began to argue and we were joking with each other and for that night the comedians were: "Antonia & Mildrede". By 10pm we were supost to be in bed but non of us were sleeping, the first night at My house located in Angola was a hard night we were all trying to get food after we were supposed to go…

what they were fighting about. It was a conversation I had heard before about my Mom’s recent decision to move to New York. My Granma obviously didn 't agree with it because she was young and had no way to support a little girl in a new place. I remember my Mom saying something along the lines of “If I could take Kayla with me, I would.” I suppose I misunderstood what my Mom meant, because I ran to my little room in our cozy home and started to pack. I stuffed clothes and my favorite toys and…

a classmate forever altered my life It was the night we have all been waiting for, Ashbrook vs. Huss basketball game. This one was home for us so it was at Ashbrook. I sat in our student section called "Zoo Crew" right on the front row with the rest of the seniors. Ironically our theme for the night was thrasher so we wore…

In high school, I remember where my biggest dream changed into a reality. I was a member of the Greenville High School Tiger Pride Marching Band. I played the alto saxophone. Unlike my bandmates, I did not know how to read music then. I played by ear, and whatever scale, jazz run, or chromatic I heard, I could play it back just like that. I played at numerous of black history programs and different events at school. My favorite saxophonist was Kenneth Williams, and I told myself that I want to…

sat under the stairs terrified with my older brother, do you realize that I predicted your divorce years before it actually happened? Every time I spell that word “Fight”, I remember my brother teaching me. I wrote it on the small wooden divider that separated the laundry room from under the stairs in green marker. Yes I remember it that well. The busted up plastic drawers, the end of the dining room table getting broken clean off when that husband slammed his fists down upon it.…

We're waiting every night to finally roam and invite newcomers to play with us. For many years, we've been all alone. We're forced to be still and play the same songs we've known since that day. An imposter took our life away. Now we're stuck here to decay. Please let us get in. Don't lock us away. We're not like what you're thinking. We're poor little souls who have lost all control, and we're forced here to take that role. We've been all alone, stuck in our little zone, since 1987. Join us,…

Sunday night was a long day after i just got home from practice. Once i hit my bed i fell asleep in the snap of fingers. Later in the night, I felt starving. So i started dreaming about food. The juicy blood running off the steak that was cooked meduim rare. There always has to be sides with my food when i eat. Of course, there was mashed potatoes along with the steak. I could just feel myself drooling and my stomach growling for that precious food. Even though this was a dream it felt real,…

diapers in the middle of the night. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, chasing, the crying while you’re trying to do something. Yes, it’s hard, and it can be very stressful especially when your S.O is at work and you’re by yourself trying to get everything done. Trust me, sometimes me and the shower don’t even see each other. So, for us wonderful moms who have the courage to give up our jobs to be a full-time mom, here are some tips to get through the day and…