Anniversary

Arriving home a day earlier from his business trip, Mike wanted to surprise his wife. After a busy trip, he was happy that he had not forgotten her anniversary present before leaving town. While driving, he reevaluated his life and decided in spite of the problems he was a lucky man with a successful business, nice family, the freedom to do as he pleased ─ most of the time. Entering the house, Mike noticed Louise was watching TV in the family room with a drink in her hand, she asked, “Did you have a nice trip?” “The meeting was quite informative,” Mike explained, “they accepted the plans I delivered, but I heard Brian lost the bid on remodeling the factory. I was hoping he would get the job so we could get together more often.” Pompously, Louise said, “Why you are against them expanding the building, we know they are going…

Well the season is underway. I have spent a few evenings working out the kinks in my system and getting in hunting mode. I haven't seen a single deer on stand but I did spook one in the dark making my way back to the boat and I will set up on it tomorrow evening just to see what it might be. I know you can never be sure but its hoof beats were heavy and it was alone. That always peaks my interest when I am hunting a known big buck area so we will see tomorrow. My wife came down and we spent our…

The 75th anniversary of the ageds 450 farm is a celebration of the past 75 historic years of the farm. This celebration should bring back memories of both good and perhaps some bad memories of things that the farm experienced. Some of objectives and purpose of the 75th anniversary of the farm includes providing a place where past students of the ageds 450 class can look back and reflect on all the memories they experienced while they were at Iowa State University. Another objective of the…

In only a decade, the United States will celebrate its 250th Anniversary. People will go crazy. People will and could party on July 4th. Not only Independence day, but on the other 364 days in the year: on Super Bowl Sunday, Presidents Day, MLK Jr. Day, Christmas and other holidays. People would celebrate because they have been free for 2 ½ Centuries. That is 92,500 days of being free. All over the US people, families, neighbors, and relatives will be partying in celebration of their freedom.…

The novel Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, is a not-so-typical thriller about a seemingly perfect marriage gone terribly wrong. In the novel, Nick and Amy Dunne have been happily married for five years. For everyone else, family and friends, their marriage was seemingly flawless and filled with love and humor. What no one saw was that Nick and Amy’s’ storybook romance was far from perfect. On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Dunne disappeared from their home and all evidence…

The article "Iraq Anniversary: How Poetry Played a Part in the War in Iraq" is an article is about the war in Iraq and the impact which was brought about by poetry. The poems in this articles display different features of style,this author mentions John, a platoon commander, who narrates the journey of poetry in war through his contribution and also the contribution of others. After war John acquires a masters in poetry and becomes a pioneer of war poetry through consulting his friends on war…

BRIEF SUMMARY Paul and Judy Rivera are celebrating the 19th Anniversary of their marriage together. Their Anniversary is on August 12th. They wanted to do something special for the anniversary that would last them more than just a day. They decided on a getaway Anniversary trip. There were plenty of getaway ideas to choose from, but in the end a weekend cruise getaway was chosen. There is so much that must be done in order for this project to be successful. PROJECT GOALS/PROJECT OBJECTIVES…

Yesterday at Notre Dame Cathedral, Eastern Synod Lutheran Bishop Michael Pryse and I took part in a service commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Catholics and Lutheran adherents and others from a variety of Christian denominations joined us. The service included mixed choirs supported by the Basilica’s powerful organ, sincere prayers for Christian unity, and the tangible witness of being together in prayer. In our own way, we were living out ourselves the prayer of…

Reflections On A Would–Be Twenty-Fifth Anniversary The summer heat, oppressive and stifling shadowed our every move as we made our way into the church. What was I thinking getting married in mid-July? Beads of sweat gathering along my hairline merged, trickled down the sides of my face, dripping onto my neck. A recently acquired sinus infection, combined with the adrenaline surging through me, resulted in throbbing cheekbones and a short fuse … please, lets get this thing started! My sister…

The Tenth Anniversary On the tenth anniversary of the murder of one of the biggest influences on racial equality, Martin Luther King Jr, an article written by Cesar Chavez was published in a religious magazine, this article talks definitively about nonviolent resistance and it’s opposite, resistance through violence. Cesar Chavez reaches his point on nonviolence being the best possible way to succeed in protests by writing in a certain way that allows everyone to understand his points. His…