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Florida. I was there expending my vacation with my church group. After we went to a few of Disney’s parks we, went to eat in Golden Coral buffet when the beautiful day come to be a day with a bad experience. I was fourteen years old when I wanted to go to Disney, but for doing that I had to put in my effort, and I had to work in summer for one month. While all my friends enjoyed and play around, I was working so hard to earn money to pay for my trip to Orlando, Florida. I felt sad when I saw my…

“Why?! Why did this have to happen to ME?!” I cried as other members of the parenting group tried to comfort me, “I was the best mother I could be! Why did she have to go missing?” The sounds of attempted comforting faded quickly. The silence made the aching in my heart all the worse. “She went… missing?” A fellow mother finally asked me. Her voice was hushed, as if she was afraid that someone outside our small group was going to hear her. I nodded slightly, wiping the trails of mascara off my…

year in the United States of America more than eight million athletes will compete in an organized high school sport. Of this eight million only 460,000 will go on to compete at the NCAA level and of those 460,000 only 1% will compete in the Division I sector. (George, 2013) “Being the 1 percenter”, as many athletes call it, is a goal that millions of high school athletes have. They dream of playing on the court or field surrounded by thousands of fans and being televised all over the country.…

It all started after school, on Tuesday November 24, 2009. My siblings and I had gone off to the Bob Lucas library to finish any homework we had. As we entered the library, a cool breeze from the air conditioning flew straight into my face, and a feeling of relief came to of me. The library was considerably smaller than other public libraries, and yet they had so many different types of books within their shelves. On my left was the front desk, nice and tidy, with a computer reserved sign-up…

The Birthday Party 2015 Splash! That was the sound my friends and I made when we hit the water at the Ramada hotel for my friends birthday party. When I first got to the hotel my dad dropped me off. Then I waited in the lobby with Ella, Aly, and Morgan waiting for Emma. Shortly after Emma arrived we went up to the room. After that we hung out for about half an hour just talking. Then we went to the pool downstairs and swam for a while, we played games like tag, marco polo, racing across the…

Sun’s Out Gun’s Out I feel my skin cooking under the burning sun; salt in the breeze further tangling my hair only adding to my frustration. The volunteers line up to try their hand at removing my back seat from two moms, a marine, and a Budweiser fireman. Right around the time crowbars start to be introduced into the conversation I start asking myself “Why? Why did I put the keys in the trunk”? Spring break my senior year i was ready to take my first solo road trip. I had had this whole trip…

my entire life. My oldest brother, his friend, and I were attending Survivor Series, a WWE paper-view, at Scotts Trade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. On that day I felt as if I was apart of something that was larger than life itself. I wittnessed my future unfold before my very eyes. That was the day I realized my dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. The night before was like Christmas eve; I could not sleep from all the excitement. I tossed and turned all night. Just the thought of…

in person. “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him. We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song. ‘I’m going to teach you to walk, Doodle,’ I said.” Doodle doubted he could walk because everybody said he wouldn’t be able to walk. “‘I can’t walk, Brother,’ he said. ‘Who says so?’ I demanded. ‘Mama, the doctor--everybody.’”…

people on the fringes, of course. I rubbed my hands together. It was cold, and our plan meant we wanted to get inside the car as quickly as possible. Like all plans though, that wasn’t going to happen. ওটা কী? I asked to my dad, my finger pointed to a large circular object in the sky. What is that? আমি জানি না, he replied. I don’t know. As we walked a little faster, the strange shape began to follow us. Or what seemed to be following us. I told everyone to stand still. I looked up again. Even…

Ski Trip to Vermont My friends and I consider ourselves to be very spontaneous and adventurous. It was one cold week in February of 2016, when a group of about 6 of my friends (including me) all decided that we wanted to go to Vermont for the weekend to ski and snow tube. Considering this would be my first trip with no parental guidance at all, I was apprehensive about asking my mom. On the way to drop me off after school one day, my best friend Tony told me to tell her that he was going too…