Deep Throat

usually visited on Sundays after church where we would eat the meal my grandma had prepared, after which my grandpa would always read a devotion. I loved hearing my grandpa read. His voice was calming and deep, his words flowed together, only interrupted by the occasional pause to clear his throat. I loved hearing him read so much I began to grab all the books I could find in the little cupboard in the kitchen to have him read to me. I’m sure that he grew tired of me climbing off his lap to grab…

Maddie Healy Unit 10 Vocabulary Story Ruby had never been a litigant before, and she never thought she would. Until today. On that rainy, muddy day, similar to something out of a dramatic movie, that Ruby drove to court, changed her life forever. Growing up with all the right intentions and morals, she had been known as a “good girl”. Ruby always steered herself out of trouble whenever there was even the slightest possibility. For some people, this was new to them: avoiding trouble, but it was…

Far away in a big city, a besuited man idly tapped his fingers on the inside of the door of the limousine he rode in, the driver focusing intently on seeing his employer safely and swiftly to his destination. On the surface, it was simply another wealthy person being chauffeured to some private business, beyond the concern of the working class. And even beyond the surface, in some ways that's exactly what it was; the physical embodiment of Greed, known to some as Mammon and others as Arthur…

bodies were hanging from the ceiling. What Eliza didn't expect was the earsplitting bang heard behind her. She turned around slowly and realized that she was hit, but reacted to late.She felt the whole room spinning around, until she fell into a deep slumber. Two weeks had passed and there was still no response of Eliza moving. The demon sat patiently in his chair next to the chimney waiting for a response from Eliza to happen. The burning wood hissed and crackled loudly. All of a…

periodontal disease that a lot of people do not realize nor do they even consider it to be the issue. It is simpler than most think, it is our mouth, our oral cavity to the inside of our body. It has full access to travel to the inside of our stomach, throat, or anything else inside that it can enter. Periodontal disease it can be deadly if the bacteria enters the right area of the body. Smoking and stress can increase the risk of developing periodontal disease…

audience, being judged, ridiculed and laughed at, with people pointing out every flaw and you have and there is nowhere to run or hide. Thankfully, you get to wake up from this nightmare and the next day a few things can happen: You can wake up with deep insecurity and rush over to the local Planet Fitness or YMCA and begin to fix the things “wrong” with you, or you may wake up and say “The hell with them, this is my body, I’ve had it my whole life,…

argument used insufficient evidence for proving that we can’t live on a vegan diet, did not account for other factors that may have had an influence on people’s health, and dismissed one of the main reasons why people choose to be vegan. Before delving deep into the…

“Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.” Carl Sagan was the man who had once spoke this quote. If we take time to look at the big picture, the human race and the Earth we inhabit really is insignificant when it comes to the whole scheme of the universe. This is one of the reasons why so many people wish time travel and travelling to other…

I come up for air, and I grasp loudly for what seems to be nothing, right before I am forced to go back down. I blow out slowly, the bubbles rushing around me, and my throat hungers for more. My goggles become loose on my eyes, and one of the eye pieces begins to let in chlorine. The chlorine burns my eye, as it rushes to fill the entire plastic covering surrounding it. I loose vision in that eye, and try hard not to…

Well before he did what he do and leave. I myself never believed in Islam, I have nothing against Islam. It's a peaceful religion unlike how media portrays it. Well, my dad and my mom just loved shoving their religion down my throat and always making me pray. I hated it. Well, my dad was abusive about it. I remember my grandma bought me a Santa toy and he took it from me as soon as we got home and threw it on the ground and it broke and he said "we don't believe in that "and…