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It was a cold, windy Friday night the orphanage “Safe Anchorage” was having the kids go to bed. But one kid wouldn’t go to bed, his name was Steve he was a 9-year-old boy who had just been at the orphanage for 2 months. He was about 5’5, he had short brown hair, and had hazel eyes. His parents were both murdered, as they once were criminals too. Steve never knew the truth about them until he had nowhere to go, and because of this he had a really tough time sleeping, yet alone talking. Every day…

I was barrell rolling out of control, I got hit by something big, but at the time I couldn’t figure out what. The only things running through my head was “will i live?”. And just like that, i had my answer… I shot awake to the sound of my general (Gen.Shepheard) busting through my door. “Get up you lazy bum!” he said. After he left I put on my flight suit and started going over weather pattern and different stuff like that incase we had to go fly. My pager buzzed and I walked into the control…

The sun light shown through the leaves of the forest onto the trail, the dirt on the forest floor was damp from the last days rain, roots of the trees raised from the grown like long bony fingers, the bushes that lined the trail were bright green, filled with green insects and thornes. The sound of the lake and dam grew louder as we approached the start of the trail. Holes in the middle of the trail forced us to take an alternate route into the forest. The bamboo was closely packed together…

Once upon a time there lived a boy who went by the name Rocky Ronnie. The city of Brady, Texas knew they had something special when Ronnie was born. He was different from regular babies. His skin was a dark tint of orange and he was muscular and big. He had brown hair and blue eyes. As time passed the city realized his abilities and worried. Ronnie was very strong and seemed to be able to control rocks. For instance, he could shift and lift boulders with his bare hands or use any rocks around…

It was Ellie’s and Lexi’s senior year at Birkwood High School. Both girls have been best friends since they were in third grade. As they grew up, both had different relationships, both played different sports, and both participated in different clubs, but that didn’t stop them from hanging out all the time. Lexie was always jealous at the fact that Ellie was more popular in everything she did. Ellie is a straight A student, who has a 4.5 GPA, she is a starter on the soccer team, starter on the…

Gardner.Session1.Journal As I reflect on the past as to why I want to go back to college, I remember sitting in my Director’s office at work, talking to her about our department, and the increasing number of assignments she is being handed down. I remember her telling me that she was going to need help with the department if she was going to be expected to do all of her work, plus the other work load being added. I left out of her office to get ready to leave my shift, thinking about what she…

It had been exactly 20 years since Laura made the worst mistake of her life. When she turned on Rachel. It didn’t make her fit in, it only lasted a week. Then she was the victim again. Laura had no one. She tried to talk to Rachel but she ignored her. This had been the biggest mistake she had ever made. Now years later Laura is a single mom with a 15 year old daughter. Octavia was identical to her mother. Her father left when she was six years old, but they are good. Laura is writing in the…

My mother drove me to the airport, the windows rolled down and the 75 degree air mixing in the car. I was wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of light blue shorts. I had a small jacket in my bag for when I got off the plane, some books and my small iPod. I was moving to Forks; a small town in the north part of Washington state. I haven’t been there in years, not since I was 13 to be exact. It was the town where my dad (Charlie) lived, I used to spend summers with him, but I haven’t in…

I grew up in church, I remember going to church every Sunday. So when I entered first grade and was around the age of six I had the opportunity to save the salvation prayer and I took it. A couple of years went by and I was in the third grade when I made a group of friends at school who were homeschooled and I went to public school. This was one difference that I feel started my comparing my walk of faith to. To me they were perfect and where doing everything God wanted but I felt as if I failed…

Trio to Tennessee I have had lots of moments in my life cannot be forgotten. These moments means a lot to me, whether these are bad or good. However, that moments I will never forget it, I went to Tennessee last spring with three of my closest friends Don, Miz, and Ahmed. This trip was special for all of us. We all were excited to go, and we did make reservation for the house and the car a month before the trip We had a rental car and heading to Tennessee. We had snakes in the road…