Every Little Thing

and finds himself going fishing every day as well. During this process he starts to fall in love with Caia. Caia is a jewish girl who faced one of war’s hardest obstacles and lost her parents during the fight. She hates the Germans because they were responsible for killing her parents. During a party on the beach that the boy’s cousin, Daniele, throws leads to an altercation. When the german people start singing the Nazis’s S.S. anthem, Caia…

always kept bottled up and never told anybody how they were feeling. I was normally very good at noticing when people had issues. Their voice would have a creaking door sound, or any limbs, including fingers would shake unusually. To me growing up every time that someone asked me what I wanna be when I grow up I always said a professional basketball player. Then I realized that basketball is an emotional sport. If you are happy you perform better, you take good shots and good choices. Some…

February 3, 2014. I was getting on the school bus like any regular day when I received a text from my mom like usual. I expected a casual ‘how was school?’ or ‘Love you, hope you had a great day.’ But it was far from that. My little sister Kennedy had not been feeling well, a little under the weather. This was typical from our family since it seems someone always gets sick in the winter. You could tell she was weak, losing weight, and becoming increasingly thirsty, but no one expected what was…

good ideas on how to succeed in your freshmen year of college. Some of the lessons that I thought were helpful and some that were not were making a plan, have time for you, get to know your teachers, and study. First of all, making a plan is one thing that I found very helpful when reading that part of chapter. In both of the readings it was saying make a plan, and get your work done.…

have come to a realization that you do not even realize that you are being influenced because we have grown up in a world where you follow and think as others. One of the quotes that really stuck out to me was, “Be yourself! You are none of those things that you now do, think, and desire.” This makes you think and have hope, because even though you did something or you think something, does not mean that it makes who you are. We have the freedom to think what we want and to desire what we want,…

years, English was one of my weakest points, even so, I learned my best to work with what I was given. So what if you feel embarrassed to read out loud? Speak loudly, try your best, and cut yourself a break. Eventually, you realize that it is the little things scare us to death, and the only way we can grow is by leaving our comfort zones. Sometimes I failed miserably, giving a speech too fast for anyone to understand. Other times I strived and was awarded for my poetry. Everyone has strengths,…

I remember each of them as if they were yesterday, the polar plunge Jack, Flynn, and I did barely a week after I made the list. Being the first week of March in the Midwest we froze our assess off. I immediately regretted showing Jack my list at that point. He saw polar plunge and immediately signed us up for the senior plunge. I swear, who ever thought jumping into a lake in freezing temperatures was absolutely positively insane, and the fact that we have kept this tradition for so many years…

or another, those have certainly made their appearance. It's not been hard to notice Armys starting fanwars or hating on other artists for the sole reason that they are opposition. Hatred, rudeness, insensitivity, cruelty: I've seen them all. Such things sicken me, and should be addressed, but they're not all that I've seen. Amidst all the bad, the good shines bright. It's been easy to see the support Armys show each other, their kind and compassionate nature. In addition, I've spotted Armys…

One area where many people fail to reach their full potential is service. Humans were put on this world in order to love and care for one another. Yet, many times it can seem inconvenient or tedious to give to those in need. There are so many other things people would rather do than support their neighbors, that humans today have forgot of the great importance of service. Most people, like myself, fail to understand that service doesn’t only benefit the person in need. Serving others yields…

and where unaware of the other options out there to help them instead of destroying their body. My mother became my support system once she realized what I was going through so began to help me find ways to be more confident and love my body. One thing I told her I wanted to do was lose weight but in a healthy way that would help keep it off, this when I discovered my sanctuary, weight lifting. Now what I found to help me might not be for everyone but a change in physical activity helped me lose…