Family reunification

I have found a better place to be. It’s feels almost foreign, but it is slowly wrapping around me, comforting me into this new life. I have been born again, taking baby steps day by day. My life has been severely affected from the way I was treated by my parents growing up. I still have problems today that I can relate back to my childhood. I was subjected to physical and emotional abuse in many different forms. Furthermore I have taken steps to transition myself into a healthier lifestyle when…

Light. The end to darkness. A sight of hope and happiness. The vision of the great “I Am.” The end of the tunnel. The Holy Sacrifice. The Almighty Ruler. The exit from pain. The remedy for suffering. Light. The Bible talks about this concept at great length. Almost every time it refers to Jesus. The King of kings and Lord of lords, coming down to save us from darkness. He came to save us from sin. Sin that is with us from the moment we are born, to the time we take our last breath.…

I have honestly had a pretty easy life. By no means was everything I ever wanted handed to me. However I did live in a suburban neighborhood in Austin Texas which made my life pretty easy and definitely not life threatening. With that being said I had never quite thought about how important language can be until until September 18th, 2010. My great grandfather had a stroke in his shower and luckily survived. The only catch to his survival was that the right side of his body was paralyzed. Most…

strange” I thought “12:45 in the morning and Dad still hasn’t come home.” I stop and fear the worse that he is out drinking again or spending time with his workout buddies instead of his family. Once the thought passes I slowly drift to my forsaken dream land. The place where I could go where there was no family abandoning father, no bullies, just me and my happy thoughts. Although no dreams came nothing came that night, which scared me. Why? I don’t know. All I do know is that I did not want…

first realize that your family belonged to a certain group of people (African-American)? I first realized that my family belonged to a certain group of people when I was introduced to the different races and ethnicities. Personally, I believe I became conscious about bung African American in elementary school. As a young child race and skin color had no meaning, but once introduced to them I realized that we all have different backgrounds. 2. What were you taught in your family about people…

ny-ther just to start a fight. Some people are not ready to grow up and act like adults even though they have made bad decisions for themselves that should have made them grow up faster. The person in my life that that I can’t agree with and hurts my family is my aunt Jane Doe. Aunt Jane Doe is the person I cannot support how they live their life. Supposed to be a second mother to me. My aunt is my godmother who tried to brown noise…

recent hit television shows “Parenthood” the little boy Max is diagnosed with Autism. This show does a great job representing the characteristics of a child who suffers from this disability. It truly goes above and beyond to show the struggles the family must…

children, patients and other families within the community for as long as I have known her. Lineage Melissa was born to Diane and Ray Martos, in San Diego California. Melissa’s parents were first generation American citizens who moved to the United States from Guam during high school. Both of Melissa’s parents are Chamorro, of Pacific Island descent. Melissa grew up and spent all of her adolescence in San Diego surrounded by her mother and father’s extended family. Heritages, Traditions &…

On December 21, 2004 was the last day that I would ever see my father’s face. My dad and I were very close I was a “daddy’s girl” and he was my world. I had been through so much growing up and he never left me alone, I considered him to be my angel. He came over to see me that day so we could make some decisions on Christmas dinner. So much had happened to me that year from meeting that special someone, graduating medical school, and adopting a child. He came to my house bout 5:30 pm and we sat…

1. A topic for the journey, ‘My Journey as a writer’, was first chosen. Script was written in this topic to properly utilise drama elements. After editing and improving, final script emerged. After several practices it was recorded using some of the drama elements and a few props like books and photos were used. Windows movie maker was used to edit the movie effectively. The short film ‘The Gift’ was chosen for viewing for ‘Arts responding’ aspect of the assessment. The drama brought tears and…