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I'd be glad to be your friend.” I turned to her and gave her a big smile. Jeanne grinned in return. We kept walking in a comfortable silence, enjoying the company of each other. A couple houses passed before we knew it; one of use was bound to go home first. “Oh, this is me. I'll see you tomorrow, Scout!” She called out turning and walking into her driveway. I waved goodbye, and kept walking. The light wind was my only company now. I walked in silence as I thought about the new friend I…

is whose hands are so gnarled by arthritis, she cannot dress or turn the knob on her kitchen stove. She is keenly alert, but she may wind up in a nursing home anyway, at a tab of $60,000 a year, because there is no way she can live alone. The widow and her grown children are shocked to discover that Medicare won't pay for her care in a nursing home. Only when she impoverishes herself,…

Cross Bloom Composition 1 Mrs. Rowles April 21, 2017 Baseball vs. Softball Baseball and Softball have many fans in each of the sports. Many players prefer to play one or the other but never both games. Baseball and softball can be very similar in various ways, but they have many differences as well. In both baseball and softball the games are enjoyed about the world, but in many different ways. The speed of the two games and how they are played, the rules for each game, and the different…

Baseball is in my blood. Like the light hair and eyes I inherited from my father, and the hot Italian temper I got from my mother, through my veins a love of baseball runs. Until recently, where my passion for the sport came from I was not sure. Sometime, I thought it began long ago, on summer trips to Fenway Park, when my family would drive in our oversized Chevy to Boston, park in a garage near Government Center, and take the T out to the ballpark. As I grew older and more accustomed to our…

through their final stages of life. The different types of agencies within the industry (hospice, nursing home, home care, personal care home etc.) cater to different situational needs of the elderly. For example, home care provides care for the senior citizen that doesn’t need 24 hour care and would prefer to remain at home. Whereas, a personal care home provides care within a residential home but in a community…

but still needs to get back to his starting position in order to keep his land. The factor he did not predict was how little energy he would have on the return home trip, compared to when he left. Tolstoy writes that Pahom was to greedy in the first half of his day, which would act negatively on Pahom and make his work harder on the way home than he actually had the energy for. Pahom even tries to self motivate, saying to himself, "An hour to suffer, a life-time to live", except the issue in…

Strike Three! At ninety-eight miles per hour, Jennie Finch pitches all strikes for every game. But that is what you may have seen if you had been lucky enough to witness one of the games that Finch was the pitcher in: She stunned the softball world with her amazing performance. At age five Jennie Finch started playing softball, and became a pitcher at eight years old(Team). She played for the Arizona Wildcats, and the Chicago Bandits, and she has won two Olympic medals and seven world…

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender. That is strength.” This Was once said by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wyatt Hoffman’s mentality is like a Emperor penguin no matter how harsh the conditions are he perseveres day in and day out this is the mentality that he has when he goes through any workout or sport. Every day in any conditions. Wyatt Hoffman has to be able to conquer live challenges like school…

batter but then be the best fielder on your team. I feel numbers are just numbers they change all the time so I personally don’t think you can see how good an athlete is by statistics. Just like one of the guys said at the end of the movie that hit home and took the words right out of my mouth. He said “It’s all about the heart and dedication you put into the game. Also the group of players you put together to play the sport. You can’t approach baseball from a statistical beam counter point of…

PEDs has always been in the mix when it comes to professional sports. Many athletes go to extreme levels to maximize their performance. The fans go to a sporting event to see an amazing home run, an incredible football tackle or the fastest sprinter in the world. One of the main reasons why PEDs are prohibited in professional sports is due to the fact that it's going to create an unfair advantage over the opponent. In my opinion, I think most athletes will use PEDs if they can get away with it.…