How I Met Your Mother

historical events to begin with. Some main historical events that affected a wide range of people could be 9/11, Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr speech, etc. The mold of which the people and events shaped America also shaped you. In 1991 my grandmother I never met was killed, 2006 my brother was born, in 2013 my step mom moved to Delaware. These are events that occurred to shape me and led to more and more historical events. In 1991 Dorothy Donovan was murdered in her own house. My grandma…

television. Life in the Philippines was different, and I wanted to find out more about my grandmother, Paulita, and her past. She was born on May 19, 1946 in Pampanga, Philippines. Her only job as a child was to do her chores and help her mom at a family-owned restaurant. After she graduated high school, she got married and had four children, one of them is my mother. She’s a Catholic and goes to church every Sunday. I remember when I used to go with her to mass every Sunday, and then…

My love for my mother is totally different from the love I have for my significant other. This is why I think that love cannot be defined with just one definition, but several. Loving someone does not always have to be in a romantic way. My love for my best friend, Karlie, is a love that varies from the others. A love for a best friend is not betrayal. It doesn’t matter what the two of you have went through or fought about, when it comes down to it, the love is still there. I knew from the…

about her mother. Along with her housekeeper, Rosaleen, Lily turns up in a household of three African American women who show her a whole new perspective of life. In the coming of age novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily’s perseverance urges her to uncover the truth about her mother while she evolves as a young woman in the Boatwright household. In The Secret Life of Bees, the whole story is fixated on Lily 's journey to figure out everything she can about her mother, Deboarah,…

deadly disease are the strongest people i’ve ever met. Being aware of how your breasts normally look and feel is…

It’s amazing how people can accidentally come into your life and become someone you love dearly. That person becomes important to you whether they 're your best friend, your significant other, or even just a teacher. For me, my partner’s mother was that person. She’s important to me because from the first time I met her she didn’t hesitate to accept me into the family. There’s never a dull moment, or a mouth left unfed. She knows how to treat her kids, biological or not, like the adults they’re…

I read the book, “The Christmas Note”, by Donna VanLiere. This book is about two women who lived completely seperate lives until they met eachother. Gretchen, a mom of two and a wife of an army soldier, recently moved to a small town to be closer to her adoptive mother. Her disconsalote neighbor Melissa, lives alone and is socially awkward due to an unfortunate childhood with an un-fit mother. When Melissa’s mother leaves a death note that she has sibilings, Melissa investigates and figures out…

Project – Written Portion JOURNAL PROMPT NO. 1 What are your opinions on war? War is an indicator of failure. On a personal level, it’s a sign of people not being able to express rage, deception, sorrow or disillusionment in a constructive way. It also can be a means to take advantage of a situation, like with war over petrol, over a territory, over a spice trade, over mineral resources, over the supremacy on an indigenous people, and on and on. I link war to a kind of evil people innately show…

Who am I? This question is hard for me to answer. I have been struggling with my identity for quite some time. It is a question that has haunted me now more than ever, seeing how I decided to step away from the military and begin my new journey as a student. I believe our past shapes our future, but does not dictate who we are or what we will become. In addition, it is important to understand your family’s history to appreciate everything that is in your life today. Not only do I struggle with…

could be challenging for a worker. It is essential to use the proper skills to build a working relationship by building rapport; gaining trust and caring for your clients. Working with children requires sensitivity, empathy, compassion and a love for children. Throughout my internship I realized just how empathic I am with my clients and also how to set professional boundaries. As an intern at DCF, I’ve gained a greater understanding about what it means to work with families in the child welfare…