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The Birthday Party 2015 Splash! That was the sound my friends and I made when we hit the water at the Ramada hotel for my friends birthday party. When I first got to the hotel my dad dropped me off. Then I waited in the lobby with Ella, Aly, and Morgan waiting for Emma. Shortly after Emma arrived we went up to the room. After that we hung out for about half an hour just talking. Then we went to the pool downstairs and swam for a while, we played games like tag, marco polo, racing across the…

Sun’s Out Gun’s Out I feel my skin cooking under the burning sun; salt in the breeze further tangling my hair only adding to my frustration. The volunteers line up to try their hand at removing my back seat from two moms, a marine, and a Budweiser fireman. Right around the time crowbars start to be introduced into the conversation I start asking myself “Why? Why did I put the keys in the trunk”? Spring break my senior year i was ready to take my first solo road trip. I had had this whole trip…

my entire life. My oldest brother, his friend, and I were attending Survivor Series, a WWE paper-view, at Scotts Trade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. On that day I felt as if I was apart of something that was larger than life itself. I wittnessed my future unfold before my very eyes. That was the day I realized my dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. The night before was like Christmas eve; I could not sleep from all the excitement. I tossed and turned all night. Just the thought of…

This essay will be touching on the topic of Charlemagne the Great and how he influenced the church and community through his actions and beliefs. Charlemagne was one of the many people and events that changed the beliefs and values of the church in the middle ages. After the breakup of the Roman Empire in the late 5th century the empire was in chaos for the next 400 years with no stability and centre of authority it was impossible for the kingdom to function. This was until Charlemagne came…

in person. “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him. We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song. ‘I’m going to teach you to walk, Doodle,’ I said.” Doodle doubted he could walk because everybody said he wouldn’t be able to walk. “‘I can’t walk, Brother,’ he said. ‘Who says so?’ I demanded. ‘Mama, the doctor--everybody.’”…

people on the fringes, of course. I rubbed my hands together. It was cold, and our plan meant we wanted to get inside the car as quickly as possible. Like all plans though, that wasn’t going to happen. ওটা কী? I asked to my dad, my finger pointed to a large circular object in the sky. What is that? আমি জানি না, he replied. I don’t know. As we walked a little faster, the strange shape began to follow us. Or what seemed to be following us. I told everyone to stand still. I looked up again. Even…

Ski Trip to Vermont My friends and I consider ourselves to be very spontaneous and adventurous. It was one cold week in February of 2016, when a group of about 6 of my friends (including me) all decided that we wanted to go to Vermont for the weekend to ski and snow tube. Considering this would be my first trip with no parental guidance at all, I was apprehensive about asking my mom. On the way to drop me off after school one day, my best friend Tony told me to tell her that he was going too…

When I woke up I heard the sound of wheels running over linoleum flooring. I opened my eyes and saw a cart being pushed by a woman wearing minnie mouse scrubs. Why is she wearing that? I thought. I could feel the effects of the anesthetic lingering in my body. That was when I remembered I had just come out of surgery to correct my bladder. The nurse looked at me with a smile on her face, “How are you feeling sweetie? I have a toy for you to choose.” I looked towards the cart and saw the…

During the early Roman Empire period in 330 A.D. Constantine the Great became the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He relocated Rome's capital to the far east of Byzantine. He also renamed it Constantinople which was named after him. Many people called it the New Rome. Constantine gave the city a new political status of power. Byzantium’s studied from Greek and Roman culture to keep their government organized. Not knowing their empire was on a decline they were forced to divide it into Eastern…

cut down into a stump. Some people may wonder, why is the tree so important? It’s just a tree right? No,it’s not just a tree. It was a tree which holds a lot of memories of my friends and I. When I was little, my brother and I always went out there and played games. Soon, when I went to school and came back, I found out some of my friends lived nearby. After school was done, we would stay outside to do homework. If it was too windy, too cold, or too hot, my friends would come inside my house…