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across the bottom of the screen door. She said she thought to herself, “what is that,” before quickly noticing the long thin tail of a lizard. She immediately jumped up screaming while dropping her phone as she stood onto the couch. She said started to jump up and down before grabbing her phone and calling my oldest brother Dj. She told him to hurry it up while she kept an eye on it. Dj replied that he and his girlfriend ZaKara were almost…

foursto keep from falling off the side. I leaned over the edge again to get a look at the surrounding area, and I saw some smaller boulders towards the base of the cliff. As if I was not already terrified, seeing these rocks made me fear that I would not jump far enough and go crashing into the rocks. My family, getting sick of the fact that I still had not jumped,…

After booking the cheapest vacation we had ever booked it was time to go. My family and I were full of excitement crossing the Galveston Causeway, it was then we saw the cruise ship we were about to board after months of waiting. The Carnival Triumph looked massive as it was visible from miles away. The thirteen deck ship is a eight hundred nighty-three foot long. We could not wait to explore all of its wonders. Arriving to the port there so was much commotion. People were scrambling to make…

to get a drink. I went back outside and talk to my friends then we to the shop they had. Page 2 I tried starting the four wheeler after fixing it. We had to check the gas. We had to check the oil and we were off. Page 3 I was making small jumps and I love to do it.It was fun and you get wind in your face. I had so much fun and I had people to hang out with.we sit in the shade or swim because it was hot. Page 4 I was just getting out of the pool and I dried off and I got on the four…

from the jump to the surface of the water was forty feet. Logan advised us not to do pencil dive because straight down was a metal basket that held drift wood. He said, “There have been many people that landed on it and broken their legs.” This was a bit concerning because I am half blind without my glasses so I planned on a pencil dive to ensure that I could find my way back to the lighthouse instead of trying to scale the wall with no ladder to hold onto. I let my friend take a few jumps while…

has always seemed so extravagant. That place over the years had eventually become my home and a place where I belong. I took it all in and forgot about the pressure, the hundreds of thousands of eyes on me. There I was, about ready to take my first jump at the state track meet and everything closed off around me, that was the day the music had died. Silence had filled my ears, even with a roaring crowd around me, everything had finally fallen into place. I look back and remember my freshman…

the water’s edge my brother John and I were so excited, we basically leapt out of the car before it came to a complete stop. Larry and my uncles unloaded the cars, while my Aunt Janet and Sister Lorena went to pick up the tubes. John and I decided to jump in the water to cool off while everybody else got everything ready for the trip down the river. We were all laughing and smiling all the while oblivious to the impending tragedy that lies ahead. The moment I jumped into that water, it brought…

where I need to relax, as I get ready I can hear the loud splash that the swimmers are making as they jump into the water with all their might, and the loud cheering from the stadium. And also the loud thundering noise of coaches and team members screaming go faster. As make way to my coach a tall, strong, and ex-Olympian swimmer for a final piece of advice. The only thing my coach told me was to “Jump in and swim as if it was the Olympics”. As I began the 10 foot walk to my lane which felt…

Winning My First City Championship Even though winning at times is easy, it can also be challenging. Winning, is a possibility that requires determination, sacrifice, and strength. My journey to the championship was a long one, full of uncertainties, sacrifices, and most of all, hope. The journey began in 2011, I was in 7th grade and in my first year of track. We had just finished our last week of conditioning and were about a couple of weeks into practice. Everyone began to try events they…

“ You can’t define me” Beatrice Prior is a young girl in the book series Divergent written by Veronica Roth. The set is a dystopian society the novel Divergent takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. The story follows Beatrice Prior as she finds her identity in a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five factions by taking the aptitude test, which exposes divergents who are a threat to the society. The focused main plot is a…