Noncustodial parent

When you just have a couple of months to live you need do everything in that couple of months that you can do in a lifetime. If I were given only a couple months left, I would address to my entire family to live their life to the fullest. Maria Robinson once said “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending”. The average people live till 78, we may be young and stupid, but we don’t realize how much we take for granted, until it’s taken away from…

The Problems with my Childhood Hero: Hermione Granger As children, we all felt drawn to someone, whether they be fictional or real, who made us believe that we could be better than we actually are, some people call it a role model or personal hero. These people are those who you, as a child, aspired to be like. When I was a child, my hero, besides my mother that is, was Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series. Despite the fact that I loved and looked up to Hermione as a child,…

Texting and driving could cost you your life, or someone else’s. The Public Service Announcement (PSA) “ Don't Text and Drive PSA” shows a car full of teenagers listening to music and chatting, but the driver gets a text from her mom asking when she will be home, instead of waiting until the car stopped, the driver proceeded to text her mother back. While the driver is texting back her mother, she swerves into a lane with another car. The other car had a mom with her three kids in the car as…

Sormayra Figueroa Eng. 125 Prompt #3-page 174 Writing Workshop A person who has had a great influence on my life and is continuing to support me in my journey, is my mother who is five-five feet tall, slim, long wavy brown hair. Her eyes are like mine; very low, Carmel skin color, and her scent is like fresh flowers. I thank god, every day for her she’s is my private therapist, she motives me to continue my education and she also supports me financially and with the care of my children. My…

The day was June 11, 2017, and I was shaking all over. I had just finished playing my song at the annual summer piano recital and I was disappointed in myself. Twenty minutes later, I was sick and crying in the bathroom, ready to go home. About three months later, I walked into my first piano lesson and was shocked to hear my piano teacher, Mrs. Graham, praising me for my ‘beautiful and soulful’ piano solo. Mrs. Graham listened as I voiced my concerns and waited until I finished before saying…

purposely sought the very opposite of. His father, a long-haul truck driver, was more out then in his life by his teenage years, so he took it upon himself to become a surrogate parent to his two younger siblings, Emma Jean and Ryan. Royce took his duties seriously for fear that Children's Services would get wind of his parents' dereliction of duties resulting in he and his siblings being separated and lost in the system. It was he, not his mother, that made sure that they bathe; that their…

a sense of responsibility, and they took advantage of the time that they were given by improving any parenting skills that they needed to work on. Most importantly, it is essential to recognize that the leave-taking father played the role of a co-parent rather than the role of a “helper”. Based on the results of Rehel’s study, there are several benefits or advantages that are associated with paternity leave. For instance, it allows a father to play an active role in his child’s life. Second, by…

During childhood, children are constantly telling themselves that they are inferior to adults. The conflict of adulthood versus childhood happens to be one of the main themes in The Ocean at the End of The Lane by Neil Gaiman. Throughout the story, the Hempstocks teach the narrator important lessons regarding grown ups and adults. Among these lessons include how adults don't always win against children and how adults are just children trapped inside intimidating adult bodies. These lessons give…

Why Did I Get Married? Crismabelle Garcia Ivy Tech Community College PSYC 253 Dawn Harvey  Why Did I Get Married is a movie about four couples, who are also best friends and each year they go on a retreat/vacation to work out their issues and ask the question “Why did I get married?”. This time they go to a nice house in the mountains of Colorado for a week-long and even though they all agreed to come to this trip, some of them are not all the way there emotionally and all four…

My Struggle to Learn My Self Worth as a Competitor and Wife I have never really taken the time to dedicate myself to anything. Over the years I have tried different things and just never really found a fit. That is until I began strength training. For myself, strength training has become my go to for nearly everything. Stressed? Go to the gym. Sad? Go to the gym. Any frustration, be it large or small, I was able to find solace from in the confines of a gym with the smells of iron and sweat.…