Skids

My mom, sisters, and I moved every two years and in one of the elementary schools I went to I had my first soccer ball incident that damaged my back. I told my old doctor about it last year and she suggested a x-ray. I shouldn’t have waited so long for me to tell my doctor about what had happened in elementary and that it’s affecting my everyday life from waking up, to carrying heavy books, wearing a backpack, or stomping my way upstairs. I was at Briar Glen Elementary in Glen Ellyn, Illinois…

For most Americans, their home is the single largest expense in their personal budget. Additionally, the equity in it can represent more than half of the value of their retirement nest egg. These facts combine to make housing related decisions very much financial decisions. The smart money is on looking at renovations as a financial investment at least as much as a means to make a home more comfortable for the current residents. Spending too much money on something that will not pay off when…

left. I silently mourned the loss of my beloved food. I make my way back down the freezing path but as I’m descending I make one fatal mistake. Me wearing my cute little orange Dora dress hurdled down from the edge of the counter space. My bare skin skid against the sharp glass angle on the corner of the aquarium. I could feel the hot red liquid streaming down my teeny leg. I’ve lost the…

Machinery & Heavy Trucks Describe the firm: Caterpillar Inc is a construction machinery and heavy truck producer and distributor. They manufacture heavy machinery and construction equipment. Some of the things they manufacture include backhoe loaders, skid steers, and bulldozers. Caterpillar is manufactured in Illinois providing many jobs to the U.S. Caterpillar’s products however are sold worldwide. That is one of the reasons they are the largest provider of heavy trucks and construction…

just a few summers. Scorpion has custom deck coatings that are not only simple to apply, but are also economical for the homeowner. The application requires low cost equipment to make it happen, and it comes with a 10 year warranty. You can get non-skid applications for around the pool where kids are likely to be running around on your deck (even after you tell them not to), or unsuspecting guests may be walking in the wrong shoes. You’ve Got the Look The most practical deck coating will be…

A few years ago for Spring Break my dad was going to take me and my older brothers to go mountain biking in Moab with him and some of his friends from high school. I was super excited. We spent a few days fixing and tuning up our bikes to get them ready for this big trip. Moab is one of the best places for slickrock biking in the world. The day for us to leave came. It was a rainy Monday morning. We put the bikes on the bike rack and we left. To get to Moab you drive on U.S. Route 6 in…

finally had the opportunity to work and assist military veterans, I never expected that I was going to work directly with clients who were diagnosed with a substance and mental health disorder. For my first internship in Graduate School, I interned on Skid Row at the Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA). This internship was very challenging and demanding for me, because I had no idea what to expect. I interned in a Harm Reduction program that assisted homeless veterans with transitioning…

YOU ARE NOT ALONE A grown man or woman being torn to pieces over a relationship gone bad, yes that happens all the time. Only you know the reasons why your relationship has hit the skids, but I know it is especially painful when it is something that you may have done to help cause the break up. How can this be happening to me? I can’t eat, I can’t sleep and I am unable to concentrate at work. When will this ever end? I would rather have someone break one of my legs because at least I know…

Just like his friend Noel he grew up in a logging camp with his Father and the french logging crew. He learned how to skid logs in his teens, again much like his friend Noel. Life in logging camps is hard, every winter stuck in the smallest of cabins filled with grown men during unbearably cold weather. (Insert Quote Here). Henry had no times to run around and play games…

When I was about five minutes away from the store, my bicycle wheels skid through braking too hard to stop in a tree branch and I ultimately fell on the bicycle lane, without assistance for my injuries or despair. Passing cars, those cars, forcefully led my life into a state of flashing with the possibility of fatal injury…