Sledding

It was a blistery day when I was born on January 28th 1997. I was supposed to be born a month later, but that was not the case, as my mother Jill had to undergo a c section to have me. I was born a whopping 5 pounds, and had to immediately be transported via helicopter from the St. Peter hospital to the children’s hospital in the cities. My parents always joke that I was costing them money right out of birth. I had some lung function issues but I eventually made it out and back home. The doctors…

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye There's no doubt about it, a family is an important part of most people’s lives. A family is a network which opens its arms and offers its members support. Support can be emotional, the sharing of good times together or making us just feel better in times of need, esteem support, validating our accomplishments and even helping when we are not doing so well. Family offers a sense of belonging, a place of acceptance, and when no one else is here, a family can be a…

Choice of Narrator In the introduction of Ethan Frome, the reader learns that the narrator is an engineer sent by his employers to work at Corbury Junction. The narrator symbolizes what Ethan wanted to be; an engineer not anchored to Starkfield. He also was very observant and interested in Ethan. He wondered how Ethan ended up the way he did. He meets a man, Harmon Grow, and he tries to get more information about Ethan from him. One thing he said stuck with him forever, “Guess he’s been in…

Clara was born at home in 2008. She has two older sisters, twelve-year-old Mae and fourteen-year-old Avery. She also has two cats named Alex and Jerry. Clara is a very happy and joyful girl. Once in a place called Elora, there was a girl named Bella. She was fifteen years old. She had two sisters named Tate and Fae. One Friday morning, when everybody was eating breakfast (except for Tate, who was finding her outfit for the third time), Fae whispered to Bella, “Tate is such a drama queen.”…