The Longest Night

Back contractions began to hit my wife really bad almost 20 minutes into the movie and not knowing what was really happening while also trying to lose the feeling of being impatient we sat through the entire movie getting though it while i rubbed my wives back. I have never seen her in this much pain before and it was a very scary moment. Burning and stabbing pains in my wives lower back continued through out the night and it wasn 't until we were getting into bed and my wife was restless in bed with so much pain that i realized that it was only the beginning of a very long night and also the beginning to a new chapter in our life. I knew that in only a matter of hours we would be holding out first…

I went to the kitchen to pack my lunch. As I packed my lunch, my mom turns around and hugs me. She told me to take care of myself and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I nodded and left quickly because I could feel my eyes filling up with tears. I headed towards the car and as I was opening the door of our white Dodge van, my mom came out the door and waved goodbye. When I got to the hospital, every minute that passed made me feel more lonely. That was the longest night of my life. The following…

The last thing my friends said to me was that they would talk to me later. I have tried telling you before about it and you keep telling me that I’m trying to guilt trip you. That is not the case, I’m just trying to let you know. I had no friends at school anymore, I turned to the one thing I could turn comfort to, sex. When you had gotten a boyfriend, I took the advantage of having the house to myself one night. I talked to someone online, gave them our address, and lost my virginity that…

The horrors of retail have been told throughout generations. Shopping has been a core activity for Americans for as long as the concept of stores existed. They will line up behind your doors and wait for you to open. They will grow anxious as they wait for the loud pop music to welcome them into your store. They will shop around in circles while the store CD rotates to the same song they came into.They will shop even after your store has closed. They once continued shopping even after a…

There is one fantasy that I have been imagining for the longest time. I was once interning in a youth group at my church. There were boys and girls from middle school all the way to seniors in high school. There was this one family who had a 16 year old son. They were new to the church so it was my first time seeing him. I still remember the first time on a summer trip seeing him come out of the showers with just a towel on. He was not super muscular, but his chest and abs were nice and defined.…

For the longest time, I didn’t feel comfortable in my skin. My lack of self-love almost destroyed me because it caused me to settle in every area of my life. I’ve come a very long way, but it hasn’t been without heartbreak and confusion along the way. Growing up, I was an extremely shy kid who never felt quite comfortable around people, with the exception of my family and a few close friends. This feeling of inadequacy all began in elementary school when I was teased for my brown skin and skinny…

news it had finally struck me. At this point it had really hit me that I could lose him. This had really wilted my strength of staying hopeful on the situation. As for a carrot, there has been times in my life where being an egg has taken place. I am a teenage girl that fantasizes of being the "perfect" girl. There is no denying that magazines, social media, and peers have an influence on the desiring I wish to be. Society overloads me with the image of what I should compose myself as. I am…

Home, college town, and memories made are all things I could say to remind myself of the house I used to live in on Perry Street. Here memories were made and things about myself were learned. I used to never be familiar with the town of Albion until I started my time of living here for so long. When living on Perry Street the town seemed distant and massive to me, little Corey didn’t know how the world worked or how my life would continue after having so many experiences here and finally…

can sound ironic because Jessica seems like a very calm and quiet kid, the kind of child who would like books. Lastly what makes it really hard to determine what Jessica likes is, that not only is she calm and quiet but sometimes she also seems indifferent to whatever is happening around her. The only time she does seem to be truly enjoying herself is when she is quietly and slowly examining the game she is playing. Comparison: Textbook child and Jwan Development: Social Jwan falls under the 2…

miscommunication that almost ended our 17-month relationship. I could have easily talked things out with Ariel and made them alright. Instead, I chose to leave which led to a month and a half of pain for both of us. I went back to college feeling bad, but I was still frustrated and strong headed. I got through my days by being around friends to distract me. After about a week, I had finally cooled down and texted her. I don’t know what I was expecting. I think it was something like “I’ve missed…