The Singles Collection

“The destination is on our right in two hundred ten feet,” I directed. We had entered San Francisco around one in the afternoon. It was a bright city, bustling along in traffic to get to the various establishments set up. I held fond memories of the city from back in the 1910s of women walking in modest dresses and large hats with their dapper husbands on the streets, sometimes with a few rambunctious children. The people were happy and content in their lives, not realizing the First World War…

Ten Steps to Understanding Who You Really Are… 1. When you hear your name called, do you normally feel good that someone is calling you or are you concerned, and think to yourself, “What do they want now?” 2. What do most people say about your appearance? Is it, you always look so nice, or you look nice today. 3. Who do you think you most resemble? Who do some people say you remind them of? Who do you want to be associated with, and why? 4. What type of books do you read, if any? What…

Things to Consider When Dating a Single Parent Dating can already be a difficult world. You have to worry about how to ask someone out, how to be interesting and enjoyable to be around, finding common interests, how to keep the conversation flowing and finding an appropriate place to go on your date. But what if you start getting to know someone and through conversation you find out they are not only single but also have at least one child already? Dating someone who already has started a family…

Her relationship with Chloe is better; I think a part of that may be the fact that Chloe is the spitting image of her with long blonde hair and green eyes. I don 't know what my father looks like, but I think I remind her of him with my long red hair and blue eyes, the only thing I got from her was the fact that my skin could tan. Her way of dealing with me now is pretending that I don 't exist. As long as I provide the money she doesn 't talk to me, she has never asked me how I earn the money,…

Men Worthy of Honor Edgar Lee Marshall, Sr./Robert E. Marshall A Father 's Day Tribute to Two Good Men Our father, Mr. Edgar Lee Marshall came to Texas on September 14, 1999 to live with me because his doctors in Alabama and Maryland had informed him that he had only two weeks to live, due to congestive heart failure. He decided that he wanted to spend that time with my children and I because he hadn 't gotten to know my children. I told my children that we were going to teach Granddaddy…

P.L.A.Y Many people my age live life like the acronym Y.O.L.O which means you only live once. I on the other hand, who is married with two beautiful daughters live life like the acronym P.L.A.Y. Which means to Protect my family by any means necessary, Love hard by caring and showing compassion, Ask questions to grow and understand this crazy world and last remember what Your mama said, which means the life lessons she already learned I need to keep the answers. I would formulate this basic…

I was at school and got bullied at school during lunch one day. A guy that didn’t like me for whatever reason wanted to fight me and I turned a cold shoulder and tried to walk away. That didn’t go well with him and he pushed me down the hill and I fell down the hill and all my food came out of my lunch bag. I felt extremely humiliated because it seems like all the school saw it. I was laughed at and so I went in the school to hide. I didn’t cry but I was roughed up. I never seem to let anything…

Narrative Essay Just like Vince Lambardi said: “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” I believe that no matter how many times you get knocked down as long as you get back up you will be successful. I have gone through rough patches in my life. Last year I struggled with some of the things in life. Spring break last year I was having fun with some friends, we thought that by going on private property of another person was fun. It was fun, until the police showed up. We…

Dating can be difficult. This is especially true if you lack confidence in yourself. However, once you build up your confidence with some easy confidence building exercises, you will see how quickly your dating life can change. One of the first things that you must change is your attitude. You may have spent years saying negative things to yourself. Over time you begin to believe them. You may not even realize how many negative things that you say to yourself throughout the day. This is a sad…

“You think I 'm a pig, don 't you kid?” The cop had been driving aimlessly for what felt like hours. During that time, he hadn 't spoken a single word. Instead, he turned on his radio and turned the volume up on a rock radio station. The day light outside the windows shifted radically as we drove. Sometimes, it disappeared entirely for minutes on end behind skyscrapers. Other times, it fell right in my face and into my eyes. It felt good. An itch went up and down my back, but by twisting…