This Perfect Day

Park Atrium the event shared the history of Dia de Los Muertos and provided the opportunity of decorating a sugar skull of our own. Dia de Los Muertos is Spanish for Day of the Dead. Although the tradition originated from Mexico, other cultures acknowledge the festivity internationally. The annual holiday takes place the first two days of November, due to their belief that the gates of Heaven open at midnight on November 1st and close when the clock strikes midnight on November 3rd, allowing…

and a very heavy heart that I write you. The lady you knew as Melinda Jenning passed away September 20. She was surrounded by her family and was not in pain. I promised Mel that I would make contact with you and am doing this against my better judgment. I am sorry for not passing this news on sooner but with the funeral and what we have been through in the last 18 months, you were not at the top of my list. Melinda and I had our differences and more than a few disagreements over the years but…

Today’s world runs a 24-hours, 7 days a week economy and the feminization of the workforce has created difficulties for working parents to balance work life and family time. Work life balance concerns can have a negative effect on work performance. The emotional stress related to finding the right balance can be difficult for both parents and children. Traditionally, parents select one of two options for providing care for their children; either relying on family members to raise their…

expensive these days and still not cracked up to be what they say they are. I don’t have much money so being in a price range that can meet my budget would help significally. I don’t want to have to pay for something that is not included for my child, so therefore no extra fees. I want to find something with great professional teachers who have been taking care of children for a while. “What type of additional…

The day of the dead has been celebrated over 3,000 years ago and today it continues to be an important event for the Hispanic community worldwide. The day of the dead was celebrated for a whole month in August, but it changed due to our Azteca’s ancestors which now it is traditionally celebrated on November first and the second. On November the first the Hispanic community honors the memory of the infants who had passed away and on the second the community celebrates and honors the memory of the…

of Veterans Day as a day off from school or work, well they are wrong. Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S Military Veterans. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also the anniversary of the end of World War I (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went to effect.) Veterans Day is not…

bacteria-filled rain. This book is the fictional story of a girl named Ruby Morris’ life. In the beginning of the book, Ruby is at a party. While at this party, the weather man forecasted a thunderstorm, and the mother of the boy who was having the party, ran outside and made everyone come in. Now everything would have been fine, because everyone was inside, or so you’d think. A boy named Casper McCloud left his phone outside, where the party was taking place, and by this time, it’s already…

Halloween Halloween is a time where people can dress up. They can be whatever they want scary or cute. However where does halloween originate from? Halloween originates far back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. They celebrated their new year on November 1. Which marked the end of summer and harvest and the beginning of the dark, and cold winter, a time where death tolls would rise. The Celts believed the night before the new year, a boundary “portal” between the dead and the living…

commemorate the experiences of Gallipoli and the heroic sacrifices that have been made. It was 4:30am on the 25th of April 1915, this very day, that I landed on the shores of Gallipoli along with 16,000 young men. I had been recruited shortly after arriving to Western Australia in 1911 from England and joined the 16th Battalion, becoming involved on that fateful day. Our troops were unsuccessful in an ambush and bullets were raining heavily down, men falling and stumbling in the dark,…

precious pillow pet even has a name, Buzzy. That is because Georgia Tech’s mascot’s name is Buzz. Buzzy is invaluable to me for the sole reason that it has always been there for me, whether I’m melancholy, raging, or cheerful. If I had a corrupt day, all I have to do is go clasp onto…