Time Is on My Side

and three unfinished novels. Yet, my passion for writing has not waned. However, this passion did not always exist. The catalyst that ignited the fire was an assignment. Despite it being school related, this was no ordinary homework. “Class, today we write a short story in honor of our poetry curriculum” those were the words that lit the path for a future I had never dreamed. For that assignment is one of the best occurrences to happen, it let my creative side reign supreme in its own domain.…

It's around 6:30 pm on a cold, December night. My Mom, Dad,and brother Nicholas are in the kitchen finishing washing the dishes from dinner. I am finishing up making a Christmas present and I go into the kitchen. I ask my mom if we can make our gingerbread house. She says “Yes, just let me get it all setup.” We all know that while she is getting our gingerbread house set up, she is also bracing herself for the evening ahead. You might be thinking that we will be making our gingerbread house from…

The Absolutely true Diary of a part-time Indian, is an amazing book. It offers an inside look at Indian life in America. It shows the hardships of being an indian. It shows how poverty directly affects a family or a community. The book also offers an inside look on how alcoholism can affect a family or a whole community. It also shows how racial tension can affect a community. It also shows how poverty can stop someone from reaching dreams and goals. The book is about Arnold, a young…

minute. I had never been to Boardwalk before, and it was killing me every single time we stopped. When I saw my first glimpse of the rides in front of the bright blue sky, the traffic was worth it. We parked and got tickets for unlimited rides! We made our way to one side of the Boardwalk so we could make our way over to the other side. We walked past so many rides I could not wait to get on and I could not wait to take my family on them. The rides were as tall as a three story mansion. We made…

home. Two dogs are in the yard, and two cats are in the house. One dog named Baobao, and the other one is Leo who is a German Shepherd. Every time I go to the yard, Baobao will come to me, and her fluffy tail will wags like a windmill. As I walk towards her, her white eyebrow is more obvious among the dark hair of her whole body. As Baobao came to my side, Leo will rush to me also and has a fight with Baobao. That is their everyday action when I go into the yard. The two cats are called Mao and…

asking me about what motivates me in my daily life, my one and only answer will be my Family. But why? Why family motivates me the most? This is because of an English proverb “You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your…

My favorite high school memory happened during Christmas break when all the things in the world could go wrong went wrong but at the end of all of it, It turned out to be one of the best memories I have ever had. My night started at eight pm. I went over to my friend Matt illig. after I got over there one of my other friends met up with us we sat around for a couple of hours then finally we decided to go drifting in Matts car. We drove all over the gravel roads in town we got bored…

articles that solely focus on the cons of nuclear energy. Overall, I have ten external sources that I will be using in my research paper. The first essential component of my essay should be my thesis. Without a proper thesis, writing a long research paper would be difficult. To every one positive of nuclear energy I will have two negatives to counter. There will be some arguments in my paper that purposely target the audience’s emotions. A significant amount of people are sensitive in regards to…

it was, was both stressful and uncomfortable to both my parents and my family who I lived with, which were 10 at the time due to visiting family. We saw many nice sights and I got to know my cousins more on the trip which was nice but that week was the hardest and longest week I have ever lived through. It all started during senior year of high school in 2014 in September, I was in my 4th period English class analyzing the “epic” Beowulf when my teacher received a call from the front office and…

school. My mom and aunties were all standing around the kitchen waiting on the doctor to call and give the results of the test that they had ran on my grandma. Maybe ten minutes after I got in the house the doctor had called. He we found lumps and your mother have been diagnosed with cervical cancer. All I could do was break down and cry because I didn't know what I was going to do without my grandma. Everybody was really sad because they also told her she had a certain amount of time to live.…