Twelve Days of Christmas

While speaking with my senior mentor, Abe Bos, it was hard to not be amazed at everything that he has accomplished and been through in his life. He has travelled, loved, lost, and created a beautiful family. He credits all of his accomplishments to God and has lived his life to glorify our Heavenly Father. Abe was born in 1932 in New Jersey. He was the second of three children born in his family. His mother was a stay at home mom and his father was a teacher and a principle. Abe enjoyed…

SUSAN B. ANTHONY 3 Susan B. Anthony: Equality Starts With One Voice Women did not always have the right to vote. It wasn’t until a woman named Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to fighting for the rights of women that the issue of women voting was ever truly thought about. On top of driving people to think about the rights of women, Anthony also drove people to consider the rights of African Americans and fought for temperance. Susan B. Anthony, as an evangelist, believed…

Maryland. A convicted sex offender, Thomas Leggs Jr was the intruder who kidnapped Sarah. He brutally raped her, and then murdered her and then burned her lifeless body in a field near the Maryland- Delaware border. Sarah’s body was found on Christmas day, Leggs was registered as a “high risk” sex offender. After that situation Leggs was deemed to be “compliant” in Maryland. Some people think that sex offenders are prone to re-offending upon their release from some institution.(Malcolm, John)…

In elementary school I felt uncomfortable with who I was; I was filled with hate for myself, and I was left with nothing but hopelessness. I was a stranger to happiness. I mean, I did have friends, but I felt as if I was trying to be someone I wasn’t so they would like me. Looking back at elementary school, I always felt awful about my life and dark thoughts cloud my memory. I was never comfortable in my own skin. The truth is that I was a feminine kid, and that was a bad thing, or so I was…

individual to help but he also encouraged teams of individuals to work together. Sometimes, you may hear Fr. Ed say in the same sentence to, “Offer it up”, “Many hands make light work.” This was clearly seen throughout the year. Every year around Christmas and Easter, decorating and “dedecorating”, as Fr. Ed would always call it, became quicker and quicker. Why did it become quicker? Because many people in the parish came together to “offer up” their time in order that the work may be light for…

"A dance my lady?" Beckett asks with a glowing smile his hand extended for hers. She giggles and takes his hand "You really want to dance with me when I 'm wearing this?" She asks her open hand gesturing to her simple half sleeved navy shirt and jeans, her usual work clothes for Happy Valley Preschool where she was a student teacher. His eyes travel over her body slowly, his lips curling upwards obviously liking what he see 's "I think you 're the most beautiful girl I 've ever met.." He says…

Reflection – Author/Illustrator Presentation You will submit this reflection in Blackboard within one week of your presentation. Your Name: Emily Nielsen Author/Illustrator: Jan Brett Date Shared In the LS3013 University Classroom: Describe the decisions that lead you to share the particular books you chose as part of your presentation. I decided to share Gingerbread Baby in class because it was my absolute favorite Jan Brett book growing up; I still remember it being read to me in…

Title of Book: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Year of Publication: 1993 The Giver is a 1993 American young dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. This novel is set in a society where at first everything appears to be utopia- the perfect place but as the story proceeds further it is revealed to be dystopian. This novel has a character who is a 12 year old boy named Jonas who is taken up for the highest position in his community which is of Receiver of Memory, the person who…

The only person Holden has left to turn to happens to be Ackley. 2. Holden suddenly decides to leave for New York a couple days early from release. 3. As the teenage boy exits the halls of Pencey he decides, “’I yelled at the top of my goddam voice, 'Sleep tight, ya morons!'" (52). 4. Although Holden shows much contempt towards Pencey, there is still part of him that appreciates…

way of showing love in our family. We enjoyed wonderful vacations usually meeting up with my aunt and uncle from Jersey. From one or two week vacations where mostly we meet in Myrtle Beach, SC where they would all purchase property in hopes to one day all retire together there and one trip to the Grand Ole Opry where they were holding the world’s fair. I recall how excited I was to go on all the rides and to see Ronnie Millsap’s concert where he performed on stage and my sister met Conway Twitty…