Waiting So Long

at their face.’’ D.W. so are you a psychic? Me: `` kind of.’’ Me: ``So can I ask you how long you have been here?’’ D.M.: ``I’ve been here for two months and half.’’ Me: ``How did you come to be in here?’’ D.W: `` I was feeling like I couldn’t deal with my life, I just found that my child was switched at birth, and that someone stole my identity. My son is the one that called the…

and that also is the point for Jenna Wortham, the author of the essay ‘‘I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight. On the app’’. As social apps’ appearance, it helps us solve several problems about long-distance communication, and we don’t need to be afraid the relationship with others that influenced because of long distance. With the newest technology, distance is now a thing in the past thanks to the modern days’ devices and apps that allows us to stay in touch with important people in our lives. In…

It was an ordinary, cold, rainy, day of December, and the travelers had met the Whataburger at 281. After they enjoyed a nice hearty meal, the Gamer stood up and said “Hear ye, hear ye! For I have a tale to tell whilst we are traveling so we can all be amused,” and it went something like this Once upon a time in an olden middle school, there was the schoolboy, who was very scrawny, and weak, and very lacking in confidence. He was always trying to get everything done on time, which he did, but…

consider my story. My childhood home, settled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was equipped with a basketball hoop in the backyard and a minivan in the driveway. I grew up in a two-parent middle-class home with evenings spent at the dinner table waiting for Jeopardy to start; then, I would read my older brother’s comics or The Magic Tree House series until I couldn’t hold my eyes open. I was a tomboy for lack of a better word; a shy, reserved kid who had trouble expressing herself. As a…

Elisa’s flowers represent the children she would never have with Henry. She takes care of the garden full of chrysanthemums with so much care, affection, and love. It is the same way she would take care of the kids she would…

What bothers you more, always running late or eating a meal with someone that always has their mouth open? Throughout my life, I have experience so many things that bother me like people chewing with their mouth open, or people being lazy at work while I am working hard. I would say though that my number one pet peeve is being late-for anything. In my life being on time is the key to success, and if you’re late for anything you have lost at the game of life. Some people have wondered where this…

It 's June 22nd, just after ten thirty at night. I sit at the dining room table waiting for a phone call. Six hours ago, my daddy went to the hospital to have a few tests done. My mama went with him, and they have yet to return. Outside, the frogs strike up an unnerving tune. Earlier, a strong thunderstorm rolled through, drenching everything and lighting up the sky in flashes. As the frogs reach a crescendo in their song, a pair of headlights enters the driveway, catching the drops of moisture…

helped me pay for my car. I was so happy when I got my car that I cried tears of joy. It was the largest purchase of my life at age 21. The car was a black 2006 Subaru Impreza, it had tinted windows, an mp3 player and an amp that came with the car. I was so excited because I had been driving what they call a winter beater which sounded like it was going to die at any moment. I worked long hours at work and always volunteered my free time to do overtime at work. It was long and exhausting sitting…

Heights and to cause Hindley, Edgar, and so many others deep, horrible pain. My wicked laugh turned into a sort of howling as I gathered the money into a large pile. The journey to Wuthering Heights was a long and painful one from London. I spent days crossing over wide fields and tripping across the slick rocks buried under the water of rushing rivers. My body was in great pain but my mind had never felt so fresh, so alive. When I finally reached the long path winding down the door of…

underneath like the blood vessels popped and formed bruises everywhere and then Isa-Isabella...she stabbed herself in the lung… I freaked out.. I pulled the knife out and threw it on the ground...Isabella-she was choking on her blood...she was suffering...so..I-I- I sn-snap-snapped her neck...I just broke her neck...Only then did I remember...that she was pregnant...5 months pregnant...I ran… I just ran like a coward... I ran. I just ran... I ran…” “Nate...I think you should go lay down.” “No.”…