What About Me

Alfred A. Montapert once said, ”Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.” What he said completely relates to me, as I learned a very important, and gruesome, lesson. The incident caused me to change my perspective, which was huge in my childhood. I’ll never forget the time that I received stitches, because it made me realize that my parents know what’s best for me. It was an ordinary Wednesday afternoon. My sister and I had just gotten off of the school bus, plum…

proudly displayed. My happiness faded as quickly as it had come, dreadful thoughts overtaking my positivity. “How did it go with Mary Jane?” I stuttered indefinitely, nervously awaiting an answer. “Virg, I tried. I went to talk to her but…” “But what?” I whimpered, mildly ashamed as to how vulnerable I was. “I couldn’t bring myself to do it. She just looked so pitiful. You know that she just lost her job, right? Virginia, I think that we should wait.” “How can you say such a thing Peter?…

After reading both Kelle Lasn’s and Richard Louv’s pieces on how humans have become distant from nature, I became very upset with myself. When I was younger I loved spending time outside. Whether I was playing sports with the neighborhood kids, helping my grandfather with his garden or talking walks in the park near my house, I realized that I do not spend nearly as much time outside as I used to. With technology constantly being invented and reinvented, video games, television shows and phones…

to break loose on what seemed like a promising attack. I…

years apart). As children we went to school with one another and grew up learning the importance of family values and “sticking together”. My mother and father people that others would refer to as family oriented. Me and my younger brother walked to school every day –him eight years old and me ten. Before we venture off to elementary school our mother would say, “Sick together, and Jean listen to your big brother”! Now I’m only a couple years older than Jean, but I knew I was responsible if…

destruction. Sadly, it has taken me 6 years really, honestly, and I’m not gonna say I’m finished. I have to work every day, but it took me 6 years to get where I’m at now. I feel like I have some happiness and restored and pursue those things that I always dream about. So about 2010, during my sophomore in college, I met this guy and swe really are good friends. He jumped…

of my family’s situation when I was a child. it’s true that I got what I wanted, but sometimes I wanted to have new toys, get new clothes, and live a good life helping my mother out. As a child we have the illusion of having fun and living life to the fullest. For some of the children their illusions come true, but for others they don’t. Like me, as a child I wanted to have everything that my friends had but my parents would tell me no. I would cry to tears and yell. As much as I tried to make…

away; I could never sleep knowing I was leaving my entire life behind. Millions of questions swirled about in my head. What happens next? Will I ever be remembered? Will I ever come back? What will happen after we leave? Without Atticus around, what will Tom and his fami- “The train is now pulling up to Ocean Park. Please stay seated as the train stops.” The loudspeaker blared, stirring me from my thoughts. Well, this is…

“This isn’t actually happening? How could this be? What? Why?” These questions kept running around in my head as I stay up through the gloomy, cold nights. I desperately tried to disregard the darkness of the situation. It was problematic for me to focus on keeping warm in this blank, emotionless room when this situation, of roughly three months ago, had kept recapping in my mind – the intense pain shared between friends and family, endless tears, and the cramping of my hands from trying to look…

satisfied with my routined life. “ You can’t tell me you haven’t even thought about it, something big to shake the whole town. I’d kill for a little excitement.” Too bad she never realized she’d have to be killed for the excitement to start. “ Under the State of Massachusetts, you are hereby found not criminally responsible on account of having a mental disorder.” The words echoed through the courthouse. My body went numb, everything around me seemed to blur, my eyes begin to well with tears.…