You Are Not Alone

through an empty park. “Do you think *Zia* Morana will let us go to the [ark again tomorrow? She said you and her have lots and lots and *lots* of work!” “I’ll see what I can do.” He smiled and ruffled her hair. She batted…

family roots, leaving the familiar and the disorientation that is to come. Traveling to an unknown area where you have no idea what is going to happen or how you are going to live can be a difficult obstacle. They are overwhelmed with the unknown, knowing no one, and having no one to help guide them as they settle upon a new life. Bashar, an Iraqi, came to the United States in 2009 all alone at the age of 20. In a journal Bashar wrote, “Don’t have family support or any kind of support” (“My…

particularly explains how it feels to be an outsider. Sad Song and Saul from Indian Horse both deal with alienation and they both show how words and actions can make someone feel weak and hopeless. Also, being far away from your loved ones can cause you to feel alone and finally it shows that eventually they start to believe the negative things being said or done to them. The novel, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese and the Sad Song by Christina Perri both reveal the different struggles and…

young and have energy. Another thing that scares me is that I wont have enough money. The main thing this is that I will die alone without leaving a legacy to pass on to my children and their children. My dad is sixty-two years old and he live alone because he wanted to move out from the house that I bought us. He has live alone for most of his life. The only time he was not alone was when he was married to my mother for a quick second. He worked for Crystal Motor Company for many years till…

The world we live in today is changing into a very scary place for normal, peaceful, people like you and I. Why is it that fear of personal harm or death by some stranger, something that we think about on a daily basis? Is there a way to stop it? How can we feel just a little safer in our everyday lives? The idea of going out to a movie or to a public place and feeling safe has long gone because of criminals and mentally ill people who think its ok to terrorize and kill the weak and helpless. I…

In the midst of the unrighteous practices of the Catholic Church, a man named Martin Luther took a stand with five solas to represent God and bring reformation. The five solas included scripture alone, Christ alone, faith alone, grace alone, and for the glory of God alone. Before the ninetly five thesis had been written, Luther had been living the way of the five solas without knowing it. It all started back when Luther was caught up in a ferocious storm that lead Luther into making a…

Self-harm is where someone cuts themselves or hurts them self in any way. Why do people do this? Is there any way they can stop themselves from doing this? This is a problem in today’s society because lots of people are cutting themselves or committing suicide because of bullies saying mean things to them and it’s just wrong we don’t need people all over the world committing suicide or self-harming. The song “The Last Night” written by Skillet tells the audience about self-harm and a girl coming…

dismay, we were alone. The imprint of the harpoon pressed against my side under the layers of fur, for the monster had neglected to remove it. The creature was gazing out but my presence was discovered and he slowly began, “You have recovered.” “Why, you did not need to save me when I was moments from destroying you,” interjected I “I have wandered many nights in solitude and despair because of you. A vengeance so strong it alone could have killed you brewed within me, so I took from you the…

The Solitude Ship The idea of being completely alone either frightens people, or it makes them sit back and take a sigh of relief. It was Henry David Thoreau who said in his book Walden, “Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations” (Thoreau 137). Mark Twain, in his book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, plays on this very same idea.When Huck is floating down the river,…

It’s that time of the year again where love is in the air everywhere you go, stores are buzzing with red and white display and gifts like teddy bears, flowers and chocolates are flying off the shelves. Growing up I use to dread this day because I didn’t have a boyfriend or someone to buy me a gift or at least give me a rose like all the other girls. Years later I got to understand that Valentine’s Day is just a day like any other. As much as we live in a society that has made Valentine’s Day to…