You Got It

I recognize the moment instantly. I’m washing the mixing bowl as mom flips the pancakes and dad and I belt out as he strolls upstairs “SHE SAYS WE GOT TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WE GOT, IT DOESN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE MAKE IT OR NOT” My mom laughs as she dances around me and we both make a funny face when Dad doesn’t yell out the chorus as he usually does. Instead he runs down the stairs, his face pale and his voice…

Chapter 1 - One BIG Problem with Motivation – It Doesn’t STAY "People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily, Motivation Is Just Like Taking A Bath"-- Zig Ziglar That horrible & bad noise of Alarm at 5 am in the morning (which I selected myself to push me out of bed) ringed for the second time. And this time, I get up from my bed totally unwilling and feeling tired. Just slide my fingers towards right on my new samsung smart phone &…

Parental Licensing, Necessary or Inconvenient? What would you do if you figured out that one of your best friends parents had been thrown in jail for robbing an international bank? You probably wouldn’t want them around you, or your future kids, so why should they have their own kids? Those are the kind of questions you get when people who do some crazy things like procreate. This then raises a better question. Should we make people who want to procreate get a registered license, or will that…

jeans. He was stuck in the forest. This forest was not all ordinary though. In this Forest there were 300 pound ants and 200 pounds spiders.The forest can also fight back. Then there are regular animals like tigers and wolves. Every day you have to fight for you life against these animals. Then on one day after Arode was scrounging for food, he took it to his house in the trees there were a mysterious knock on his door. Arode wondered “who could that be?” because he was the only one in…

Have you ever had a moment when you realized you were wrong? If you have you can imagine how I felt when I found out the harsh truth about, in my opinion, one of the major issues that has been overlooked in this country. No one really thinks about it until you really need to, but it is bigger than the “black live matter” movement that is plaguing our country right now. Don’t worry, we still have time to change it just takes a handful of people to make a difference. I just need your eyes for a…

Randy starts making fun of him and tells him, “ha ha ha you will never be good at soccer maybe you should try another sport but guess what you can’t because you can’t do anything right.” After Randy tells him that George walks away from the field his eyes were watering and he wanted to cry but he just holded it in. After randy told george that Jasmine wanted to tell Randy to stop and…

Buddy. I shouldn’t have done ya like that.” “It’s cool.” Renee replied. “I was wrong too.” Dino walked over and sat in the folded chair that Yogi had been sitting in to chat with Bam. Quay took Kim’s number and went to post up under the tree again. “You and your mouth,” Brittney said to her sister shaking her head. “Y’all come on! If something else pop off, I be damned if y’all get stuck in the middle of it. Over my dead body!” Nessa fumed. They followed, pathetically, and knew that she had it…

Martino finally went home after a long, exhausting day of football practice. To him, nothing was better than getting in bed and taking a nap. Today was no different. He changed into his sleep attire and got under the blankets. As he lay there, Martino was looking back at his day. When we went to school that day he was greeted by his buddies, went to his classes, and stayed after the final bell for practice. During theoretical science, which was his favorite class much to everyone's dismay, the…

I often wonder, at what point did she weigh up the pros and cons and decide, “You know what. Adultery seems like a good idea.” Maybe she was cajoled into it by the man. Maybe he was the love of her life that she never got to be with and the opportunity became available so she took it. Maybe the lure of forbidden love was too much for her. Or she suffered from some deeper temptation that she struggled…

finished, I got ready to go to the park like I always did. I was already in 2nd grade, and was trusted to walk by myself to the park. Because my parents were working so late, I often went there, preferring to do my homework under the shade of the humongous trees. Brandon, being my best friend, would often accompany me. Today, he brought his own remote-control…