...company erecting silos. When the construction season was over I signed on as a station helper for the Soo Line Railroad. Over the course of the next four decades I worked my up through the ranks to Vice-President of Transportation at Minneapolis, MN I also married and raised a family of five children After my retirement, I returned to the place of my origin, now sharing time with my 104 year old mother and enjoying the closeness of my brothers and sisters. Life was always interesting and sometimes exciting. Now at the age of eighty-four, I enjoy putting some of my thoughts on paper and hope you will, too. Other books I have written are: Grandpa Cliff Remembers Grandpa Cliff’s Verses Grandpa Cliff’s Tales Cliff Leary Love, Money & Murder Bob Nason sat on the old handmade lawn chair basking in the noonday sun at the south side of the cabin. He and his father Will had just finished a fine lunch of fresh blue gills they had caught that morning. A slight zephyr out of the west moved the tops of the tall pines at the south end of the small clearing surrounding the cabin. Bob watched as a deer moved quietly through the undergrowth then stopped and eyed him suspiciously with its’ ears open full forward so the slightest sound could be heard. Bob’s thoughts were of the many wonderful days he had enjoyed there. The fresh air and the serenity were captivating. In less than a week, Bob would be returning to join the Class of 1971 as senior at Highview High School in...
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...Unlucky Cupid ➶ Prologue ★★★ She is smart, HE's intelligent. She's gorgeous, HE's sizzling hot. She's popular, HE has huge resemblance to a world-wide known teen-age superstar. She's snob but somehow nice, while HE is the gentleman every girl will die for. Will rivalry cross their fate? Or Love will play their lives? He was always mistaken for the popular singer, whom She really hates. Will Her high school life end up just like those typical one's? Or will He make the best or even worst out of it? ➶ Chapter 1: Interference /KATHERINE'S PERSPECTIVE First day of school, sigh. Simula na naman ito ng hectic schedule, little time, less fun, and whatsoever bothersome school works. Pero first day of school sometimes is not that bad, kasi usually pupunta ka lang sa unahan at magpapakilala. Orientations, introductions, chit-chats - yeah, that's pretty much it. Kaya on second thought, I'm going to enjoy this first day lalo na dahil makikita ko na ang aking mga hmm, how should I describe my friends? Loud speaker-like? Loquacious? Nah, pero siguro ganyan nga sila - love ko naman. Ew, korni ko.I guess back na kami sa routine namin. Si Lindsay, medyo brat, madaldal (as I've said), okay naman pag dating sa academics, mabait, at sabihin na nating medyo war-freak. Di sya close sa parents nya gawa ng wala lagi sa bahay nila. So ayun, siguro yun ang dahilan kung bakit parang naging "Play Girl" itong si Lindsay, in other way. Hindi naman talaga. Pero all in all she's one of a kind...
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...100 Days For Her Happiness... Would you love someone just because you pity her? Would you agree in an agreement that you'll gonna love a sick person? Would you agree to marry a person you barely know? Could you love someone in your remaining days? Would you agree to live in a same roof in 100 days with a dying person? Color Codes: Kamia Jasha Elpedez-Lauchengco Rixx Edcel Lauchengco Johanna Anderson Rafael Chui Jecka Ilano Sebastianne Madriaga Kyler Marx Suspedez Jiro Elpedez Rex Edralin Lauchengco Yara Elpedez Jara Elpedez Maru Lyndon Cruz Could you treasure all those memories with a dying person forever? Chapter ONE Jasha’s POV "Ayoko! No! Never!" Sigaw ko sa Daddy ko. "Jasha, Anak. You need to! You know it's not for our company, it's for you!" "Yah, i know! But, i don't need a man who will love me because i'm sick!" "You don't have enough time in this world! Gusto ko lang maranasan mong magmahal at mahalin..." Dad, please don't do this to me... "Anong mahalin?! Eh awa lang naman mararamdaman nun sakin eh!" "He doesn't know your condition! Only his father knows! And his father will just shut up with this matter." ano na naman ba kasi tong pakulo na ito? "I don't want to! Is it that hard to understand?! What if that guy loves someone else?" "Then he'll be oblige to leave that girl! Sa lahat ng bagay pinagbigyan ko ang mga kagustuhan mo kaya dapat ang mga kagustuhan ko naman ang masunod kahit ito lang!" eh bakit kasi ito pa? ang labo naman ng erpats ko! "Iba na...
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... 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 x 2 3 3 x 0 x G D Em C As the winter winds litter London with lonely hearts G D Em C Oh the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms G D Em C Was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night? G D Em C For every kiss your beauty trumped my doubt C G And my head told my heart C G D "Let love grow" C G But my heart told my head C G D "This time no this time no" G D Em C We'll be washed and buried one day my girl G D Em C And the time we were given will be left for the world...
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...maintain a healthy relationship for many years. By taking an Interpersonal Relationship course, it has given me the necessary tools to become more aware of relationships and communication with others. Throughout this letter there will be several topics that will prove vital to the success of your future marriage. The principles of Interpersonal communication will help develop strategies for your life, improve empathetic listening, and the importance of managing interpersonal conflicts will serve as a guide to a long and healthy marriage. As a couple, you have made the choice to settle down with the man/woman of your dreams. You have decided that you are going to be married and by seeking advice, you are making the first step to maintaining the love and respect you are so passionate about in your relationship. The first step is: To know the principles and misconceptions in Interpersonal Communications “Interpersonal communication is a social process, and we usually engage in interpersonal communication for one of three purposes: to meet personal needs; to learn about ourselves, other people, and the world; and to build and maintain relationships” (Sole, 2011). There are five essential aspects of Interpersonal communication that will prepare you for a...
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...**dO u knOw wAt's d wOrst thIng abOut LOve?? --wEL fOr me,it's wEn i LOve tOo mUcH anD lOsing my sAnity in d pROcesS. LOsinG mysELf a cOntROl,mAkes mE 4Get abOuT mysELf & tEnd tO giv my oL & anD hAv nOthing LEft fOr me.. tHe sLeepnEss niGhts anD pAin dAt gO witH LOve.. anD mOst of oL,it's wEn my pArtnEr mAkes a miStake bUt i've jUst gOt tO giv him anOther chAnce.. (**sO stuPid?**) ..anyWay,waT's d heck?! dAt's d eSsenCe of LOving,sO weTher it's gOnNa hUrt me oR nOt, atLeast i've LOved..dbA? eHem! wHat i Luv abOut d sO caLLed LOve? --is dAt it aLways finDs a wAy tO pAint a smiLe On my fAce.. a pOwerfUL fOrce dAt cAn rEaLLy cHanGe Lives.. d immeasUrabLe jOy dAt rEaches d vEry cOre of my bEing aNd d aSsUrance dAt i'L nVer be aLOne.. ..i knOw LOve shAres d sAme dEgrEes of jOy & pAin.. iT gets me CrAzy aNd mAkes me dO anytHing & eVerytHing fOr d oNe i LOve.. stiL LOve cAn bRing oUt d bEst in Me,aNd it mAy rUin me at d sAme tym, bUt i kNow it's oL fOr d gUd in d LOng rUn..:p ,,lOVe rEaLLy mAkes me fEeL gud.. i rEaLLy LOve d pUrpOse it bRings to my Lyf aNd hOw it transcEnds eVerytHing!! ,,basta i dOnt hATe anytHing abOut LOve nO mAtter hOw mAny tyms i cRied,huhu. at d end of it oL,, i knOw tHer's aLways dEstined fOr me, aNd dAt is whY i LOVE to...
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... The poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet is about love, precisely as it relates to the title – the speaker’s affection and deep true love for her husband. Throughout the poem, the speaker uses strong imagery and figurative language to describe the strength and power of her love which is unusual given the nature of the speaker who identifies herself as a devout Puritan. The speaker was living in her own world of love and nothing matters much more than her husband. The poem does not reflect at all the speaker’s Puritan values, which entails the implication that the speaker might not practice her Puritanism faithfully. Puritans were allowed to love one another provided that their love advocated purity and Christianity. The poem illustrates the first person point of view: that of the lyric “I”, who is closely involved in the feelings developed in the poem. The speaker adopted the tone of a young lover expressing her affection and devotion for her husband, the principal subject. The speaker also tries to make the reader feel her own feelings. The tone remained focused on the loving, caring attitude and throughout the poem; the description of the love felt intensifies, becoming boastful at times: “If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can”. (Bradstreet 150) According to the lyric “I”, she is the only woman who...
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...several scenarios where there are a lot of reasons why a person should or should not get married in the first place. The first thing I remember they told us when they began the seminar is that marriage is not an event, it’s a lifetime commitment. To me the statement wasn’t really a surprise. Being a born-again Christian, I was exposed to the do’s and don’ts of having a relationship. In the seminar, they told us that building a relationship we should always consider marriage. That our reasoning and actions should always lead to a proper and God centered relationship that will eventually become marriage. It should come in at the right reason and at the right time. We should first be able to love ourselves before we love others. Seriously, how will we be able to love others when we are not able to love what God has made us to be? We cannot get into a relationship and expect your partner to patch the holes and shortcomings in your life....
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...Life Well-Lived Experience Andini Effendi A dear friend couldn’t help to gasp when I uttered my plan on taking two years off from career to pursue master degree abroad. I remember her words vividly, “So you will leave your spot to someone younger, brighter and most probably hotter just like that?” I also remember what was my answer; it was simply “yes.” Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love my job. So much love as if I am married to my work. I am the living example of someone whose her passion becomes a profession. For me working it’s like playing. There were never a dull moment. But then I came to a point where I desired something more that would make me feel whole. It was education. I craved so much to broaden my knowledge, enriching experiences, and expanding my network. Moreover, I have a mental debt to my parents to study higher than undergraduate. Note: I agreed only until master degree. They can say goodbye to their dream of me taking a PhD. Just like “The Secret” book theory, I experienced the “Law of Attraction” with New York University. People who know me well knew I’ve always wanted to go back to the US for and only for NYU. (Sorry Columbia, you were not even on my list.) I pledged to myself on midnight before January 1, that 2011 is the year of school. And it has to be NYU. Why this year? After waking up at 2.45am 5 days a week and had to be on stand-by during my days off for the past 6 years, a break for school wont hurt. I also knew where my career...
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...maiden, half knows that she is not verily that which he worships; and in the golden hour of friendship, we are surprised with shades of suspicion and unbelief. We doubt that we bestow on our hero the virtues in which he shines, and afterwards worship the form to which we have ascribed this divine inhabitation. In strictness, the soul does not respect men as it respects itself. In strict science all persons underlie the same condition of an infinite remoteness. Shall we fear to cool our love by mining for the metaphysical foundation of this Elysian temple? Shall I not be as real as the things I see? If I am, I shall not fear to know them for what they are. Their essence is not less beautiful than their appearance, though it needs finer organs for its apprehension Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables. But a sublime hope cheers ever the faithful heart, that elsewhere, in other regions of the universal power, souls are now acting, enduring, and daring, which can love us, and which we can love. We may congratulate ourselves that the period of nonage, of follies, of blunders, and of...
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...The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple is a series of letters written mostly by the main character, Celie, to God. The plot takes place over a thirty year period. In the beginning Celie is a fourteen year old, African American girl who lives with her dying mother, father, and sister, Nettie, in Georgia. Celie’s father, Alfonso, rapes her and eventually she has two children by him, she believes the first one he killed, and the other he sold. Celie’s mother dies, and her father brings home a new wife. Nettie begins dating this man, Mr. __, but their father will not let him marry her. He claims that Nettie is smart and needs to stay in school and that she could be a teacher someday. Instead he says that Mr. __ can marry Celie, calling her ugly and dumb, but good with children. So Mr. __ takes his time to think about it, but since he really needed a mother for his children he agrees to marry her. He treats Celie like an object; he rapes and beats her, while his children boss her around like a slave. Nettie runs away from home to Celie and Mr. __’s house. Mr. __ compliments Nettie right in front of Celie, but Nettie passes the compliments on to her sister. Mr.__ then says that Nettie cannot stay in his house, because she rejects him. Mr. __’s sister, Kate, comes to visit and tells her to stand up for herself, and fight back. Mr. __ son, Harpo, struggles in his relationship with his wife Sophia. Harpo wants Sophia to obey him like Celie obeys Mr. __. Sophia is a strong...
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...In the play, “A Doll’s House,” by Henrik Ibsen, we see a man and a woman who have a seemingly wonderful life together in their home with their children. Soon into the play, we learn the strength of her love that she has for her husband through her actions. She proves her love for Torvald by forcing her father’s signature on the promissory note, stating that she would pay back every penny that she owed from borrowing money to move her husband south to Italy when he fell ill. Throughout this story, it is no surprise that Nora is deeply in love with Torvald, considering how much she has done for him and to hide her secret to protect his “manhood.” However, Torvald sees Nora as nothing more than a trophy wife, just a puzzle piece to the picture of a perfect family. In my opinion, I prefer the original play’s ending, where Nora ends up leaving Torvald, her children, and her entire life behind to start a new one. She feels she has become too alienated from religion and law and that for years she has lived for her husband and now it’s time she live for herself. This ending, rather than the ending where Nora decides to stay, makes the play. The entire play is just building up to this moment, when Nora, who has done nothing but love Torvald, retaliates and stands up for herself. “…I was simply transferred from papa’s hands into yours. You arranged everything according to your own taste, and so I got the same taste as you-- or else I pretended to, I am really not quite sure which--I...
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...Christina Wright Interview Paragraphs Cynthia Frazier-Jackson is one of the coolest seniors I know. She is also one of the bluntest people I know. For example, one time when my hair was out of place, she straight up told me that I needed to fix it. She doesn’t beat around the bush and she isn’t fake, she gives it to you like it is. Cynthia is one of those people who always smiles no matter what is going on. Even when she’s mad or upset about something, she doesn’t reminisce on the past. I strive to be like her in many ways. She is like a role-model to me and a lot of other students. That is why Cynthia is one of the coolest seniors I know. Tyleesha has been like a big sister to me. She looks out for me and makes sure I’m okay. Tyleesha said she was friend because she felt like we would get along really well. Well To be honest I’m happy she looks to me as a friend and not just another freshman. I look up to her as a role model because she represents good behavior and how I should act instead of me just acting crazy. She is my friend because we ended up in a class together and she seemed really easy to get along with, so we just became friends. I feel the best piece she has ever given me was to go for guys that care about you for you. I feel that Tyleesha has made my high school experience a whole lot better. Malik Boyd came to A.S.H.S. looking for a better education and a better experience. Malik says he’s known for passing gas a lot, looking handsome, and his hilarious...
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...The ministers of Matrimony are the man and woman themselves. They "marry" each other. The priest is just the Church's official witness, and he pronounces the nuptial blessing. The form of the sacrament of Marriage is the exchange of wedding vows. The matter of the sacrament of Marriage is the consummation of the marriage, when the two people enact those vows in that physical expression of love. Matrimony is a lifelong covenant in which a baptized man and a baptized woman make a permanent commitment to faithfully love each other and to cooperate in the procreation and education of children. The effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony are: * To sanctify the love of husband and wife * To give them grace to bear with each other's weaknesses; * To enable them to bring up their children in the fear and love of God. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh, so then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” (Matt 19: 5, 6) The Church sees marriage as the divine plan. Jesus’ presence at the Wedding of Cana is a blessing upon marriage. At Cana, Jesus came to the rescue of a newly married couple who ran out of wine for their guests. Jesus revealed his glory by changing the water into wine. From then on, the Sacrament of marriage would be a sign of his presence. Jesus prohibited divorce because just like the covenantal...
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...i can answer. HONEST PERSON AND HARD WORKER AS WELL... I LOVE TO SMILE SO PLEASE DONT TRY TO CHANGE MY PERSONALITY... I NEED A GOOD MEN WITH GOOD FELLINGS... I LIKE HAVE FUM/ SO I LIKE TO GO DANCE, BUT I CAN GO TO MOVIES OR DINNER BUT ALWAYS HAVE FUM AND ENJOY THE COMPANY... I LIKE TO SMILE OLD THE TIME SO PLEASE I HOPE YOU COULD BE A FUNNY PERSON.. Well what makes me special ....everyday I try the best I can, whether it be as a mother to my 11 year old son (he is a great kid), as a friend or trying trying to beat the world at this game of making money that allows me to enjoy the finer things in life...but everyday I wake up with a smile and tackle what life throws at me good or bad. I'm single, love my freedom and my family. I like who respect me and want to see me happy. I hate dramas and discussions. I have a big smile and if I find somebody to push me down, I don't think twice to leave. I like arts, nature, sports, meet places, restaurants and beach. nnI love sunny days, a good book and a good company. I'll love who makes me laugh...If you are overseas, please don't waste your time trying to talk to me. I am looking for someone available and real.nOh, if you don't have picture, don't talk to me: I have nothing to hide. I show my face, I expect the same from you. AND PLEASE: ONLY TRY TO TALK TO ME IF YOU ARE DRESSED! I love sports a backwoods girl, but can be girly when i want too:) I love sports a backwoods girl, but can be girly when i want too:) I...
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