My father asked me this morning what I like most about myself. After a young lifetime of remembered and forgotten experiences, I am more than a laundry list of attributes and anecdotes. I can’t pull out a statistic from the spider web of interrelated knowledge and understanding that makes up who I am at this moment. I can only describe a process, the best process I know of that has developed my aspirations, desires, and subconscious tendencies. The one process that has defined who I was and became
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changed my Life By Elizabeth Thrush Kaplan University 2012 The Art of Being Human As I was growing up as a child I really did not listen to music. The music that I do remember hearing was what my mom and step dad listen to and that was country. By hearing this music it made me feel that I was not alone and that other was going throw what I was going throw. A sad period in my life, I was put in a foster home and my step was a very bad man. When I left my mom was the worst day of my
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MY LIFE CHANGING DECISION ROSS BROWN ENGL 1301-270 SUSAN ROBBINS 4/2/2013 It was the beginning of spring about two years ago- a wet and gloomy day. I was thirty two years old, strung out on meth and homeless. Headed back to prison for the third time, I was faced with a life changing decision, “do I turn myself in” or “do I keep running and take my chances”. It was a decision that would affect the ones I love the most, my children. As
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Who Made An Impacted On My Life The person who made an impact on my life is my son. Emmanuel is the reason that my life is what it is now. If it wasn’t for him I would be somewhere doing the wrong things. Since Emmanuel is only two, he doesn’t understand the impact that he made on my life, but my family. My mother Melba Peterson and my two older brothers TraeVon McKinney and Michael Peterson, do know understand how Emmanuel made the huge significtly impacted on my life. My mother Melba can tell
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Still not real sure what I’m going to say So bare with me please If I take up too much of your time. See in this box is a ring for your oldest. She’s my everything and all that I know is It would be such a relief if I knew that we were on the same side Cause very soon I’m hoping that I Could marry your daughter And make her my wife I want her to be the only girl that I love for the rest of my life And give her the best of me ’til the day that I die, yeah I’m gonna marry your princess And
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The Day My Life Changed Susan Cotton Eng 121 English Composition 1 Kristin DeMarr August 25, 2015 The Day My Life Changed This story is about a quiet choirgirl, Susan Cotton and a loud bad boy, Travis Cotton. The day these two met was a warm summer day in August 1994. This was my sophomore year in high school and the day I finally came out of my shell. I remember this day as if it was yesterday. I had just got back from a summer trip to Florida and was at the school for orientation. After
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Memories of the past 18 years It was June 17, 1995 I remember this day like it was yesterday because it was six day after my 15th birthdays and I had just finish visit with my grandmother in Dover Delaware and was on my way back to Maryland to go to my girlfriend Alicia’s birthday party. I remember that I didn’t make to my girlfriend birthday party and sleepover for some reason, so I went home. This story changes my life in many ways to the point I view the world in many shade of color. I have
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hardworking and caring mom who is always there for me when I need her. Every time I have a problem or have a bad day, she is the person that makes everything better. I know I can trust her with anything, and to me that’s one characteristic that is very important. My mother has always given me wise advice. She has taught me so many things that will help me through life. She has always told me to stand up for what I believe in and not let others persuade me. She is always faithful and always there to listen
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Someone That I Admire In life we all have that one person that we look up to. We all have that one person that we idolize or worship for that matter. In life we all have that one person that we admire. The one person that I look up to, the one person that I worship and the one person that I admire more than anything in this world is no one other than my mother. When I just sit and think of everything that she has done for me and all of the times she has been there for me I can honestly say that I
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believe everything happens for a reason. The good and the bad times in life mold you as you grow and mature. There have been many events in my life that have shaped me into being me. Some have shaped my thinking or personality, while others have reared me into being a leader. But out of every event, there are three life occurrences that have had the greatest impacts on my life. These three events have had a profound influence on me and are my guiding forces in my current actions. These events include
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