start a new life. Our family were very poor and even tough we didn’t have all the material stuff my mother, a Portuguese decedent were very religious. They brough religion in our every day life and every Sunday we went to church, follow religious holidays and most important of all. My father one rules was that everyone must sit in the dinner table every night and pray the blessing we receive that that, even tough we didn’t have much. I didn’t understand sometimes why we would that every day instead
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and downs III. Who were the important people in your life? A. My parents B. My older sister C. My uncle IV. What things do I remember about my childhood? A. Hearing my parents fight B. Holidays C. Going to the lake D. Being sick V. What are your Personal, Professional, and academic goals? A. Academic goals are to gain my Associates and Bachelor’s B. Professional goal is to have my own day care Journey from My Past to My Future
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Norton Anthology remind me of a great deal about the women in today’s society. Women today and from the past had to face the same hardships. They had to rise up from their invisible constraints just to gain their equality. Women always had to fight to gain their gender liberation. I would like to compare my mom to Queen Elizabeth. My mom always reminded me of a military mom. She was very strict in her ways, even when it came to the dinner table. I remember she told me I could not have juice
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unconditionally. I was you, and you were me. That's what we were, we were eachother, just one power with the ability to control two. You see, that's what you did to me, you controlled me and you still control my thoughts and capture them just like you used to. There is no love lost between you and I, but that's about all that remains. We could have been one, but together we are dead, apart, we are able to fly freely just like we never could when I had you and you had me. I think of all we were and dream
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challenges and circumstances of life. The challenges I face in my life are work, school and my personal life. Without personal responsibility I would not be able to balance between them. While not everyone believe you need to have personal responsibility to succeed, I believe that having personal responsibility is the key to success in college and in life because it is our capability to handle all of life’s challenges and accepting responsibility for our actions. Life brings each one of us so many
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Unwanted I chased it along the high street. People must have thought I was mad. I thought I was mad! A scrap piece of paper! Just one piece of paper and there I was running after it like my life depended on it. I was just so desperate to write to you, even after what you’ve done to me. I sat down while the rain trickled down the side of the wall as I was leaning against it. I was trembling with fear whilst my teeth were clattering because of the cold. My hairs lank now sticky and dark with grease
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Maureen D. Manalo BSA 1107 The Day that Never Was “Bestfriends forever okay?” “Of course, bestfriends forever” “Promise?” “Promise” That was the first time, when a little girl named Sophie and the little boy John met, in a place called “the wonderer”. That was the time when Sophie just lost her mother from a car accident. While crying, a boy just came into her life. S: “He told me I’ll be his bestfriend forever Since that day I saw him with his father We were seven back then When everything
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Alexandra Rike Judith Celentano DATE \@ "MMMM d, y" January 28, 2015 Gaining Faith The bell is close to ringing and releasing me for the rest of the day from the most hated place on earth…school. However, today, I wouldn’t mind staying over a few extra minutes to avoid the intense quiz session that is about to take place in my Memi’s car. Last night, I heard my mom on the phone with my Memi telling her all about my new boyfriend, and I’m sure she is just chomping at the bit to know everything
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Reflecting On Wisdom name PSY/220 February 2, 2013 instructor My Aunt died a few days ago. I didn’t really know her very well until last year. Last summer we spent a long weekend together for a family reunion, sharing stories, deep from the heart kind of stories and I fell in love with this amazing woman who is the sister to my late grandfather. Aunt Patty was this radiant soul who cared for people deeply. She was with her wife for 25 or so years, both out lesbians since they became one
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The most memorable day of my life is when I started Job Corps in Carville Louisiana which is A trade school. and when I started job corps it was best day of life brought me so much happiness. Job Corps was good for me because it allowed me to get away from the drama at home. It was a place where I could think too myself and reflect on things in life. Most importantly I needed to find myself and see who I really was. Once I got accepted into the program my family brought me into the gym where guards
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