Lake Barkley is a very important place in my life. We have been traveling to the lake ever since I was very young; it has become part of my life and means something to me. I made a lot of new friends and experienced some really cool and exciting times. Even if the sun is so hot that it is burning your skin or you are stressed from work, you are always happy while at the lake. It all started when my dad bought our houseboat. I guess you could say the obsession to be out on the water began here
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Best Friend Some people come to our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. However, there is only one person I would not ever forget. A person that has seen me at my worst and helped me be my best. His name is Mark Perez, my best friend from the Philippines. Even though Mark and I are thousand miles away from each other, our relationship as a best friend is still going and stays stronger. We have known each other since childhood. I remember it was the
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Bond February 24, 2015 A Most Unlikely Friendship It was spring of my last semester studying at a technical college. It has been a long 18 months and the chill of winter had just lifted. I found myself restless and lonely. I had left a long term relationship just before entering school. I had tried dating some, unsuccessfully. I had given up on finding a friend. When I least expected it the friend I wished for would enter my life. The friendship that would then develop between us was anything but
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My Teddy Bear By Carisa A. Paterson I got my first teddy bear today. My mom and dad got it for me. She is a chocolate brown bear. She feels like a fresh pick peach she is as soft as a soft sheet. She is my best friend in the world, and her name is Mrs. Peach. Hey I am only five what do you take me for I am not that popular at kindergarten. We do everything together and it is so much fun. Such as play outside. We eat together and we love to take mud baths those are the most fun
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4) Throughout my time at Texas A&M, especially at Mays Business School, I have been trying hard to figure out who I truly am. I wanted to know what I wanted to major in, what organizations I would join, what group of friends would I surround myself with, and so on. It wasn’t until recently when I finally realized the core values at Texas A&M have helped me figure out who I am. Even though the core values are embodied everywhere on campus, I have never really thought about them when I arrived here
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long-distance runner. Walking into her first practice, she didn’t even know what cross country had in store for her, or even how good she would be. Encouraged by her friends to join the team, Rachel was about to meet the true runner that she was. “My grade school coach had us all line up in a straight line across the 10-yard-line and told us that we were to run as fast as our legs could take us to the other side of the field. Let me told you, I was incredibly nervous.” The very first run of Rachel
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I quickly run to my mom to assess the situation. It feels hard to believe that eleven years flew by since the first day that I saw my little fluffy bundle of joy. My little poodle attained the name of Lily. I never imagined I would become as close to Lily as I did. One day, she casually walked into my backyard. I did not have a clue what to do, but eventually I carefully approached her. She was the most polite dog I have ever met. We played all day, and soon became best friends. But, of
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Intelligence Having seen this movie more times than I can count on my fingers, I still am surprised to how this whole movie is based upon. My reaction is still the same, but I indeed discover more things, the more I watch it over and over again. Questions of life constantly surpass my mind when I sit quietly and watch this movie, such a mind blowing wakeup call. Of what life and what the future may hold. I personally think it’s one of the best films that were made, why you ask well this is one of those
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Artifacts JJ : I chose JJ as an artefact from the story because he was the best friend of Toby, the Benchwarmer and they make the a perfect friendship and they both were good at basketball. It was a Said in the as “ Take my best friend, JJ.” Ghost : I chose ghost as an artefact from the story because it connects to Halloween and trick or treating that Toby and JJ and used to do on Halloween JJ on Halloween night found his new friends and Toby was left behind. “ How that changed started around
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are the best of the best in the world. This brings us to our first “H” of Military service: Hours. Hours Becoming a member of the military of the United States of America is no easy feat accomplished by any ordinary Joe. It is said to be one of the most physically demanding jobs of our country with such an absurd amount of time put into it, that you might think these men are fools. But they had the calling to be something better than themselves. From day one of boot camp until the day they retire
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