Death I remember the day just like it was yesterday, the pale color and coldness of her skin. The sky was clear blue, soft, with a touch of red, and the trees seemed stiff in their bright green shade. The wind was blowing with its humid dry air. And All I could do was stand silently in disbelief, caught up in my own thoughts and calm as I ever been. Wondering what I could have done differently to change the course of time, life had taken us upon. Since that very day a chunk of my heart was ripped away
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I was born in the year of 1986 in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. My parents followed and were a part of a religious polygamy cult named the Fundamentalist Church of Ladder Day Saint, or better known as the FLDS. Most members of the cult lived in a small town they call Short Creek, on the Utah Arizona border. My father had two wives. We called them Mother Karen, and Mother Marsha. Mother Karen was my birth mother. I was the seventh child of twenty children. We were required to ensue their very strict
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Blessing in Disguise Throughout my life I didn’t care about watching what I ate or how much I exercised. I just wanted to eat whatever sounded good at the time. I didn’t seem to care how much I would overeat or how unhealthy I was. My main goals in life were to be lazy, eat food, and play video games. Once I got to high school, my eating habits got even worse. I would always get a second helping of food at lunch, and I would snack on gas station food. I always just told myself that I didn’t care
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always my wish to have both Mommy and Daddy in my life, but my story is different. At the age of seventeen my mother gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and named her Niah Dominique Cummings. Growing up, I knew for a fact that I had my mother in my life, but I hardly ever saw my father. I came to my senses that there was no father. My mother finally filled me in and told me that my father had moved to Atlanta, Georgia two days after I was born. Which basically meant he was not there the day I was
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Ani’s Story The topic of illegal and legal immigration is a hot topic in the United States. I spent 8 years in Southern California; during my time living there, I met a friend who came to the United States illegally with her family as a child. They are still not citizens and residing here illegally, it is not easy. Ani and her family left Mexico in 2001 because of the poverty and living conditions. Her parents could not support their family with the jobs there. They had no money and nowhere
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The beach is my favorite vacation spot. It’s not just a beach, it is Virginia Beach. It makes memories with my family every year. The first time I went there was about three years ago. It was the best experience ever from staying in a beautiful waterfront hotel to going out to the best seafood places in town to walking on the beach. My first time there it was beautiful. The only beach I ever went to was Seaside Heights New Jersey which is nice but in Virginia you can see through the water and you
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with the ball rolling along the nicely cut, green grass at my feet. I was closing in on the goal when I used all of the power I could and shot the ball at the stark white net. I stood in place following the ball with my eyes as it twirled through the fresh, Spring air all the way until it hit the back of the net. I was extremely excited and my team was too. This was my first ever goal on the Developmental Team for the Dorussel Sharks. My name is Jarred. I am your average 15 year old freshman
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one want to do it again. On a scale of one to ten I would say my addiction level is a five. However compared to Ms. Stites, I would give myself a three. Ms. Stites is one of the most addicted persons I have ever heard of. Social media is fun and its good to connect with friends, but it shouldn’t be used to stalk others or find random people. I chose five because I don’t think that I am one to use too much technology. I’m average at best. The reason why I believe I’m average is because the most I do
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this year? In my opinion I believe I improved this year more than any other years. I didn’t improve as much as I wished to, but I did improve instead of staying where I was at. I focused on my missing assignments, attendance, and tardies this year. I have improved on my missing assignments this year vs how they were last year. My missing assignments this year were not the best but they improved so much. I used to get whole pages freshman year of missing assignments, the most I ever got this year
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ringing of my alarm clock woke me up; I reached for it to make it stop. Still in my bed, I began to stretch a bit. I barely slept the night before, I was to excite for prom. It was already late Thursday morning, the sun was gleaming through my windows and I knew I had a lot to get done. My mom entered my room “It’s prom day!” she squealed. She seemed more excited about my prom than I was. “C’mon get up, you need to get your hair, nails and makeup done!” I got out of bed and began to start my day. While
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