I still felt guilty. I kept seeing my mother’s face In front of me. I knew that I had to be here, but the quiet walls of my apartment let my thoughts eat away at me down to my core. The buzzing of the busy streets of New York City were not loud enough to mask the screaming that was inside my head. After I left home, my mother, a hard hearted woman, completely gave up on trying to change who I was. I moved to the city two years ago, from a small town in Virginia called Riverdale, to become an artist
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makes no difference to them--right now, they're living together in their own make believe world. The blonde takes out her favorite stuffed animal, a black pony who would be forgotten in years to come. She holds the toy outstretched in her arms and turns in circles, feeling the warm breeze brush her skin as she begins to imitate a horse’s gallop. An imaginary creature takes her by surprise--maybe a giant, a neon butterfly , or a dancing unicorn--and she lets out
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about Jing Mei, a grown woman who has just flown to China to fulfill her mother’s greatest wish, to see her first born daughters who live in China. Unexpectedly, Jing Mei’s mom had been struck by a cerebral aneurysm and had died from it. Jing Mei is seeing her sisters for the first time ever, and she is nervous. Who wouldn’t be nervous seeing to daughters that you’ve never seen before in your life, and telling them that their mother is dead? Even though the plot seems really dark and it builds a lot
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everything was very different. My family lived a simple life back in the Philippines. We did not have much, no television, couch, dining table and other appliances a house should contain. All we had were blankets, pillows, fans and our so called stove where we had to use rocks and put charcoal underneath to make fire. Our house stands right beside the railway, where the
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there was not another boat in sight. As my parents, my sister Brianna, my friend Alissa and I traveled home from Fire Island; there was not a sound except for the engine of the boat running. As I looked up in the distance I saw a light and kidding around with Brianna and Alissa I said, “hey look a UFO” and they both laughed. All of a sudden I heard a bang. I closed my eyes and grabbed onto the pole right next to me. The boat was spinning; I heard screaming, and my Dad say something. Then everything came
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younger sister and Sourdi, the older sister. The story is narrated by Nea and what she discusses is her difficulty growing up. Chai’s character is very relatable as we all have may have had some moments in our life when our parent’s have said something along the lines of what the girls’ mother says to Nea, “You not thinking. That your problem. You always not think!” (82). She also indirectly discusses the contrast between herself and Sourdi and how her aggressive thoughts and actions influence her decisions
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JOURNEY TO MEXICO When I was three years old my family decided to move from Modesto, California to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We moved there so my sister and I could experience another culture and my parents owned rental properties there they wanted to manage. Luckily for my sister and me we were young enough that it was not too difficult of a move. The culture shock was the most challenging part of the move for us. English was rarely spoken where we lived and things were done much differently. Moving
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filled with history but also a dark past that would soon come out for everyone to know. Sister, went missing in the woods she began to wonder how and why. Jamie always recalled the stories she was told about the woods. She thought they were fake and just old folktales people would use to scare children. But ever since Maria, Jamie’s sister, she began to wonder if the stories were real. Jamie wakes up and grabs her phone and calls
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Earth: Her Stories and Hymns From Sumer”, Harper & Rowe, Publishers. From the Great Above she opened her ears to the Great Below. From the Great Above the goddess opened her ears to the Great Below. From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below. My lady abandoned heaven and earth to descend to the underworld. Inanna abandoned heaven and earth to descend to the underworld. She abandoned her office of holy priestess to descend to the underworld. In Uruk she abandoned her temple
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The last time my mom overdosed was the last time I was with her. I still remember this day like it was yesterday. It was almost the worst day in my life. My day started out just how any other day would. I woke up and got me and my little sister breakfast. Then I went to see what my mother was doing. I couldn’t find her at all I looked all over. I went in to her room. She was asleep and I couldn’t get her awake, which then wasn’t a big deal because she was hard to wake up. But then a couple hours
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