tree. Below me satyrs played their reed pipes as campers plucked strawberries from their vines. There wasn't much to do around camp today, seeing as it was mostly a lazy day. Chiron had let all the campers take a day off from their activities. We had had an eventful past few days. "Alexis Garcia!" Someone shouted from below me. I looked down to see my best friend, Nico Di Angelo. He was the only one who was allowed to call me by my full name. As much as I hated the name, I could never get him to
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the years of worry and stress, and his whitebushy eyebrows and growing second chin showed his old age. His smile greeted me. As I drewclose to him, his aging arms reached out and wrapped around my body and pulled me into a warmloving hug. As he released me from the hug, I said, "Grandpa, I have some news I want you tohear" as I plopped down in the chair beside him. "I wanted to let you know that I am getting married," I told him.The room was left in a dead silence, frozen for a brief period of time
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than bad. My ex taught me lessons about life, love, and myself that I will take with me to the grave. From him I've learned what kind of partner I want to be. I've learned how love can change people for the better. The lesson I'm in the process of learning is how to love myself enough to let go of something that's become easy and comfortable in order to pursue my ultimate happiness. And all in all if it is meant to be, then it will find its way. This relationship taught me to be selfless. While
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heard the famous saying “Let bygones will be bygones” but most of the time you have an understanding of the quote but don’t really know the real meaning. The saying/quote means let the past be the past and move on with your life. A. Really everyone has their bad days or bad experience and let them run there because they can’t let it go. B. I am credible because when I was younger I had extremely bad anger issues. The reasoning behind my anger issues I didn’t let the past go and I started to hate
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last Dog” by Katherine Patterson, is a dog and a dog’s best friend who lives inside a dome because they believed the outside world was dangerous. The lesson of this story is to trust your own instinct. I really enjoyed reading this because it reminded me when I was a kid and first got my dog. That relationship between us was almost unbreakable. The author did a wonderful job making the words come to life and making a memory in my head. Brock was raised in the dome and that was all he knew. When
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Stop the tape and rewind Oh and if you walk away I know I’ll fade ‘Cause there is nobody else [All] It’s gotta be you Only you It’s got to be you Only you [Liam] Now girl I hear it in your voice and how it trembles When you speak to me I don’t resemble who I was You’ve almost had enough And your actions speak louder than your words And you’re about to break from all you’ve heard But don’t be scared, I ain’t going nowhere [Zayn] I’ll be here, by your side No more fears, no
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Act 1 Scene 1 BENEDICK That a woman conceived me, I thank her; that she brought me up, I likewise give her most humble thanks: but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pardon me. Because I will not do them the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust none; and the fine is, for the which I may go the finer, I will live a bachelor. DON PEDRO I shall see thee, ere I die, look pale with love. BENEDICK
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Heaven or Medicine, What Would You Choose? If your daughter had an incurable disease and you had the choice to keep her alive on machines or let her pass in peace, what would you do? Before you answer, let's pray you never have to find out. Losing a child is likely the most traumatic event a person could suffer, but to have to choose to let your child die is beyond comprehension. And, yet, that is exactly the situation Steve and Michelle Moon found themselves in. The Moon's daughter, five-year-old
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alphabet every Sunday at my synagogue in Plano Texas. By doing that, it made me realize that I wanted to pursue in teaching. But what was I going to do after senior year? Stay in Dallas so I could still work at my synagogue or venture out and see what else there was out there that could hopefully teach me new things and help me learn new things while in a classroom. I knew that if I wanted to pursue in teaching I needed to go out and learn new things in different communities. Growing up in Dallas Texas
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it in a potion like a science That liquid G diet got a nigga so quiet Cause the shit so strong, got me feeling like I'm dying The shit so raw, nothing else can get me higher Only time you see me's when I'm balling with my niggas Cause my life too private, my ride too private My flight too private, my shows so riot My jaw so tired, I go all night in my city to the fall Then it's time for me to fly her I got a girl at home even though she ain't flying [Hook] And she gon' give it up cause
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