curious, but never bothered to ask. She finally told me, I still remember the day. I came home from school and my mom told my brothers and I that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was shocked at the news. I did not know how to go about it. I felt a little better when she told me it was stage one, meaning it was not horrible. I was still very startled by the news, a parent getting cancer this early never crossed my mind. Cancer was all around me, but it never really affected me. Her having cancer
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that you are madly in love with me. I could not ask for anything more in life. Happy valentine’s Day!!!!Happy valentine day to the person I love the most! It makes me proud To be your girlfriend And be with the person I truly love and admire. Happy Valentine’s Day!” Hello handsome, its hard to put feelings into words but I hope you know I love you and think about you everyday. Your words mean everything to me even though your hugs mean more when your holding me tight, everything feels so right
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relationships, friendship and conflict. After purchasing my ticket for the museum, I was talking with the security guard about how excited I was to see the exhibit. I told her I had never been in the building before and was curious about the whole place and what all they offer. She let me view the actual Theatre and told me about how many people fit in each section of the building. She said they hold wedding receptions, parties, and other activities in the foyer area. There was a small group that
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afraid of change, of what might force me to escape my comfort zone. Everyone goes through change throughout their lifetime whether it’s wanted or not. For me, change had its biggest impact on my life during my senior year of high school. I was just your average teenage girl, I had the three best friends anyone could ask for, the normal teenage drama, but was not the most confident girl. One event in particular would change my life forever, and it would require me to step out of my comfort zone and take
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Audience: Philip and Nathan (my children) Purpose: To show them how precious life is, and never take it for granted. My Mother’s Eyes All of us have moments that happen to us. Some moments we want to forget, others remain seared in our minds and hearts forever. Such was a time for me 17 years ago. I was seven months pregnant with my second child. My mother was lying in Fort Sanders Hospital in a coma. She was diagnosed five years earlier with Multiple Myloma, a bone cancer
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would invite us to visit them and my mother, father sister and I would all go over and usually stay all day, have dinner and me and my sister would usually sleep over while my parents went out. Their house was right next to the Indian River. It had a dock and a small boat. They also had two dogs a very old one and a younger terrier. I remember my aunt teaching me how to use a snorkel and mask in a pool. She would always show me how to do cool things like how to catch and cook a crab. Every moment I
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but never lost their Senegalese pride. We wore our traditional clothing on special occasions. We eat our country’s food with pride. We loved our skin and our natural hair. Our culture was never a problem. Until, I had to go to a summer day camp. I walked with so much confidence but left with my feet across the floor. The girls had pulled my ponytails and told me I was worthless. They said my food stunk and needed to be thrown away. They yelled and screamed nasty words at me. The girls told me I smelled
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might be; And one of them have I in memory, Which I shall gladly tell you, as I can. But, sirs, because I am an ignorant man, At my beginning must I first beseech You will excuse me for my vulgar speech; I never studied rhetoric, that's certain; That which I say, it must be bare and plain. I never slept on Mount Parnassus, no, Nor studied Marcus Tullius Cicero. Colours I know not, there's no doubt indeed, Save colours such as grow within the mead, Or such as men achieve with
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In the wake of the roaring twenties, and the beginnings of the Great Depression, there was an ideal called the American Dream that suggested that by talent, intelligence and a willingness to work hard, you could go from owning nothing…to gaining riches. This “dream” eluded many people, such as poor citizens from California and surrounding states and migrants suffering from the economical downfall from all parts of the world. It gave them false hopes and dreams of becoming wealthy and prosperous,
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would be dealing with my major classes. I’m having problems with managing my time to meet my deadlines on my major subjects. Sometimes, I don’t even have time to sleep. I often ignore some of them just to get out of stress. Reflection: Life is never that easy. All of us are meant to try how things would work out rather than letting them just be there. Problems and pains make us
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