better than you", "adamu was first in his class so we expect nothing less from you". This mounted a lot of pressure on me and I was constantly striving to be better than htm I began seeing life as a competition because of this I begun to despise my siblings, they became objects of burden to me, a constant remind that I wasn't good enough, being a day student through my primary and secondary school days I came home to these same concerns and comparison, it put a lot of pressure on me and often I wished
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[Personal information] Where is your home town? , Where do you live? My hometown is Pohang , I live in Pohang (Realiy?) Do you live in Pohang, now? Yes I`m live in Pohang now Who do you live with? I live with my family. My family member is ~~~ What is your major? My major is computer engineering Is your major interesting? Yes, my major is interesting. because it is easy and funny! What do you study in your major? I study computer programming and math [Abilities] Can you cook ( swim
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FOR ANYBODY THAT DOESN’T KNOW ME, IM KYLE, ONE OF NANAS 6 GRANDCHILDREN. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW NANA WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN. FAMILY ALWAYS CAME FIRST WHEN IT CAME TO HER. NOTHING MADE HER HAPPIER THAN HAVING HER FAMILY OVER FOR PASTA AND HER FAMOUS MEATBALLS. MEATBALLS WERE JUST ONE OF HER COOKING SPECIALTIES HOWEVER. SHE ALSO MADE AMAZING HOMEMADE WEDDING SOUP AND EVERY CHRISTMAS SHE BAKED ENOUGH COOKIES TO FEED A SMALL ARMY. IF THERE WERE TWO RULES TO FOLLOW AT NANAS I WOULD SAY NEVER SAY NO WHEN SHE
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Dedication Rita Leary, my wife,who provides constant support to my writing effort. Donna Leary Mentzos, my daughter, who assisted with the editing. June M. Leary, my daughter who provided the encouragement, support and editing without which this book would not have been written. As I sit back in my rocking chair, sometimes with a glass of wine, many of the places, people and circumstances of my past go through my mind. I daydream of what was and wonder at what might have been
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Obtaining a stable income and a planned retirement is my top priority. Throughout my life, I’ve seen my parents struggle with finances. My parents used to yell at each other for hours when I was a kid, I don’t want that kind of stress again in my life. My father would be irritated with my mother because she would constantly quit jobs. She wanted my father to take care of all expenses so she could be a stay-at-home mother. Seeing my parents divorce has taught me that I don’t want to be dependent on
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“Before I was, there were” Before I was born my family consisted of my Mom, Dad, my brother Ian, and my sister Emily. My father was born and raised in Brooksville, Florida. While my mother was born in Long Island, New York. She relocated here to Florida when her father retired from the New York City Police Department when she was 16. My Grandfather and Grandmother, on my mothers side, grew up in New York. My mother is the smallest child in her family, and she is 6 feet tall, her tallest brother
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2014 The year 2014 changed my life forever. My family was like any average family, loud and disorganized, but we always got along and loved each other unconditionally. We shared many laughs and good times. I will never forget the last time my cousins, my Uncle Joe, and I were together. We were blasting the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?” and singing as loud as we could. Uncle Joe was like a second father to me. He spent every weekend with us and we loved every minute of it. He never made a big
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On a cold winter night, Dave was walking home from a local store, at 12:36. He was going to get some food for his brother, Calvin, he was sick and Calvin could not move at all, he had autism. Calvin did not have a home, so Dave let him stay at his house as long as he wanted. Therefore his house is huge, he didn't get bothered by Calvin’s appearance. It is a mansion, about 50 people could sleep there, three stories high. Dave is an attractive and is a lady’s man. Basically, he had it all., Then
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The video age? It was the year 2032, and two grandkids were sitting at the feet of their grandma who was watching them for the weekend while their parents went out. The kids were 10 and 12 and their names were Annabel, and Josh. Annabel asked “Grandma what was it like when you were young”? Josh whispered “hush, she still is young she is only 34”. Then grandma said, “Josh is ok, I’m not that young any more, but Annabel that is a good question”. Then she began to explain what is was like in her
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May 1st, 2005. The date when I decided to be a champion, to be better than my brother, at his own expense. It was a nice enough day in South Linden, 70 degrees, sun out, slight breeze. Construction was going on outside my house, the crew was working on a sidewalk. Our mailman came to the door as usual, bringing different papers that were far too boring to read. Our, at the time, family of 5 gathered for breakfast, my dad pouring us all Reese's Puffs. Dad had read to me Hop on Pop the night before
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