Growing up can be challenging even with the ideal surroundings. Your teen years are even more puzzling because you seem to be stuck in between being a child and an adult. Throw in not having a father or mother around and life gets difficult. The year 2001 was a difficult year for my family and the nation. My life growing up wasn’t picture perfect, but in one very long month I learned that kindness from those around will help you endure and survive.…
As Hannah knows, I had to take my car in for some unexpected repairs today so am a little short on money at the moment.…
When I was younger, I was oblivious to the world around me, I always thought life was just a really slow journey, But as I began to grow up I started to recognise, That everything I thought when I was younger were just stupid little lies. I have learnt to take every chance I get, So in the future I won’t regret. I don’t know if I have matured in my mind,…
“We all stray from time to time….and when you do, OWN IT! If you deny it….you are giving up control again.” This can teach a lesson to people struggling with drugs and alcohol. If you deny that you have a problem, you will continue to let these things control your life, but if you own up to it, you can help yourself or get help from others. The quote, from the “I don’t know the Bible…” paragraph, “‘Well done, my good and faithful servant,”’ reflects what I believe in and what I have learned. Growing up I heard many people tell me, “God first, others second, and yourself last.” First of all, these two quotes are telling me to live a faithful life by putting God first. Also, to put others before me and serve them just like Jesus did.…
In the past a thousand weeks, I feel like I have accomplished a great deal. As the quarter ends, I find myself reflecting not only how I have survived my fifth quarter but also what I have learned. The most important thing I have learned so far is how to become a better writer. I did not think it could really happen to me. I did not think I could handle all the work. I did not think I could actually become a better writer. Somehow, after all the hours of writing, and putting effort into my papers that I wrote in this quarter, I became a better writer. I did this because I concentrated on two very important areas. With help from an awesome teacher and my partner, I have become a better writer by improving my skills in the areas of procrastination and content.…
In my family we have a tradition of holding a rites of passage for the 13th birthday of any sibling in my family girl or boy. The purpose of the rites of passage is to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood, it also symbolizes for my family being dead to childish things and alive in more adult hood. For boys its learning how to become a True man, for girls its learning how to become a true women. A true man or woman and not what the society calls a "man" or "woman."…
Imagine the day when you realize how much responsibility you have and how powerful and impactful your decisions can be. The day you realize you're transitioning from childhood to adulthood. On this day, you are probably thinking to yourself; how did this happen so fast, can I handle all of this responsibility, what about if I make the wrong choice? All of these questions enter the mind of a young person who realizes the responsibility they now hold as a young adult.…
Most children develop pretty similarly. They are born, they learn to crawl then walk and then run. My life didn’t start that way. I was born in February of 1994 in Redwood City, California to two loving parents. My parents were in their late twenties when they had me and were anxious to start a family. They had been married for seven years by the time I was born so I was brought into a very stable environment. Although my mother had taken good care of herself throughout her pregnancy, my health upon birth was not what they expected it to be. My mother recalls seeing me for the first and asking the nurse what was on my back. It was soon realized that I had a closed meingocele on the lower section of my back meaning that I had Spina Bifida.…
Vroom! Vroom! It was a cold and cloudy Saturday afternoon and me, my parents and my parents friends Alex and Vince were driving to a 7:00 Missouri Tiger football game. They were going to play the Texas A&M Aggies at home. Whoever wins is going to go to one of the biggest games of the year which is the SEC championship.…
On September 13th, 2014, I was tragically swept off my feet by an enticing junior. The experience was thrilling; my freshman eyes were in awe of the admiration that he was bestowing upon me. Officially earning the title of “girlfriend” on November 8th led to my heart leap cheerily even more. Fortunately, all throughout our lives we have those who unconditionally love us and constantly feed us the truth we need to hear, even when we do not want it. Luckily for me, my parents proudly take that role. From the moment this mesmerizing boy walked into my life, I had been unable to see past the gaze that googly eyes give you. The impaired vision was blurred even more every time he caused me to cry. Red eyes and a stuffy nose became a normal part…
Becoming an adult means becoming many things. Adults have to make their own money, get a career, and do other activities that all seem pretty daunting to the average adolescent preparing to enter that stage of life. However, through maintaining a level head, active listening, and a pen and some paper, I realized many things about what it means to be a grown up and just how wrong I was all along.…
Growing up I had dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up. As I got older my dreams changed to new things, I never stuck to one thing for too long. I soon realized that one day I would have to pick one thing and actually pursue it. There are many things I would like to do but to this day I still cannot pick one.…
I remember a long time ago, when my dad brought home a new addition to our family. She was about six weeks old and very afraid of everything around her. She was in a new world, a place that was an awakening in her eyes. Her fur was as soft as a cotton blanket and her attention span lasted as long as a blink of an eye. I remember watching my mom walk into the living room, with her hands on her mouth as she fell to her knees. A beautiful brown and white kitten, with streaks of golden fur that traced all around her. She was perfect in my mom's eyes. She couldn’t of thanked my dad anymore than she did. Therefore, She decided to name the kitten, Kiki, after her previous cat.…
When I sit back and look at how my life was growing up as a child and all the things I have been through in my entire life made me the strong woman that I am today. It all went downhill when my father passed away, he was my entire world. Since the death of my father, my mom became more and more depressed as the days went by and tend to distance herself, so it seemed like I had lost both of my parents that day. Growing up with no form a guidance I was a very rebellious kid, I did every and anything just to get attention such as: fights, pot, stole thing, got arrested numerous times, but that was still yet not the worst part of my life.…
Back in the day when I was about 8 playing baseball I felt mentally captive. I felt that I could not succeed like the other players were and I felt weak. Just like all the patients in the ward battling against Nurse Ratched they felt hopeless just like I did. I was so unmotivated to go to practice because I felt like I wasn’t improving. Maybe if I actually used my head I could of thought that what the major league players do is what I have to do to become just like them. That was my mentality when I was young and it still is to this day. I learned that if I wanted to succeed I have to put in extra work. I needed to practice, have control, and game situation.…