Moving to Virginia Changed My Life By Laticia Miles ENG121: English Composition I Instructor Steve Ryan July 27‚ 2014 Who knew‚ changing environments could have a vast effect on my life and the lives of my four children. Changing environments changed our lives socially‚ economically and spiritually. All I had to do was want it bad enough‚ dream it big enough and prepare for the best life I had always envisioned for us. Positive changes occurred within all of us
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Never in my outright life would I have fathomed life to have thrown me a curve ball like the one pitched at me in August of 2012. The person I once knew‚ Tammy‚ had gone missing until she found herself. The transition to a puny town from an immense city completely changed who I was. Let’s start from the beginning. I had a vast amount of friends‚ majority of my school knew me‚ being accepted into AVID‚ people knew my religious personality‚ and accepted my disposition‚ and I had a sense of belonging
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Essay When Life “Hit” Me About a year and a half ago I got into a car crash that was horrible. That moment changed my view about life entirely. All my life I had been waiting until I could get my driver’s license and my first car so my friends and I could ride around town‚ go on road trips‚ and go out on the weekends independently. When I finally got my license and my dad brought my 2008 Nissan Maxima to the house‚ I was thrilled. From that day on‚ the most important thing in my life was that car
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one time‚ in one place to watch a football game. It was against the Florida Gators and the city was abuzz with “GO CANES” signs and Miami jerseys. I was there too‚ experiencing something that I didn’t know‚ but something that would change my life forever. My dad (who played for the Hurricanes from 1983-1987) and I walked into the colossal stadium. As we reached an opening to get to our seats I saw the field for the first time. It was beautiful‚ and it caught me off guard. Game time inched closer;
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My Life Changed Leaving the clinic on that very day tears poured down my eyes as I tried to swallow the news the doctor had just given me. I grabbed my cell phone dialed 7 digits… no answer I hung up the phone and sat in total shock and disbelief‚ as I was about to start my car and leave my phone began to ring my throat tight palms sweaty I answered and muttered two drastic words I’M PREGNANT! The person on the other line must’ve been as shock as I was to hear those words “WHAT” they asked as
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Tradition is existing knowledge. A tradition is a group of related ideas that have lasted for a long time. In some cases people have spent that time trying to improve the ideas. We’ll call that a dynamic tradition because it changes over time. In other cases‚ the focus has been on keeping the tradition exactly the same over time. We’ll call that a static tradition because it does not change. Although these approaches are contradictory‚ some traditions are mixed. Dynamic traditions are important
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In Another Life During the short story by Tim O’Brien “The Things They Carried” Lieutenant Jimmy Cross experiences physical and emotional discomforts due to the Vietnam War. At war‚ Lt. Cross bears a love for a woman named Martha. One of the things he carries is a picture of her so he can reminisce about the times he spent with her. Not only does Lt. Cross carry a physical image of Martha‚ he also carries the emotions he feels about her in his mind. Jimmy Cross would love Martha if it was not
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moment that forever changed my life was the day that the local librarian‚ Phil‚ convinced me to read my first independent novel. My father couldn’t find any more work in Manassas‚ Virginia and the only option was to move to Wise where his family resided. Throughout the first year of moving‚ stress was at an all-time high. My mother and father were still at home packing things while my siblings and I were attending school in Wise. Once my parents arrived in Wise permanently‚ my father continued to
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that I thought would make my life terrible‚ well at least I to me it did. I had to move from living with my father to moving in with my mother. This change affected me emotionally‚ but also changed my life for the better. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for this change in my life. When my parents got a divorce‚ and remarried our family started to go downhill. Our step mother wasn’t very welcoming towards my siblings and I‚ which caused a huge problem between my family overtime. As time
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“The Crash that changed my life” Paris Tallman Developmental Writing Life can be very unpredictable‚ there are many accidents everyday. Some people perceive these events as unfortunate‚ while others believe it to be an act of god. Whenever I witness car accidents on the road‚ I view them as to be very unfortunate for the people involved. I never imagined one day I would firsthand experience the event of being in a car accident. I remember it as if it was yesterday. On Sunday‚ September
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