the age of 12‚ my sister was diagnosed with Type 1‚ Juvenile Diabetes. I was only 7 years old‚ so I didn’t really understand what happened. All I can remember is crying because my sister was in pain and I hated to see her laying in that hospital bed. Every month we had to take a trip to Duke Children’s Hospital for her to see the diabetes specialist. For the most part‚ she keeps it under control and wears an insulin pump to take her medicine. After that experience‚ I considered my sister a warrior
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My parents are illegal immigrants‚ I have no shame in that‚ and they are some of the hardest workers I have ever seen. I was born in Dallas‚ Texas‚ and lived in the city of Pleasant Grove for the first year of my life at my uncle’s house. Most people refer to that area as the “hood” but here I am. We lived in my uncle’s house because my parents hadn’t been in the United States long enough for them to be completely established without any help. After countless hours of work my dad
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answer‚ “No”. I had this insane idea that the world revolved around me. Although I still had the concept in my head‚ that it was all about me when I was informed I would be an older sister‚ I knew that nothing would be the same. Before I was a sister‚ I never took anyone else into consideration‚ and I was never told to do otherwise. I was around four years old‚ when this news has changed my life forever. When I first received the news that I would have a younger brother‚ I was filled with joy and excitement
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At First I was apprehensive about moving for the gazillionth time. Through my life I was very unsettled moving from place to place. Now I had to move again‚ Which I felt very fed up with moving repeatedly. My father wanted to move closer to his family‚ and try to start a better life for us. We were living in Effingham‚ IL‚ with a friend of ours. It was a yellow house‚ yet not like a bright yellow‚ more of a pale yellow. It was a 2 story house; the central floor and the basement. There four bedrooms
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My mother‚ “Regina Hopkins‚” has been a positive influence in my life. She has raised 6 kids all by herself as well as earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a City College in Gainesville‚ Florida. My mother has been through pretty much everything a person can go through outside of war and was still able to be there and provide for all 6 of her kids. In high school‚ my mother wanted to play football and couldn’t because she was a girl and back-in-the-day women were not allowed to play football
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Jonita Cepeda Asst. Prof. Toves EN 100W-Section #8 Date: 2/20/2014 Paper #1‚ Draft #4 My Athletic Life as a Senior Friends were made‚ teams were created‚ and working hard was my life. I practiced to reach my full potential and challenged myself to beat my best score. The thrill of the sports I played gave me meaning to work and work. That is why my senior year was full of accomplishments. It all started by joining a first quarter sport‚ which for me was volleyball. I joined volleyball with
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change my perspective on life forever. Originally‚ I decided to join the Costa Rica 2015 team as a good self-improvement experience and to see another part of the world; my reasons were very selfish. I knew that we would be helping people there and I was eager to do that‚ but it wasn’t my primary reason for going. The minute I met the pastors of the church with which we were collaborating‚ my whole mindset changed. I suddenly had this intense desire to make a lasting difference in someone’s life. Over
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My Uncle Ross is a person I admire greatly. His life has been a continuous struggle. He is a person who has faced much adversity and yet remains positive. When I hear about what he faces on a daily basis‚ I can’t quite imagine how he handles it. When I hear about his struggles‚ mine seem so insignificant. He is someone that I can look up to and find inspiration from as I face struggles of my own. Uncle Ross is my mother’s brother and the youngest of four children. He grew up in a quiet neighborhood
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During the first half of my high school career‚ I was blindsided by a handful of life-altering events. As a freshman‚ I began struggling with severe anxiety‚ which has persisted ever since its conception; however‚ I have been working arduously to overcome this issue and have become significantly better at handling my anxiety and panic attacks. The summer before my sophomore year my mother remarried and moved me and my family from Atlanta to a small town in Northwest Georgia. This move was incredibly
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One of my largest life decisions was making the switch. The switch changed my life in multiple ways. It introduced me to several important people in my life including friends and coaches. The switch also gave me numerous opportunities I would not have had otherwise. The switch was not easy to adjust to at the time‚ but I will never regret it. It has become a major decision in my life and now is a significant part of my memories. The switch occurred in eighth grade when I transitioned from basketball
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