My Hockey Adventures As winter approached‚ my parents constantly bothered me about choosing a winter sport. Because I was only in the sixth grade‚ my options for sports within the middle school were basketball‚ dance‚ or cheerleading. Luckily‚ I thought outside of the box and suggested hockey to my parents‚ even though my school did not have a team. A couple of my friends who played for the Mandan Hockey Club had helped me convince my parents to let me give it a try. The next week I was already
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My grandpa was a simple man‚ and he lived a pretty average life. He wore flannels in the summer‚ and a goofy smile every day. He snuck candy to his kids when they were grounded‚ and quoted The Princess Bride to cheer them up. He answered every phone call with “yellow”‚ and tormented you with the same riddle until you got it right. He could eat a whole box of twinkies and the peas I hid under my plate. The twinkies‚ though‚ proved too much for his heart to handle‚ as his life was cut short at 58.
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Wishing for a Miracle I remember crying in my father’s lap‚ sobbing‚ saying I didn’t want to do it. The nurse came over to me and said Do you think you could you drink this for me? What is it? I asked. It’s sugar water he replied. I drank it so fast not realizing how bad sugar and water could taste mixed together. The next thing I remember was a woman coming to my bed asking me about colors. She said I could pick three. I saw my two favorite colors neon pink and dark purple and I knew those were
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We were in Canada in Summer. My family was headed to the CN tower‚ one of the tallest towers in the world. As we were heading towards the tall landmark‚ we saw Rogers stadium. That is where the Toronto Blue Jays play. It looked like there was a game going on in the stadium. Everyone was wearing any kind of Blue Jays apparel. Since I was from the Washington D.C area‚ I was a Nationals Fan. The plans for that day was to go to the CN tower and go back to our hotel. All of that changed. My mom was amazed
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On October 9th‚ 2013‚ my Grandmother died from cancer. Two days later we were at the funeral home a couple of minutes away from her house in urban Philadelphia. When we got out of our car I felt a strong brisk of wind and a cold chilling sense down my spine‚ “This isn’t going to be a good day.” I thought to myself and walked up the ramp and into the funeral home. I immediately noticed an overwhelming smell. Like elders and salt‚ probably from the tears that were shed here. I looked around and walked
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I wearily walk home from a long day along the beaten concrete sidewalk dressed in sweat soaked modest rags for clothing I then hear the sirens of local police racing closer towards me. I was‚ almost instantly‚ surrounded by blinding lights of red and blue the police officers holding nightsticks forced me down to the ground I was being arrested for stealing something that did not belong to me. Blurred to court for sentencing after losing my defense sent to a camp where the only colors you see is
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The Decision The thrill of the ball rolling off my fingers‚ my cleats digging in the ground‚ and the next sound I heard was‚ “Strike 3‚ you’re out!” As I walked back to the dugout‚ and my teammates high-fiving each other‚ our coach‚ said we needed to score 2 more runs to win the game‚ 10 minutes later‚ we were celebrating‚ that we won the last game of the season. All the coaches‚ lecturing us on our season‚ about our ‘ups and downs’ all had a happy expression. At the end of the huddle‚ we all
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When I was seven years old‚ I was lying on the couch reading a book while my dad was watching television. I saw something moving‚ out of the corner of my eye‚ and as I turned my head to see what it was‚ I saw a huge daddy long legs trekking over the cushions‚ six inches from my face. I screamed and leaped off the couch‚ crying for my dad to come kill the creature. He told me to calm down‚ picked up the spider by one of its legs‚ and threw it outside. Ever since then‚ I have been terrified of spiders
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I was panting‚ really hard‚ from running for so long. And now there’s a strange blue and black-haired girl who is currently yelling at me‚ telling me that I should come with her‚ from the other side of the diner. I duck as someone throws a water jug at my face‚ most probably thinking that I’m a flesh demon. Which I am most definitely not. Seeing it unfit to fight back‚ because I was heavily outnumbered‚ I quickly pulled my black hoodie down onto my face and swung myself from underneath the table
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Years ago‚ I never really took getting married seriously. For years‚ I was a bachelor and to be quite honest‚ I was having the time of my life. There were times when I felt the urge to settle down‚ but for the most part‚ I was quite content with life the way it was. There was no one to answer to‚ no one to be responsible for‚ and I pretty much came and went as I pleased. In my mind‚ single life was the best and I did not want to rush these times along. Sure‚ I knew I would marry eventually but I
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