“I’ll do it” are three words I do not regret saying. I was offered the chance to be a coach for my school’s select baseball team. This was an opportunity to do something that I enjoy, and also teach a group of talented kids teamwork, sportsmanship, and focus. On a cold January evening, I met […]
My biggest fear has always been being alone. The idea of not having any company and losing my loved ones has always been such a tough subject for me to talk about with anyone, including myself. There comes a point in life though where you have to let go and cope with your loss of […]
After the thirty-minute boat ride, the nine other Americans and I arrived in the small, but beautiful fishing village of Balawing. We were still in the first week of our two-week church summer mission trip to the Philippines, and were enjoying ourselves in a completely exhausted kind of way. Right when we stepped out of […]
I am by nature an introvert. I embrace the silence of my mind. When I think, I hear a voice in my head quite different from the one that I hear when I speak. When I write, the voice confidently dictates every word. But when I speak, the voice changes dramatically. Sometimes it is almost […]
She carried the objects that almost all troopers carried. The artillery that pulled on her skinny body and the arsenal of bullets outweighed her by at the least 20 kilos. Her commonplace situation fight boots have been all however fashionable and he or she felt the drab, camouflage uniform did nothing for her determine, however […]
“Make it more durable for me,” Scotty yelled, the phrases barely understandable by means of his heavy respiratory and the encircling noise. I wasn’t even a full week into my senior 12 months and I had already had what I’d name probably the most eye-opening experiences of my 12 months. Unified Sports activities (which is […]
Tig Notaro was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer; as a result, she was forced to get a double mastectomy to save her life. Comedians use Sigmund Freud’sReliefTheory to relieve the audience of stress. Comedy professionals use wittypunchlines, riveting personification, andsmart toppersto create humor and convey a theme in their comedy routines. First, comedians use witty […]
If there is one thing I have never been great at is learning another language. I’ve worked my hardest in school, but still had a problem. It was affecting my grade and frustrating me, but with help from math I was able to find a solution. Ever since fifth grade I have had trouble in […]
Family. The people you’re either blessed with, or cursed with. Sure, everyone is affected by their relatives in one way or another, but not everyone has the same outcome as a result. Personally, I’m not an exceptional human being. I’m not working on a cure for cancer or saving woodland animals from extinction in my […]
I am eight years old. It is summertime in my native South Florida, which means unbearable heat in the mornings and unrelenting thunderstorms in the afternoons. I prance over the grassy median, disregarding the shimmering heat waves rising off of the pavement. I am happy to be out of the stuffy car and on my […]