The locals call it the “Parma Dome” because of the immense concentration of rain in the small town of Parma. “You never can trust the weather radar because we live in Parma,” my resident Betty said. Betty was a retired factory worker who lived in Parma her entire life. After standing on cement floors, she […]
The rain falls in torrents. Like an engorged snake, the river has made its way hazardously close to the cluster of houses that huddle behind three feet tall sandbags. The river has easily overtaken the wild knotweed and flimsy trees that protrude from the water waving their surrender. And although it appears to be moving […]
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Freshman 12 months, I was dazed and confused. I had simply moved throughout a stretch of 5368 miles from Ukraine to the American Midwest, bought the prospect to mould myself into the creation of my goals. Caught within the whirlpool of alternatives, I was desperately attempting to seize on to a straw of normalcy as […]
Birds chirping, wind blowing, balls bouncing. My grandparents’ backyard situated in North Andover, Massachusetts is the ideal place to visit during the dog days of summer. It lies between a quaint neighborhood park, which has recently been remodeled, and Sutton Street, the town’s busiest road. Children on bikes and babies in strollers race down the […]
Every Saturday morning at my synagogue, there are three separate services occurring simultaneously: an elementary and pre-school service, a middle school service, and the adult service. Each one, much to my liking, has a set order of prayers. While sitting with my father, I check my watch and see that it’s “that time” already. I […]
The summer before freshman year was a difficult one as I watched friends plan for their first days at a new school, knowing I wouldn’t be joining them. They had been allowed to choose their high school and decided on one that was close by and full of average kids like me. More than half […]
It took about seventeen years of most of my life to realize how important church was to me. Life changing events happen us every day and to people around us. Those events can be as simple as finding a ten dollar bill on the ground, or as shocking as the death of a friend or […]
Anger at a Young Age Rising up I all the time had anger points, similar to all the time taking anger out on every thing and everybody. Throughout my junior 12 months of highschool, I made a decision to alter my methods. I knew it was not a nice option to dwell life, and it […]
“The feller whose verdict counts most in your life, is the guy staring back from the glass.” The Guy in the Glass, a poem by Dave Wimbrow, tells the most important life lesson; if you have cheated yourself, your life really does not mean anything. I had this poem read to me right before my […]