Most kids’s first phrases vary from primal grunts to candy mumblings that resemble human names, however my first phrase was “thunder.” From the very starting, I’ve been passionate about the sky and its ever-changing canvas of blues and grays, lotions and milky whites. I’m tuned into the rhythms of rainfall, the dance of snowflakes and […]
“Wait, I don’t understand, can you go over that again?” One of my classmates shouts out after returning from her reverie. This is what I hear as I sit in the back of my freshman Algebra I class, about to learn the same thing all over again. I look around and see half the class […]
I walked to U.S. Customs in Chicago with my Jordanian passport clutched in my hand and my backpack over my shoulder. The man at the Customs window was dressed in a sophisticated black suit with badges all over his top pocket and a .45 caliber pistol. When I handed him my passport, he began questioning […]
when im sitting in study hall and you are sitting Right next to me i dont know what you are thinking but i know what you are seeing and i know you ant seeing me but im seeing you and wish you where mine o mine all mine
My mom and I were in the kitchen cooking dinner. As usual, I was standing on a little metal cow print stool I needed in order to reach the counter. Growing up, enchiladas were my favorite thing to make. My mom and I had a special way of preparing them and it became “our thing” […]
sponsibility is something a person learns before they go off to college. For me, having a job all throughout high school has taught me just that. In 9th grade I got my first job at a local restaurant in town, Frank’s Place. Starting out, I worked 2-3 days a week but once I got the […]
“Basically! So what have you been up to lately?” I ask, eager to catch up with an old friend. Silence. I blink and look up from my sushi. She’s typing away on her phone. “What have you been up to lately?” I repeat, only mildly irritated. “Oh… sorry… well last week…” Our world has gone […]
The faculty system of at this time has turn into the one approach approach for adults to make a dwelling wage . Nonetheless, there are folks in at this time? society who encourage college students to take an internship over an precise schooling . Whereas our schooling system of at this time isn’t the most […]
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 […]
As he approaches me, he cheerfully greets me saying “Hey, how are you?”, and warmly shakes my hand. A bit unsure of my new surroundings, I give a shy response with a timid handshake. He asks, “Would you come this way please?” I slowly stand up and he leads me out of the waiting room […]