It is 10:30 pm, and I have far passed my bedtime. But a magazine spread on Egyptian mummification lies before me, blocking the clock from view. All I can see is what the yellow ochre light from my nightstand has to offer. My petite fingers grasp it like a lifeline. My young eyes soak in […]
It’s wonderful how anyone factor that an individual says, even with out giving it any thought, can plant a seed in your thoughts that may develop and finally change your complete mind-set. It may be nothing greater than a fraction of a sentence, or a part of an overheard dialog. It may be a quote […]
Plains, video games, and cars; the notorious group of three that turned me right into a thug. It was a heat summer time day, and I used to be a baby. But the gorgeous climate belied the actions on King Edward’s Manner, the place pure evil was happening. The horrible males had been decimating the […]
I still remember those book club days like they happened yesterday. All eleven of us third and fourth graders would find a spot on the library floor in a circle. Pillows propped, shoes taken off, and blankets brought out as everyone settled in. Our teacher would sit “pretzel style” on the floor in our circle, […]
The moment I stepped off the plane I knew I wasn’t in “Kansas” anymore. I wasn’t even in North America. I was stepping out of my well known world onto foreign soil, actually an airport tarmac. I was eleven at the time, naive and green, white and horribly American. I was now to live in […]
She at all times tells you the reality. She doesn’t deceive you and sugar coat a solution for you. She is at all times direct. If you don’t like the reply she provides you then you might be out of luck. Our time actually grew collectively by means of the years, nevertheless, our bond received […]
All the signs point to the conclusion that I live in the past. Peace signs and Grateful Dead stickers decorate my car’s bumper, the smell of incense permeates everything I own, and Bob Dylan’s protest songs fill my iPod. My friends are always calling me a “hippie” and telling me I was born in the […]
“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is a play centered around an African-American family on the Southside of Chicago set after World War II. This groundbreaking play was the first of its kind revolving around the race relations of the middle of the twentieth century. This play has won over many hearts and […]
At present, I look again by means of imprecise however great recollections, recollections of childhood, recollections my mom and I share. I keep in mind enjoying video games, playing cards and placing collectively puzzles which I nonetheless have saved in my attic. Did you ever know that “I Love Lucy” reruns had been on at […]
In my life, I’ve taken many journeys with out which I might not have skilled essential truths. My father began us off early, taking us on many journeys to Help us perceive that true information comes solely from expertise. We took journeys each winter break to Belize, Turks and Caicos, Costa Rica, and to Italy […]