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 […]
Cindy Lew once said “remember that the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under the tree, but in the heart of a true friend.” Having a friend is similar to receiving a present from this life. Everyone receives one lifetime with a time limit. A friend is one who will go through […]
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 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 […]
When Uncle Jim and I first met, for the first time after my mom getting re-married, he looked at me and my stepfather and started to rap to “Gangster’s Paradise.” At that moment, I knew that Uncle Jim would leave me with joyous memories. No matter what obstacles were put in his way, he was […]
Being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease my freshman year wasn’t easy. It was, however, a catalyst for lifelong compassion, a newfound forum for personal philosophy, an ideal foundation for tackling obstacles, and the ultimate lesson in redefining my limits. Most importantly, it’s the premise of my bravest story. Lying in the light of a monitor […]
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
I am omnipotent. Really, I am. See, I’ve figured that as long as I’m alive andwell, I’ve proved to life that I have conquered every hardship it has hurled atmy face. I was not raised in a religious family, but I believe there is anextraterrestrial force that gives everyone adversities to test your will tosucceed. […]
I had lost a piece of myself. I wasn’t sure of where I lost it, and I wasn’t quite sure exactly what it was that I had lost. All I had was a rush of memories. Days, weeks, months, that all blended into a dull existence. Even though I could not pinpoint an exact time, […]
I dawdled out of the chartreuse, clinking school gates for the pitch night to thrust a piercing, glacial gust at me, lacerating my eyes. Ouch. Blinking, they moistened, washing away the pain. The ringing in my ears wouldn’t leave me alone, maybe the blaring racket from Drama Club wasn’t the best remedy for migraines. All […]