One warm May afternoon my family was getting ready for the week and our church’s vacation bible school when we heard a knock on the door, little did we know that this knock would change our lives forever. When my mother, Amanda, opened the door a woman, we did not know, was standing on our front porch. I will never forget the words that she said when my mother asked her who she was, she replied “I am Shelby. I live in Stillwater and I am here because this is where the police officer told me Zachery…
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When i was born, and as the angels looked on, my blessings was this, because my mother was strong. and through her beautiful eyes I knew that she could see... the potential man ....that I could be. when i was a boy, i felt so secure because being a courageous loving woman was a virtue to her, Thought my eyes i could see by the examples of she ...the potential man that i could be. and as I grew from a boy to a man, and when I felt that I could no longer stand, there she was to gave me a hand…
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road gets rough with their differing priorities and struggles. As time passed, they arrived at the X mark; their relationship took an unexpected turn. Cracks began to show as Stella and Liam found themselves struggling to balance their academics, personal struggles, and their relationship. It was a difficult one. However, Liam was committed to standing by with Stella even in her bluest days. While Stella felt suffocated by the weight of her responsibilities and their bond, she yearned to escape the…
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reach the land which the serfs called home they had to travel through the dark scary forest! Greg said he would lead them on their journey through the forest as he turned around he saw them playing rock paper scissors for who will be in the back. Greg told them to quit acting like girls and made them both be in the back while they both hold hands. An hour into their journey they came upon a table full of food. A table so nice that a King would sit at the head of it so gay and full of joy. Austin seen…
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today! It is a sunny, bright shiny day. The streets are filled with cheering, singing, dancing, laughing and even crying. What was going on? Leaping out of my cold rickety bed, I put on my cozy pink polka dot sweater, with a pair of skinny jeans, and some worn in sneakers, and bolted out the door. I guess The good vibrations keep coming, because my best friend Parker showed up. He has gorgeous dark brown hair, with ocean blue eyes and, just perfect teeth! Uh, not that it matters anyway. We're just…
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there on the battlefield created by societal expectation I could be someone. I didn’t want to do this anymore. The fantasy of a life I was promised was a ruse, a promise broken repeatedly while they manipulated the colour of my life. I was just a pawn and I hated how in search of my identity I had given up any integrity. Everything that made me who I was, and I had to save what I had left. At least up there every day wouldn’t be a question of survival. He was very lively. His eyes glowing with anticipation…
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go now.” I heard these words escape my mom’s mouth for what seemed like the hundredth time. I nodded my head, signaling that I heard her useless words. I continued to face forward, as my glance was stuck on the steel death trap that mocked me in the mere distance. The machinery shone a blood red and bright yellow, and rose high into the heavens. Horrified screams of innocent young children and their parents traveled the distance and made my eardrums ring. My mind began to race with the images of…
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My identity is inseparable from soccer. According to my mother, a soccer ball was my earliest fixation, the sole object of my desire. At the ripe age of three, she enrolled me in the Little Strikers soccer team, igniting my love for soccer. There was always something about soccer that somehow always made me come back for more, almost like it was magnetic. The movement of the ball off the field with victory fuels players fighting to score the next goal, and all while passionate parents cheer for their…
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in Him. I had just come home from a camping trip with my pathfinder group; my mom was at work so I was getting dropped off. I could not wait for a hot shower and a nap, but as I was approaching my home I noticed fingerprints on the kitchen window, and police tape on the ground. Feeling a little confused I went inside and called my mom. I called many times but to no avail. As the hours ticked by my curiosity and confusion grew. Finally, my mother came home, and…
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I lost a friend who was very close to me. Let’s call him Greg. Greg was a steadfast man, always around to lend a hand or crack a joke that would have lightened even the darkest of moods. He was something of a de facto uncle for the vast majority of my life. But with a swift and sudden fall, he was gone. Just like that. I guess the first thing I was left feeling was anger. I immediately resorted to asking the eternal question that tends to run hand in hand with death. And that question was “Why?”…
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