Breanna Nicole Rodriguez: Crazy Party Girl

mother died of lung cancer. After these devastating events took place, it was a phone call from her twin sister Becka, and knowing that therapy alone or coupled with AA weren’t enough to break her physical and emotional addiction with alcohol, that

Chili Vasquez was a normal seven year old. She hung out with her friends, hung out with her family, and overall had a normal life, until she was hit by a drunk driver. She was just coming back from the mall after getting a new haircut and a manicure and pedicure, excited to show off her nails to her mom while in the car with her aunt and cousin when they were struck by a drunk driver. The driver was clearly intoxicated and was on the wrong side of the road. Chili was paralyzed from the breast line down and is now stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. “Sometimes I’ll see a look of sadness come across her face as she sees her cousins and friends running and playing, wishing she could join them.” (Chili) Her aunt says tears welling up her eyes. When Chili was 9 years old she finally got the courage to share her story about the accident. Do you really want this to happen anymore to other

Rodríguez was for many years known to be the only woman legally hanged in Texas. People think to be the daughter of Pedro Rodríguez, she moved with her father to San Patricio de Hibernia, Texas, and for several years after Rodríguez's death furnished travelers with meals on the porch of her lean-to shack on the Aransas River. When Cotton Road traveler John Savage was killed with an ax, because he had $600 in gold which he had been carrying, Chipita was accused of robbery and murder. Recovery of the gold from the Aransas River north of San Patricio, where the body was found in a burlap bag, raised substantial doubt about the motive for the crime, but Josefa Rodriguez and Juan Silvera were indicted on circumstantial evidence. After Chipita

I am writing this statement regarding Elizabeth Wall. Elizabeth was a co-worker of mine at the Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts and Technology during the 2015-2016 school year. While there Elizabeth was the Middle and High School Special Education Teacher. She was let go during the summer of 2016 when her job was eliminated and combined to became a k-12 Special Education position. I found working with her to be incredibly successful for the students that we shared. This year many of her previous students wish that she was still working with us. Working with an urban population has its difficulties. With Elizabeth’s help we were able to find a homeless student a place to live and find help for another that was being abused in the home

It has been five years today that my cousin Stacy Lynn Sparks was murdered. I always thought that something like this could never happen to my family. This is the first time that something so tragic has happened in my life. It will also lead me to pain and frustration years to come. The loss of her has had a great impact on how I live my life today.

I would like to say thank you for everyone coming out to west tonight, either you’re supporting your daughter, Future Falcons, or Mrs. Sinksen, it doesn’t go unnoticed. So thank you once again. I would also like to talk a little bit about Mrs. Sinksen. First, I would like to say Mrs. Sinksen is one of the most kind hearted people I have met in my life. It hit me hard knowing that the unspeakable happened to her. Bad things happen to good people, it’s truly not fair. As i’ve been getting older I realized something about teachers. Teachers don’t only teach you a certain subject, but they teach you far more than that. Teachers believe in you from the start, the day you walk into their classroom, they already see a fire in you that you don’t see

There are special times in life when the opportunity to witness the journey of another forever influences your own story. For me, this privilege came through my sweet neighbor and Healthy Birth Day, Inc. co-founder, Kerry Morlan and her husband, Luke. On May 19th, 2003, Luke and Kerry’s baby girl, Grace Biondi-Morlan, was born still. The heartache of true loss was difficult to observe and words of condolences seemed too little. Amazingly, the path from an unimaginable loss led to the birth of new friendships amongst 5 moms who shared not only their pain, but a real passion to save babies. Consequently, this passion led to the creation of Healthy Birth Day, Inc. and eventually the life-saving Count the Kicks campaign. As the years passed

While reading michelle was very young, 3 year old with a hole in her heart, brought the idea of my childhood neighbor. She had her baby at the age of 17, the baby just turning 9 months touched my parents and my heart. My friend named amber would walk her daughter around the subdivision all summer of 2016, certainly stopping at our house on the way back home as we watched her grow

This article relates to my life because I’ve had to overcome hard things as well, not as extreme as DID, but I have had hard times in my life. The way she handles her life inspires me and tells me that my life could be much worse than it is. She shows me that I need to be grateful that the things I go through aren’t as extreme as what she goes through on a daily

We are gathered here today to remind ourselves of a woman who changed our lives forever. Even after death claimed Kaylie Alexis Spencer we still find ways to grow through her actions and decisions. Her death was something that could be seen as tragic or something we can all carry with light thought. She didn't go out with a bang or a cry but with a conclusion and full understanding of life. Natural causes swept her away after solving her 250th cold case.

Felipe told sara to give up on mssing girls saras editor juana tells her she has done a great job with her colum and time to focus on the good stuff since linda dissapreaded sara has writen profile articles on one of hundreds of girls missing the colum has been a sense of comfort for sara the fulfillment of the promise to never stop looking for linda juana has allways been saras close freind and staunchest advocate and her touch gives her strength sara speaks as calmly as she can .

Interviewing Corinna was a great experience and overall, I’m glad I had the chance to write this. I learned a lot about her adventures in middle school, high school and finally, college. She went through many struggles but persevered through it all. Her journey to adulthood was a rollercoaster and it won’t stop, as each day continues and becomes a new path to walk

#StayStrongJulia read the banner that hung directly over the junior class. As I walked out into the middle of the gymnasium, the chanting grew louder and louder. "Stay strong Julia" was repeated over and over. I found myself in a unique situation, holding a microphone in front of 1,500 of my peers, a senior in high school with a message to deliver. As the all-school pep rally quieted down, the emotion leaked into my voice as I began to tell my sister Julia 's story to the crowd. Just one year younger than me, a junior at East High school, my sister had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in her temporal lobe. Spontaneous blackouts while driving were the symptoms that sent her to the hospital for an MRI. The specific type of tumor the doctors found had a history of being malignant, and she was scheduled for immediate surgery. Standing before this crowd, I had a chance to equip them with a basic understanding of her condition, and further mobilize them to support her with cards, visits, and even hashtags.

Most of the time when you hear the word “story” you automatically think of happy endings. Briar’s story is everything but happy.When Briar was a child she was kidnapped, her story isn’t about her abduction, it is about how it has shaped her environment. In this this story it targets her beliefs. When she was 5, a man named Japedo took her and one other girl named Jessie. Briar and Jessie became best friends. One day someone found the bunker and Briar was put back into life with her mom, dad, and a little brother Maddox, that she never knew of. Since Briar was 17 when she was found she still needed an education so she was put into a small school for kids who needed special classes. Briar attended a school with 18 other kids at Worthermont where she ran into new challenges she had to face. Here is the story in her perspective as a captive.

I’ve seen things happen to good people, spent many nights sharing stories with others that no one should have to experience. I witnessed the ugly side of life. I made choices that weren’t the smartest. I put my life at risk many times and by the grace of the people and community around me I am fortunate to stand her today as the woman I am. Confident. Caring. Compassionate… I was a Foster Child. Runaway. Unadoptable. Abused… These are the words I let define me for many years, before I go on I want to be clear, these words now have no grounding on the person I am today. I have embraced them.