Cynthia Lord Diary Entries

On the surface, the environment in which I was raised was normal- me and my brother growing up in a middle class neighborhood near Houston- but, in reality it was not normal at all. My family life was heavily influenced by my brother, Andy, who is severely autistic. Andy required constant supervision, so my parents were always busy looking after him. They were always worried that Andy would get out of the house and run in the street, so in addition to normal locks, our house had locks that also faced outside. Since my parents were usually busy with Andy, I learned at an early age

Cynthia White was found guilty of felony murder and cruelty to children in the death of her 3 year old son in 1992. Her convictions were affirmed in White v. State, 265 Ga. 392 (456 SE2d 587) (1995). She filed a “Petition for Resentencing Under the First Offenders Act” in July of 2016. She now appeals from the trial court's denial of that motion.

Martha Ballard, a famous Maine midwife, attended more than eight hundred births during her twenty-seven year tenure as sole midwife to her community. She journaled regularly over the course other adult life, yielding nearly ten thousand diary entries in total. This archive provides an unparalleled look into the role of the midwife in the delivery process. Additionally, several of Martha Ballard’s patients, especially one Mrs. Weston (sometimes referred to as Mrs. Williams) who exhibited symptoms of puerperal insanity such as “deriliam.” Ballard notes that her condition may be the result of both physical and emotional trauma.

Christmas break was right around the corner and everyone was talking about the senior Christmas dance. I was debating for weeks on whether I should go, but sadly it was too late when I finally decided I would go. All my friends at lunch were talking about their dresses. All I could do was sink down into my seat and try to block out their words. My good friend Megan noticed my glum face.

Born to an enslaved black woman on a plantation in Virginia. I no longer know what I was born as, for I was renamed after the slave master. Catherine MARSHALL, name added insult to injury. That identity did does not belong to me. Taken away quite early for no reason other than to cut her free of my love and affection. It worked because I have no feelings toward my mother nor do I remember a single detail about her. I witnessed the hanging, torturing and killing of who I knew to be my blood relatives. I had become numb to it. No family, no sense of belonging. I currently know nothing about myself for. How old am I? What’s my real name? Do I have any family left? No sense of cultural identity. I am rootless.

When I wrote about “Cynthia Ann Parker”, I learned about the territorial conflicts between Indians and Anglo-Saxons. As I conducted some research about Parker, I came across many sources that explained how Indians kidnapped Cynthia Parker at the early age of 10. However, unlike popular beliefs back in that time Parker actually enjoyed being among the Comanche tribe. At the beginning Parker got treated like a slave but after some time, she became closer to the Indians and even adapted to their language and culture. Soon, Parker assimilated their culture and became just one more member of the Comanche tribe, where she got married to Peta Nocona, the son of the chief’s tribe, and she no longer missed white settlement. After reading about “The Oatman Girls” I noticed a

Catherine soon found out that a new girl named Kristi was moving into the house next door. She was excited about Kristi moving in because she didn’t have many friends. Catherine then started to get nervous because she feared that her brother David would do something to embarrass her, and the new girl would make fun of her and pick on her brother. David often has moments in which he throws temper tantrums for a number of unexplained reasons, or says things he shouldn’t say that can hurt other people’s feelings. This was not the case, as Kristi was very understanding about the situation.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich uses Martha Ballard’s diary to portray life in rural New England in the late 1700 and early 1800’s. Using this diary and other historical material she recreates the 27 years of life that Martha has disclosed in her diary. By using Martha’s life and words she recreates what living was like during the pre-industrial era. She features the role that midwives and women in general played in the economic survival of families during this era.

There are thousands of surviving letters written by members of the Paston family, who lived in East Anglia in the fifteenth century. Margaret Paston, an heiress of the Mautby family who married the lawyer John Paston I in 1440, wrote many of these letters. This particular letter, written in a plain and conversational style expected of personal correspondences of this period , deals with the secret marriage of Margaret's daughter Margery Paston to the family bailiff Richard Calle. It was written September tenth, 1469, to Sir John Paston II, Margaret’s son, who was working as a Justice of the Peace in Norfolk .

The lecture “Life on the Spectrum: Living, Learning and Growing as an Autistic Person” presented by Howie Jordan was given on October 27, 2015 at USC Upstate. This speech was about the struggles one with autism faces on a daily basis and the adversity they must overcome. Jordan tells the audience about autism through his eyes and the lessons he has learned through his struggles. Lessons such as how to overcome bullying, physical and mental obstacles, and educational struggles. Jordan’s purpose is to shine light on the idea that a person with autism is just that, a person. No matter what disabilities one may have they are still human and deserve to be treated like one in every part of life.

In the poem “Photograph” by Cynthia Rylant in the accompanying photograph by Walker Evans Walker a Common Thread shared. The common thread is that for once a person feels like they are enough. First there is a boy sitting clean on a chair the poem states “ he washed his feet for the picture, even his knees…” the photograph illustrates with the boys sitting for the picture, and how he finally how he is enough to be cleaned up and dressed nice. The boy clearly never feels to be worth anything. The poem depicts “... And wondered about that man who cared enough to want him to sit there for a photograph…” He also has never felt worthy enough to clean up and dress nice for anything. Equally important, the poem states “... Even though

I like to eat paper airplanes; I savour the exquisite texture of the paper as it slides down my throat. I love the way it cuts everywhere, as it mixes with the paper and I taste the iron in my stomach. This is what I have to live with, it's called “The Disease”. Forever until I die, my daily meals consists of paper airplanes. My daily life is very different than the average high-school kid, I have to go to a special school with other “special” kids with the same type of disease I have. Because of this disease, I’ve been able to meet many different people and explore many different qualities of life at this school. Most of my friends are girls because I go to an all girl school, not many guys have the disease I have. This situation has led to

Catherine and Kristi’s views of Ryan are different. Catherine see’s Ryan as a jerk and bully because, on the bus Ryan had told David, that if David let go of his favorite red umbrella than Ryan would steal it. David believed Ryan and didn’t let go of his umbrella, so Catherine told David it was a joke. David then began to laugh weirdly in a twisted position. Ryan then began to mock David, so Catherine pushed Ryan across the seats of the bus. The bus driver scolded them both, and made them both sit in the front seats. Kristi is convinced that Ryan is nice because, Ryan was the first person here to talk to Kristi plus he lives in the neighborhood, and Ryan treats Kristi kindly. Kristi hasn’t seen Ryan pick on David or anyone else, so she doesn’t

When people are growing up, being normal was the way to be cool. Everyone wants to be like everybody else and that’s the way it goes. What children and many adults still don’t understand is that being different and having diversity is a good thing. It is ok to be different, especially in today 's society. Being able to acknowledge that diversity and disability in everyday life and seeing the good in it will help bring together our society. For my next three paragraphs i 'm going to discuss what it was like to be an outsider, when I experienced diversity and an experience I have had with disability

“The crisis that ensued was fraught with confusion as to who was in charge of the concert, as well as how temporary staging should be monitored for safety”(Crandall, W, Parnell, J. & Spillan, J. 2013,pg 249). However, I feel as if Cynthia Hoye was in charge and should have made the final decision regarding the concert.