Shante Fox Exam: 98609801 Student Id: 21803485 Describe a memorable day in your life. To choose one memorable time in my life is not an easy task. There are many occasions in my life that stand out, many even prepared me to be the woman I am today. One of those moments, the day my daughter was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. That day was my first lesson in patience and fueled my ability in research. Yes, I admit I was very nervous and concerned. I educated myself by reading numerous books. You could even go as far as to say I was obsessed with everything I heard and read about ADHD. I wanted to become knowledgeable and not just take the word of others. I became so involved in the research I felt as though I knew everything there was to know about the disorder, not true; each child is unique in their own right, everything I could get my hands on, no measure of research could explain or prepare me for what my daughter was dealing with. In turn, I put the instruction guide away and learned from my daughter, her feelings, her actions, her triggers, and her frustrations. I wanted to allow Taylor, my daughter, to teach me her Mother, what she needed from me, no longer what her diagnosis needed. I will say this, the journey has been long and rough. Various medications, issues at school, many trips to various Doctors, change of diet, isolation, and even Taylor's declination of self-worth at times. I blamed myself a lot of times, especially when
Similarly to Christy Brown in My Left Foot, everybody has experienced significant moments in their lives that have shaped the people they are. There is one specific moment in my life that stands out to me as a substantial event in determining my character as a human being. Likewise to Christy Brown finally being able to use writing as a form of communication, I was finally able to appreciate how lucky I am and realize that many other people are not as fortunate. When I was in fourth grade, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and unknowingly gained information that was difficult for me to comprehend at the time, but ended up having an immense effect on the way I view other people. That very day, I learned to treat everybody with kindheartedness because you never know what he or she may be going through in his or her life.
Finally, a personal struggle that happened in my life was what happened with my mother’s friend, Lynzee. Lynzee had six children, four girls and two boys. She really wanted to have another addition to her family. So, when she found out that she was pregnant with a baby girl she was filled with joy. Sadly, her baby was born too early and was fighting for her survival. Her first name was Violet and her middle name was Hope. Violet fought hard and long for her life, but her body was just too weak. She ended up passing away two years after her birth. Lynzee and her family were devastated at the loss of their family member. She overcame this difficult struggle by being with her family and looking on the
Easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious; highly strung: thanks Google for the definition of nervous, but according to my first date that's an understatement. My first date was not only the most memorable day of my life ,but also the most embarrassing. From the first kiss to the hospital, December 20th was no typical first date. Even though I love a crowd, this is a little difficult to share, nevertheless i'm going to tell you guys about the most memorable day of my life, My dreadful most disastrous, yet astounding first time that I went on a date with a boy.
Shortly after the birth of my daughter I made a series of changes to better myself, as I believe that one of the most important roles of a parent is to be a great role model. I struggled with weight my whole life; however I didn’t want her to, so I committed to ensuring her diet with be healthy from the start. This meant that my diet needed to be equally as healthy so I joined a gym and committed to changing my life-style. Additionally, I wanted to her to know that she should never allow fear or self-doubt to hold her back, so I decided to take
The most memorable moment I have experienced and one of my greatest achievements in my life was going to state for marching band my freshman year. From the start I was far from the best marcher, let alone freshman on the field, but I was the most hard working. I would come early in the morning, in order to work on my weaknesses. When it came time to see if I made competition band, I had learned that
I attempted to think of the most prominent point in my life which happened to be when I was adopted. At twelve I was an extremely angry, depressed, and socially unaccepted child being that I had no confidence in myself nor the outcome of my existence. However I was adopted by a wonderful woman and this was my turning point.
Have you ever met someone so amazing, they inspire you to change your own life? For me that inspiration comes from my daughter. No matter how much agony Alexis goes through, she will rise every morning with eagerness and enthusiasm for the new day ahead. You will never know she might have had five seizures the night before, which left her with a splitting headache, or that she might have had only two hours of sleep due to the terrible side effects of one of her many bitter tasting seizure drugs. Instead of lying in bed waiting for someone to come pity her, Alexis gets up and tries to make every day better than the last. Seeing her ability to make the best out of her
May 11th 2001 A.K.A the day my dad passed away. The murderer was Leukemia. For most people it’s easier to lose your dad than your mom but my dad doubled as a mother figure. My other “birth parent” walked out on my dad and I for this guy who was like a hundred years younger than her. Cougar? No extreme cougar.
The most important day of my life that I remember of is when my parents told me that we are moving to somewhere magical. They told me that this is a way where my family can start something new and from this point on we will succeed in life. This magical place that my parents mentioned had a marvellous education system, a caring population and everything the place provided was accessible. I dreamt of this new place for many nights as a 8 year old, I was awakened of the idea of “ new start”. On the 24th of August, 2008, my family packed the bags and moved to Mississauga, Ontario.
A Memorable day in my life, was, when I went to Walt Disney World. I remember the day like it was yesterday. My Trip to Disney World was the most joyous time in my life. There were so, many things to do, for the whole family to enjoy. My trip Walt Disney World was like a fantasy. Visiting Walt Disney World was more like, an escape from the real world. Visiting Walt Disney World Was an experience. I had the chance to see all of the Disney Characters , That, I've seen on television come to life there.
Everyone has their moments. The ones that are happy, sad and ones you’ll never forget no matter how hard you try. The most important day of my life was my high school graduation. I had many emotions, the place wasn’t very welcoming, but the overall experience was great. I’d do it all over again.
Have you at any point had an exceptionally paramount day that you wish you could remember those minutes over and over again if you could? Well I do. Everything begins when I attempted this celebrated surely understood Mexican dish called Birria. My goodness did I begin to look all starry eyed at this fiery delicious stew meat that I lean toward eating this than any other dish. Be that as it may, mind you, seafood was my most loved sustenance yet Birria has prevailed upon my heart any fish dish. I can simply recall the best and absolute best day ever that I had when I was nine years of age.
October 27, 2008 was the start of the best day of her life as she would soon find out. Her younger sister named Shawneequa, 14 months, her younger brother named Vern, three years old, and of course Marion, only 5 years old. T’was the night when her mother and father were consuming lots of alcohol with friends who even, she did not recognize and she knows her parents have a lot of friends. They were in a disagreement and murmuring about each other, about who is doing what and what was happening. There were lots screeching and chaos going on that was coming from our house. Her mom's aunt, who was a neighbor at the time, was getting very apprehensive and decided to call the police to come over and see what was happening. Then, all of a sudden, she could hear the sirens get louder and louder as she saw them pulling up in the driveway. The blue and red lights were submerging through the curtains and reflecting off the mirror. Marion and her brother were getting scared so we shut the curtains and her mother attempted to turn off all of the lights. After asking her mom’s aunt, her mother, and Marion a few questions and then shortly after apprehending her dad, the police told all the children to get outside and stay in this one little spot on the cement by their driveway.
My most memorable childhood event was when I was 15 years old. It was the Fourth of July. A big family vacation a barbeque, over night stay and out of town trip to six flags, and I had a blast the night before me, my mom, sisters and brother packed our bags to stay the night over my cousin house in Goodlettsville ,Tennessee. She had the biggest house ever I thought it was a mansion; six bedrooms two an half bath, a swimming pool, a game/movie room with a nice big kitchen. It was something that I was not use, knowing that we stayed in a three bedroom based on an income apartment on the East side of Nashville.
Throughout my life, there were many days that were significant; however there is only one day that stands from the rest. The most important day of my life is the day I graduated high school. Graduating high school was an emotional day because I felt prepared to exit one stage of my life and optimistic for the next step in my life.