WELL, it is the end. Hello, dear bloggers around the world, this is the beginning of the end, literally. So I've got a couple of things to tell you, like how ecstatic I am about moving into my dorm in just a couple of days, how thrilled I am to complete the supposed "internship, how life is evolving through the right direction. There's grand felicity in my life during this moment. I'm so relieved that my mother has shown an impressive recovery after her surgery, and I'm nonchalant about the terms that my parents have reached during the past weeks. My sole hope is that this isn't a fleeting thing. We're still unaware of where will our routes take us. Will my father have the cojones to finally leave this life? The life that was set-up eight …show more content…
Grandma is smiling as she's in the kitchen, washing dishes, wearing a posh dress, delicate earrings, her stockings fold to her heels, and she's wearing heels. She is the epitome of hard work, of strong, independent women who can do it all. Having lost her husband when she still had eight children to raise, my grandmother, Maria Resfa, was able to have her own business, raise her children with the best opportunities, deal with their crap, and provide them with an education. She could do it all--she's smart, she's enterprising, she's a great cook, and she can look her best even in the kitchen. For that reason, I'm taking this photograph with me and have it near to my sight, so that I am able to remind myself that I must work hard as hard as she ever did, or does, since she's still very much …show more content…
Fine, I'll tell you all about it, but relax, okay? You will need to chop, into very small pieces, celery, pepper, ham, and onion. Oh, am I becoming Nora Ephron? Let's resume with the recipe, shall we? Okay, so aside, you will make the rice, I usually make the rice in a rice cooker, however, you can also make the rice the old-fashioned way, if you'd like. To make the rice you will need to do, almost, the same ritual as for a normal one, except that in lieu of two cups of water, you will add two cups of Coca-Cola, and add a half cube of chicken flavor bouillon. In a pan, you will add butter, a little of oil so that the butter does not burn, a little of garlic, as well, the other half of the chicken flavor bouillon cube, and I like to add a little of white wine. In that pan, which should be over medium heat, add all what you've chopped, then adhere soy sauce and ketchup and mix all that for ten minutes. Before beginning all these preparations, shred a potato and leave it soaking in water for an hour, this is the only way the chips will fry. After draining the shred potato from the water, you may fry them. And that's when we're ready to serve. First place the rice on the bottom of the plate, secondly, on top of the rice, put the mixture of vegetables and the ham, and above, at the summit, add the potato chips, but I guess you already knew the potato chips were placed on top
At twenty-two years old my younger-self had previously pictured me in an entirely different place. I never imagined living in Texas, I’m originally from Chicago, and that’s where I thought I would reside. I thought I’d be graduated from college already, but fate had a different plan. And never in a million years did I think I would become a drug addict; but I am, and you know what? It’s been the best thing that has ever happened to me, it’s something I’m truly thankful for now. See, all the things listed above may seem like negative things if you look at them from an outside perspective; however to me, they’ve changed me in ways I never thought possible just six months ago. Multiple circumstances have led me to this point, but a few stick
The weather cleared up and me, along with my entire class and teachers, got to enjoy a beautiful ceremony. Lining up we started to proceed out to the football stadium from the gymnasium, my mind would not stop thinking. I just could not stop remembering what it took for me to get to this day. The stress that I endured studying for the SAT, filling out my applications and most importantly, perfecting my essay. The idea that I was not going to be living in this beautiful town I have spent my life in, brought a flood of emotions. Thoughts of my friends not being by my side next year made me feel as if I was sinking into a deep hole; this place, this town has had so much to offer to me. The past two years that I had spent in this place were the most emotional and exciting times of my life. I knew even though I was not going to be waking up in my familiar place anymore, I would be waking up in what was to become my new familiar place. I knew that even though my friends would not physically be there with me every day, that they would be there when I called them. If it were not for all of the people I have met along the way, I do not think I would have ended up where I am today. It just is a common thought for whenever I get sad about everything ending, I remind myself that there is a new beginning coming and it is going to be amazing. The place that I have spent my whole life
We started sharing even more stories about how we loved foods that grandmothers made that you found amazing because of the “baked with love” moment you have for them. She explained that her grandmother was a very beautiful lady with sophistication and class. “No matter how she looked I always stared into her eyes so bright and blue.” Caroline then
Getting to know Sydney made me realize a lot more about life. Going into college I felt agitated because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life, and maybe moving here was a mistake, but Sydney reassured me. Although tomorrow is a mystery, we need to have faith that it’ll bring us exactly what we need. Her story of having a youth full of uncertainty and now having a life of complete sense has given me hope that I will be okay, and to just enjoy today and it’s opportunities.
"Your name is Andrew. You are 13 years old. You are an orphan. And your life sucks."
beef mixed with the green beans, as well as onion. Sometimes the rice is with cabbage or other green
Everyone goes through rough patches in their life. Some of these patches are easy to accomplish and easy to get over. Our medicine has gotten better over time, but years ago the survival rate wasn’t that good. My grandma whose name is Linda is a breast cancer survivor and also survived with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Not everyone in this world can say she has have survived cancer this many times, especially with such low survival rates. My Grandma still puts a smile on everyone faces even when she’s in pain. She makes all of her children and grandchildren beautiful quilts, so we can have something to remember her by, if something were to happen. She loves to bake. There isn’t one occasion that there won’t be some type of desert made by her. She has so many beautiful talents.
I am writing this journal for you so that you will always know our heritage and where you ancestors came from. We may be United States citizens but our culture and homeland is elsewhere. Somewhere I am hoping you will one day visit. Here is a little bit of history about our dear homeland. The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the
It has been a week since I handed in my project for English, things still do not feel the same at home, something feels as if it’s missing with Johnny and Dally went. Like a shadow has gone over our group. Nothing feels quite the same around a home, Dally seems more gentle with me almost as if I’m glass and will break, but I can see why. They try to make me feel better, and slowly my life is getting back on track, my grades are slowly climbing up, again Dally thinks I still got a good chance to get into a great university, he thinks that if I enter track next year, and do well I can even get a sports scholarship. I hope what he is saying is right. The whole group seems to be pushing me forward. Sodapop also seems happy for me, he is smiling more, but he almost seems more protective. Now that my head is clear I feel like I can see things the way they are. Because of that, they are careful around me, not wishing me to become like what I was again.
As I stand before you today I’m beyond certain that most of you are not thinking about what your life is going to be like tomorrow or five years from now; but thankful that you’ve finally made it to this day, this moment. The majority of you are probably thinking about staying up to the wee hours of the nights getting papers and exams done, finally not having
The person I chose to write about is my sister Quella Jackson. She works as a supervisor at an all female facility called New Life Children’s Center in Canyon Lake, TX.Women account for 22% of people in her position (Employed 2017). Due to the nature of her work, I am not allowed on the campus and the getting a picture would be quite tricky. So while she was preparing food in their kitchen, she decided to FaceTime me and I saw an opportunity to get my picture. This photo is very meaningful to me because first, it was taken on my birthday, and two, I look up to my sister. I chose my sister to photograph because I grew up in a large family and my older sister essentially raised me.
I thought today would be just another normal day in chilled Maryland, but oh could I have been more wrong. The day started out just like every other. My little eleven-year-old heart was full of jubilance. I was having an admirable day with all my friends, and I had no worries. None of my siblings knew that an event that night at dinner was about to change our lives for better or for worse. My family and I sat down at aged table and we could all feel the tension that surrounded the air. “We have something to tell you guys, and we don’t want you to get upset” declared my mother. This statement made me nervous. Anytime some says not to get upset, you know something has happened that is going to change your entire live. “We are moving
In a way, this assignment helped my husband and I prepare a little bit for the hard news. It reminds me of “Up” when the continuously fill their jar with money to travel and then they need to keep breaking it for emergencies. I had no idea I would be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a month ago, and it’s scary news. I wish I could’ve used the money to buy my husband and I tickets, but I learned a lesson on letting him serve me (as hard as that is for me). I am grateful for this assignment and I am grateful for my shoes that will be arriving tomorrow, I know they will help me feel a little less drained at work. And I’m grateful this assignments is also paying our next two co-pays and letting us take a different trip. Sometimes life doesn’t work as planned, but when we prepare and are ready to improvise for whatever comes, life will still work
Monday, May 16th, graduation day. It’s 5:37 in the morning and I remember this cause I never wake up earlier than 8 unless I have to, but today I didn’t have to. It’s the day culminating twelve years of hard work and dedication into a three hour ceremony in which I will actually have to do something with my life other than a routine I believe I’ve perfected throughout these last four years. I roll over and pick up my phone, a dim light comes through a slit in my window shades just to remind me how early it actually is. I can’t fall back asleep so I decide to get out of bed. I sit up on my bed rubbing my eyes trying to make sense of the room around me, I may have lived here for 18 years but I can never find the cord to my ceiling light. I
As the end of the night approached us, I couldn’t stop thinking about how many mixed emotions I had about starting a whole new chapter in my life. I couldn't wait to go to college, meet all new people, get a degree so that I could start my career path, but I knew that meant I had to say goodbye to my two best friends, who were moving several hours away from me. This was one of the hardest things I had ever had to do in my life. We all cried a little, and then made promises to keep in touch, and then we were off into the real world! I was very happy to be at this point in my life, but I was scared deep down inside.