My Valentine's Day

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

She held her Daisies and looked me in the eyes. Her cheeks were red like roses and her eyes were bright under the moonlight and stars above. It was the happiest I had ever seen her. This made me happy because I only took a day and a half to plan this and I only had to buy flowers and poster board. I walked her to her car and hugged her and kissed her goodbye. It’s amazing how simple things can make someone’s day an amazing one. As she looked at me through the window I could tell what she was thinking. She didn’t have to be upset. She knows that

My house is crowded with my relatives and friends; my friends and family are here me to wish me good luck and safe journey. My heart is full of mixed emotions. I am scared and sad but excited and happy at the same time as it is my last day at my house and in my country. Tonight is my flight to America. I’m moving to America, to be with my husband and to start a new journey of my life. I remember everything from my last day in Pakistan. I have never been way from my house before. I have always been surrounded by my friends and cousins. My friends have always been with me in my good and bad times and I cannot imagine a day without them. I never thought of leaving them. I didn’t realize how my life would change because of a ‘yes’. My childhood friend Sadiq, who moved to America ten years ago, asked me to marry him. Everyone in my family liked him so without thinking of anything else I said yes to him and we got married in a year, when he visited Pakistan. We were really excited to spend our lives together. What I didn’t realize until the moment I was at the airport that I am going to a new country, where I don’t know anyone other than my husband. I’m leaving all my family and friends here in Pakistan. I didn’t know how to react anymore now, I was sad and crying as I entered airport but I also felt happy inside my heart. When I was at the airport with my family, my grandma kept saying to me, “you have to call us at least three times a day when you get there.” My mom said, “Take

Today is March 27th 2014. Today has been horrendous because of a snowstorm that dumped over 10 inches on the Chicago-land area. Today did not affect me in any way or form because I was at school. This was my final year of high school and I wouldn’t let anything get in my way with anything I was about to do. Today I had my eyes set on asking a girl out on a date and to ask her to be mine. Her name was Tina Marie Zientara and she was the woman of my dreams. I approached her in the morning of the day before school had started, with flowers that smelled as if they were picked that day and chocolates sweet as Caramel in hand along with a big smile on my face. This was the most courage I had in all of my life and the courage paid

Sadly time caught up and I had to pick up a flight, and be at the LAX airport before 10 PM. Today, I may not consider it the best day of my life, but I know I can say I have been living my life to the fullest. As for this week, my emotions were a roller coaster ride. Even though I may not be good with farewells, I did firmly shake Mr. Kim’s hand and hugged Mrs. Kim and waved at the kids, didn’t even shed a tear. As I’ve said, not an

On the Saturday after valentine's day there was a romantic special dinner on our church with free baby sitting for our children! It was a great treat for us!!

April 31: Last night the people at the front desk were so nice and as soon as we went in our room people gave us welcoming gifts. It was amazing. I wish we could've done more today though. All we did today was hike and then we went to the resort. The kids went to the water park that they have and the parents went to the place with all the other adults. The hotel we stayed at had amazing views and it was like living in a house! The hotel and the resort were so close that we could walk to it. We walked to the resort at night to see how it was because mom said we were gonna go there tomorrow so we went to go check it out. Tonight the parents said we can do anything we want so we are planning on going to the resort because it will feel cooler than it did this morning. If we don't go to the resort then we will go check some other stuff out so we can tell our parents what we want to do tomorrow.

“Since it is on Valentine’s Day we are really taking that and running with it,” Lane said. “We are making Valentine's cards for each of the guys so they can hand them out across campus with their faces on them, complete with cheesy pickup lines.”

I slowly cut the heart out of the folded paper and held it up to the light. The edges were jagged and uneven; I tossed it in my growing pile of scrap paper. My hands were stained with marker and my hair was covered in glitter. It was bedtime and I was not even halfway done with the valentines for my third-grade class. I wanted my cards to look great- better than store-bought. I was so frustrated that tears welled in my eyes. The next morning, defeated, I went to CVS with my mom to buy cards. Everyone liked the Kit-Kat bars taped to the backs.

September 20th, 2016 was the day I was dreading the most out of the whole year. That was the day when my boyfriend of almost two years would be leaving to begin his training as a United States Army Military Policeman. We had to wake up at six in the morning to begin our journey to the Gloucester Army Reserve office where his recruiter would take him to the Richmond International Airport to begin his trip to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Saying goodbye to somebody who has been by my side nonstop for the past two years was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Little did I know, the next five months would be nothing but a few phone calls and occasional letters by mail.

One more day! Tomorrow is the day father is coming home from the Great War and I couldn’t be any more excited than I already am! He’s been gone for so long and I’m really looking forward to this. Everything’s going to be better. Mother won’t be sad anymore and everything will be normal again. She won’t be so tired from all of the work that father did when he was home. In my opinion, he shouldn’t have even left. He didn’t even have to go. He knew things were going to be hard for us. I just hope that he will apologize for leaving when he gets back.

Hello, everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I am Rhiannon’s Maid of honor and best friend Steph. We are all gathered here today to celebrate the union of my best friend Rhi Rhi and her Prince Charming, Laim. I remember when we were younger and we did everything together our friendship has had it’s ups and downs and we’ve always overcome them and it has strengthen our friendship even more. Like when and we decide to move in with each other after year twelve and we had pizza one night and Aries got up on the table and ate the whole pizza, you got so mad you yelled at her and she ran and hid under my bed and you sat on the floor crying for like an hour because she wouldn’t come near you and you couldn’t reach her, but the funniest bit of all was when you realised she wasn’t under my bed and you were crying over her stuffed toy she hide under my bed.

Learning that everyone’s time is precious and we should live every moment alongside the people we love the most, because we’ll never be too sure when they’re going to leave us. Till this day it still doesn’t feel real, I keep telling myself that one day she’ll be back and everything will be ok. She was the heart and soul of our family where we all would gather at Thanksgiving time or just on a regular day. Her home was always full of joy and excitement but now it’s full of loneliness and darkness. She is gone now, to a new home, a home called

It wasn’t until the morning of Saturday, May 21, 2016 that I realized what the true feeling of unconditional love was. The moment a parent looks into his or her child’s eyes there is just so much love it’s unbelievable. People think they know what love is when they love a significant other, family member, or a close friend; however, that love is nothing compared to the love a parent experiences the day his or her child is born. That is the love I felt the moment I placed my beautiful baby boy on my chest.

I chose to take a day of silence from 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm. This day of silence was done on my way home for Thanksgiving. I spent 2 hours in the car in complete silence, without music or any other imported noise, breaking every 30-45 minutes to stop and take a short walk as suggested by the instructions. The final hour in the car I played light classical music and hymns, to combat drowsiness. Then, after getting into the airport, I sat at my gate with noise canceling headphones in and read. I read from the Bible (both Ruth and Luke in their entirety) prior to my plane ride, Parker Palmer, and a novel called “Me Before You” that examines the life of a paralyzed man who wishes to commit doctor assisted suicide. My day of silence was completed exactly 30 minutes prior to landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Thanksgiving.