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Obstacles In My Life Essay

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All of the adversities that have been in our lives, the troubles and obstacles, have strengthened who we are and what we do to contribute to society. We may not realize when it happens, but all we know is that obstacles don’t stop us, instead we figure out how to work our way around it. I have had to travel through many arduous and challenging obstacles such as moving into the United Kingdom with my mother, Agnes Ann Murray, in 1877. When my brother heard the news, he collapsed on the floor, dejected, swollen with emotions and realization of fate. He leaned against my mom’s faded and parchment knee. “ Momma, why can’t you take me? Don’t you love me?” asked my brother “ I do love you. It’s just that Gilbert is younger than you and has a future …show more content…

The shelves of many counters were full of acid cans that pointed out the flaws in plastic contaminants in our canned goods, and implied that there's a retain in the aluminum free radicals hanging around after being heated and have contaminated the contents. Every twenty-two minutes, time began to evaporate and we were called to go to our safety areas by the church bells.It was a difficult time in war between the United States and UK during 1857 to 1879.
A UK soldier said, “ Get into your refuge area. Now!” He grabbed ahold of me and dragged me to a house. Branches and twigs were stuck in between my skin and bones. There was bruises of a multitude of hues, colors that normally should not be on someone’s skin. There was garish purple splotches, roughly the size of a fist, while others were more grayish, but I still looked just as bad. And they were all over me. It was horrible. It wasn't just the bruises. There was scars, too. Lines across my body, like someone or something had dug its nails into me, tearing my flesh. Someone had clawed away at me, the gashes told the whole story. It was horrible, I could hardly bear to look at myself. What has happened to me? Their was a sudden pressure and dead silence with everything moving in slow

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