I am quite the character. I am colorful yet dark, loud but quiet, introverted yet extroverted, adventurous yet lazy. It’s almost like I have two identities.
First off, I love playing tennis. Last Summer, I took a camp… for tennis. I was in it with my really good friend. At first, I wanted to dig a hole and hide, but I had the time of of my life. Each day we played fun games and learned tennis (of course) The final day, we did a one point tournament basically, you have one chance to get the point. If you miss the ball or don’t make it into the court, your opponent wins. I went against my really good friend. The odds of me winning were 1%. I coincidently, got the point. I won against a couple more kids. I don’t even know how I did, and then made it to the finals. This little boy was named Ethan, he was 7 or so, and I wanted to lose. I tried to get the ball out of the court and failed by an inch. And I won… I felt terrible. Anyway, I love tennis. Its one of my favorite hobbies. While I’m talking about sports, I also love biking and longboarding. Listening to music while doing those two things is my escape. Outside of school, I also play guitar and sing. About every four months I perform for my family and some other families. Music is my passion. I don’t know what I would do without it. Whenever I’m sad I pick the instrument and start playing a little something. I performed last Sunday, singing and playing “Castle on the Hill” by one of my idols, Ed Sheeran. I have never
Due to a hard childhood and abandonment from the men in his life, Edgar Allen Poe’s work often had dark themes. In “The Tale-Tell Heart” Poe uses several of the horror criterion; he creatively uses suspense, parallel worlds, and the source of horror, and although there are many texts to consider for Stephen King’s magazine, “The Tell-Tale Heart” is an excellent choice. “The Tell-Tale Heart” uses suspense to make the text more intense and scarier. “I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle” (Poe 61). Poe uses suspense in this way and at this time to emphasize the caregiver's determination to kill the man. Poe uses parallel worlds to emphasize the narrator's insanity. “I heard all things in heaven and in earth.
On 09/12/2016, I Deputy Daniel Pruitt was dispatched to 52455 West Highway 16 for an unattended death compliant. I arrived on scene st 6:45pm and meet with Creek County EMS unit 40.
The leather feels cold under my fingertips as I sit on our living room couch. My feet are propped up on the small coffee table, banging together lightly in boredom. Mom sits with me, our shoulders barely touching. It's only been twelve hours since I found Laura in the alley and the police already want to put us into protective custody. I don't want to go, but there is nothing tying me here anymore. Laura's gone.
Endings are funny things. End of a book, end of a movie, end of school year. We have already ended the first month of the new year and are almost done with the second. As old things have ended and new ones have begun, I personally have been thinking quite about all of those events. The classes I've taken, the people I've met, and the people I've lost. Last year in particular was a tough one because I lost someone very close to me. A friend. In this article, I want to share my story and then tell you what I did to get through it. And share with you that you can do it, too.
The holograms should’ve warned us to take a deep breath. Close our eyes. Then again, the holograms should’ve done a lot of things. Like told the truth.
I have finally get to get the notebook so that i could read it at the Funeral. Our show couldn’t wait if we wanted to be on broadway we had to out her death on hold and continue the show. Now that the show has been off broadway for a while there's time to plan the funeral. Me and jackson looked through it and it really doesn't make any sense, it’s like she wanted to die.
Sarah presents with more than enough relevant symptoms and signs often associated with Criterion A, for a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with a recurrent episode. Based on the duration of her symptoms and the fact that she mentions having previous episodes of depression in the past, further reinforced this diagnosis. It is important to note that none of her symptoms are attributed to any medical conditions or etiology. With no current or past history of alcohol or substance abuse/use, it is clear that these symptoms and signs have caused a change of previous functioning as noticed by her sister Gloria. Sarah reported having a depressed mood with crying spells lasting all day, for more than several weeks. Her recurrent (Criterion A1) suicidal ideation without a specific plan are explained as she reported being close to taking all the pills in her medicine cabinet. In this depressed mood, she also reports having chronic feelings of profound emptiness. This essential feature of MDD, along with her self reporting of (Criterion A2) loss of appetite as evidenced by her not going out to buy groceries to eat, could have also contributed to her rapid weight loss. Sarah reported having no energy to do anything and only watching television in bed, which can also be seen as a sign that meets (Criterion A3) of extreme fatigue. Her reporting of not bathing for a week can also meets (Criterion A4) of markedly diminished interest
On March 16, 2014 there was a death. The death of a boy named Asher Alt. He was 15 with long black hair, khaki pants, a sweatshirt, and some Osiris shoes. There was, however, something very different about this death, the difference being that it only lasted about 90 seconds, and it was my death. Ninety seconds doesn’t seem like long, it’s only a minute and a half and isn’t ever directly documented as a death, but those 90 seconds of death sure did change my life. Death was most definitely a surreal experience unlike anything I could’ve imagined.
After four months of unglamorous international travel followed by four more months of endless, demoralizing doctor’s visits and hospital stays I returned to Miami worse for wear. Eight months without seeing my friends and barely keeping in touch through infrequent phone calls and texts meant that the vague, untested friendships I had made before my semester off had almost completely fizzled. Facing my mortality had subtly affected the way I acted and completely changed my perspective on life; making it difficult to reconnect with old acquaintances and to relate to the few friends I kept throughout my treatment.
“after the death and loss of a child you have feelings of guilt – which are common but not always present — confront and admit them. Examine the reality of how your child died and your actual intentions and actions at the time. You may see your actions or reactions in a more positive light. Forgive yourself for being imperfect — you did and continue to do the best that you can. After the death and loss of a child one of the major obstacle parents experience in their return to the world of the living is their inability to accept pleasure — or acknowledging that it even exists. But happiness or enjoyment is one of the most important survival tools, even if for just a moment in your grief. It’s okay to laugh in the midst of tears, to smile at someone or something. You might feel that your laughter betrays your child’s memory, but you need to know you are not abandoning your grieving by enjoying yourself. The only way to survive bereavement is to step away from it occasionally” (Rev. Carlos Cancelado).
David, we met when I was 19 turning 20. I'm turning 24 this year and I don't have any interest to rewrite history with you. When I met you, I was going through a very difficult stage in life (my breakup). Through that ugly mess you were a great person who made me realize that there are many more great guys out there.. And for that, I did end up liking you. However, you and I were so busy playing this cat and mouse game. Eventually, I grew out of that game and we stopped talking. We connected a year later (I contacted you to apologize) but it wasn't because I was interested in you or anything. I simply just want to apologize because that's where I'm at in life.. I want to apologize to those I've done wrong too. I did like you many many years
On the morning of May 5th my views, my ideology, and my life changed dramatically. It was an expected loss yet caused me to realize just how much things in life mean, even the smallest things. After getting out of the shower and dressed for school I had time to spare so I decided to make sure everything was ready and eat some breakfast. I turned to look at my phone, after deciding to turn it on, and all I saw was a list of text messages from my mother. I normally don’t get that many texts, that early. I knew something bad must have happened. I unlocked my phone and began to read the messages. My great grandma had died; an influential person for me and my family. She died after being on hospice for 5 brutal days. Images flashed across my mind: her and I playing cards, her teaching me to cook, and her lessons, forever engraved into my soul.
We all suffer loss of loved ones through death. Loss is inevitable. We never truly get over our losses but we get through it overtime. This is the molding and shaping of the adult we are supposed to become. The day my grandfather passed away I felt I had lost everything in a blink of an eye. He was the only grandparent I had left. Nothing could bring him back. He was gone. I never thought he would have passed away so quickly The Melanoma had won the war. His life was over and so was mine. Overtime I became a man of faith and this only strengthened me as a christian. This was a test of my faith.
My only suicide attempt was on the 27th of February, 2017. I was an overwhelmed sixteen year old and, in my eyes, I was completely alone in the world. I’ve had depression my entire life, but that day in particular just seemed the be the end of the world. I was lost in myself and I had been battling countless barriers in my life for as long as I could remember. I was tired of being in a constant war with myself and losing every single day.
The death penalty has been a controversial issue for many years. It was established centuries ago and has been accepted by society. It was put into place to punish those who had committed an offense against laws of the institution that was in place at the time. Within our society the death penalty has been associated with several symbols. ‘An eye for an eye,’ is a symbol that has come to be the representation of the death penalty; which was one of the original ideas behind it. Times have changed and the death penalty is now used for more serious offenses and considered to be a deterrence. The death penalty should be abolished because it does not effectively deter crime. I will be discussing the lack of deterrence on the death penalty