The Love Of My Life : My Best Friend

It was that time of the year when school was finally over and it was summer! I remember being super excited for the summer and having total freedom because I just had got my license. I got my license and my first car so I was excited to do many things during the summer. A couple weeks into the summer, my friends and I hung out a lot because I had my own car. More into the summer, near the end of July and the start of August, my friends and I were out one night and it was about 2 in the morning, I wasn’t supposed to be driving after 9 but I did anyway. We were on our way to McDonald’s and I’m trying to get there as soon as possible to get home and not get caught. As I’m driving to McDonald’s I see the speed limit which was 30 mph and I was

She is strong, a caregiver, provider, and the best part she has a great sense of humor. Who may I be talking about? That would be my mom, Krista Dykstra. My mom is one of the most important people in my life. She is the one who is there through the ups and downs or whenever help is needed. My mom is a strong believer in family time, she is a passionate person about trying and learning new thing and she is overall very smart and cares about her education. Life wouldn’t be the same without her.

From the day he was born I turned into a different person. I spread my arms out to people in need. I grew from a taker to a giver. I always was checking in to make sure everyone was okay. Its unbelievable to think about, and realize how much someone so much younger and less experienced than you can teach you so much. Someone who has yet to experience the world taught me how to embrace my life and grow with

Weather can create many mix of emotions that may confuse anyone. A story that can relate to this is “The Love of My Life” by T.C. Boyle which illustrates the theme of weather and its connection to love. Weather always have some sort of connection with humans’ emotion regardless the person’s situation. In “The Love of My Life” the main characters Jeremy and China show their love through moments of certain weather.

My feelings for you have attained so much gravity that I feel the need to put them down on paper. Before reading this, I need you to know something. I wrote this for you, not for the world. This is meant for your eyes and your eyes only. Anyone who is not you or me will not understand even if they think they do. This is what I couldn’t express verbally, and as always, I express better on paper.

When I was twenty-eight years old I did not know my life would start to fall apart when I met my son’s father. In the beginning I was a single fun twenty-eight year old woman unfortunately at that time I had lost my job with the Department of Corrections due to layoffs in February of 2012. I knew layoffs were in the horizons and from that point I had made the decision to enjoy this time and take the time off and collect the unemployment benefits. Within those months, which the time off seemed like a miniature vacation, I would do all sorts of things such as hiking, swimming, laying out by the pool and taking a trip to Laughlin and Colorado Springs. My best friend Cristine and driven out to Colorado Springs with her then boyfriend, she did

Throughout my life, I have been through many difficult times in my life. At only eighteen, I never thought that I would fall in love with an addict, who opened my eyes and changed my life. I now firmly believe that facing difficult challenges in life brings you closer to those you love while learning about who you are as a person.

January 1, 2013 is the day my life changed. I'm from a small town in Florida where everybody knew everybody and everybody else's business. I knew everybody’s car, house, address, and about every phone number. It was safe to say that for the first thirteen years of my life, I travelled nowhere and didn't see anybody but the everyday faces in this town. I learned to love this town mostly because I was comfortable. I didn't have to worry about not knowing where I was going or not knowing people. It was simple. It was my small town. On January 1, 2013, my dad woke my two brothers and I up for our what seemed daily talks. He sat us down in our family room and said “Do y’all want to move to Mexico?” Our family room had never been so quiet not only because who the hell just asks that but we knew he was serious. Being thirteen, I jumped up and said “absolutely!”. My younger brother, who was 11, also said “why not?”. But my older brother, who was 15, turned my dad’s idea down quick mostly because he was dating “the love of his life” at the time. Through much convincing and debating, we moved to Cancun, Mexico on March 1, 2013.

The type of people I enjoy spending time with are real down to0 earth people who like to have fun. I love to hang around people that are brave enough to do more things than me. Someone who is not scared to take risks in life, but also knows there limit as well. Not saying that I love people who gets in to trouble all the time, but they help you to be more open- minded to life. Those people like that can look back one day and not regret any chances that they talked about taking and never did. People whom live in the moment and not worry about what tomorrow might bring. I love real genuine, caring people who is not scared to speak their mind. Special qualities that not only will they hurt with the truth, but they are also there to pick you up when you fall. Having people like that in your life is a blessing meeting people with real loyalty is rare. Those are once in a lifetime people that you may not get a chance to meet every day. I have always been a shy person, but only shy until you meet me. Anyone who has ever got to know me personally knows how hard I love for people and care for them, always a shoulder to cry on, as well as a “honest ear”. I tend to always care what people say and how they judge me. That’s why I only enjoy certain qualities in people, someone who can bring me out my shell at times. Always having someone to tell me how the sky is the limit, and you are open to become whatever you want in the world. With anyone,

Last summer, I was at the Ohio State Fair. It was a beautiful, sunny day. The wind was blowing and out of the corner of my eye, I recognized a longtime friend from secondary school. We embraced each other in friendship. I introduced him to my two beautiful children. He was with his two children also. When I asked what he was doing there, he announced he had only come from Kentucky to attend the Ohio State Fair. After the introductions, we decided to stay together as a group. It was a happy time and we talked about our relationships. I told him about my beautiful wife of eight years. My friend could not say the same. He had experienced a divorce with the mother of his children. We took a time to look at the different animals, which then made us reflect back to Sierra Leone. At this moment, I remembered had it not been for summer I would not have had enough time to process such a thought. We watched our children ride roller coasters and simultaneously conversed about life and back home.

Running on the vast, open field with the glimmering sun trailing behind as it descends behind the tall prairie grass, my friend Laura Ingles Wilder and I would play for hours. Although our lives were separated by many years, I followed her journey and experienced her life through her novels. My love of books stemmed from my mom. Since before I could read, I would lose track of time as she read the tales of Laura and her family to me as they traveled across the country and built new houses wherever they landed. After my parents divorced, my life began to resemble the Wilders’ nomadic lifestyle as we bounced between rentals every year for seven years until my grandpa helped us purchase a townhouse of our own in a better school district. Since that stage in my life, I have continued to use the books to carry me through difficult times.

“Pitter-patter, pitter-patter”, my 20 years old uncle holding the umbrella for me, while I am busy shedding tears. About 0.6 miles of walking in this extremely muddy road, to get to our car. Plenty of people from our village were crying and following us to the car, it almost felt like there was a death in the family. It was a dream for everyone but a nightmare to me. My heart kept yelling at me saying “look back he’s here”, I knew it was lying but I was compelled to look back. He wasn’t there, I looked back, he wasn’t there, I looked back, he wasn’t there. My 12 years old heart was begging to Allah to see him for one last time, but you don’t get what you always want. We left for Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, it was a 5-hour car ride, which I was unconscious, during most of it. I had no idea about America, nor the difference between “America and the U.S”. All I knew was, the life would be better in America. Though I wasn’t excited about coming here at all because I would have to leave the love of my life. My family assumed that I wasn’t serious about our relationship, but he meant so much to me. I would go to sleep saying “you love me or not, I love you”. Someone once said, “you will know what true love is when you can give someone without expecting anything in return”. I was crying nonstop before the day of our flight. Just the thought of not seeing the one person, whom you gave the most valuable thing from your little life, was hunting me down, every time I inhaled and

I’m Bree. I am 14 years old. I am not popular, but I want to be really bad. I am very shy, I don’t have many frends, I’m average height, and I love to read. I have a sister named Laura, but she lives with her friend in Californa.  My best friend is named Chase, I’ve known him since birth and he’s the one of the most popular boys at school. He is tall, athletic, and has dirty blonde hair like me.

I think about my life every night before I go to bed. As a kid, I was not worried about the future. However, as I was introduced to the reality of drugs and alcohol in my neighborhood, my life took a turn. I chose the wrong path for a few years. As I got older, I realized life could be different if I made wise decisions.

Love was never something I knew much about until I met Tjerron. We met on July 11th, 2015. That day I knew I had found the love of my life. “Never have I felt that I could be all that you see. It’s like our hearts have intertwined and to the perfect harmony.” (Major, This Is Why I Love You) Tjerron is a symbol of “everything I want” and represents unconditional love, perfection, and a great significant other. Unconditional Love is one example of how he represents the symbol of “everything I want.” He shows complete Unconditional Love twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. He made sure I knew he loved me every day. Tjerron never let a day pass without saying those three words I Love You. He gave me constant affection, emotionally and physically. He made the greatest effort to spend his extra time with me every day, and provide the love needed in a relationship. He offered his all and 100% into our relationship. I never knew anyone could love me, or that I would ever feel the love he gave. I come with a lot of imperfection and me loved me nevertheless. He never judged me, nor turned his back on me. When I would feel down he would always find ways to bring me up from a low place. I love food so he would take me to my favorite food place Chick-fil-a. Or he would plan the most romantic dates. He exhibited the best and most unconditional love ever. Tjerron represents the true image of perfection in my eyes. He isn’t lazy like plenty of the current generation of men. He is a