Unique In My Life

The plane took off and were in the air leaving the place I had only ever known. I remember when my parents told me and my two brothers that we would be moving to the United states. At the time I didn’t know where we would end up or how we were even getting there. All I knew was I would be in a totally different landscape with a lot of ethnically different people whom I have never met or seen before.

The more I observe, the more I understand who I am. I come from a small town in a very cold part of the world, where very few exciting events occur. This means, I have to work extra hard to become an artist. I remember having my neighbor say, “You aren’t an artist until I buy a painting from you,” and she did. I never wanted the money, but I did enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that what I create makes others happy. So many people in town encourage me and support me with my dreams, and all I do in return is help them back in return. When people need a little sunshine on gray, winter days, I am there to lend them my happiness. That is why I am able to succeed. When failure strikes his wrath upon me, I learn from the mistakes rather be held back –being optimistic allows me to grow much quicker than if I were to be

After all of that we we’re getting on the plane. We found our sets and sat in them and buckled up we were ready for our flight. Were on a plane I was really excited about the trip, when we took off it was going down the runway faster and faster then all of a the sudden the plane was going up off the ground then we were in the sky floating forward. Then the plane was going fast whenever I looked out the window everything on land and not in the air looked tiny it was an amazing site from up above. It felt like we were flying with the birds.

Looking back out of the small window, I catch a final glimpse of corn fields and lonely railroad crossings before they dip below the horizon. For my first time on a plane, the excitement of adventure meets me as I depart from the comfort of home and enter a world unknown outside of Nebraska. Seeing the world in God’s view as the landscape evolves below, I fall in love with flying. Looking down from 30,000 feet and seeing earth on such a vast scale, I realize how much there is to discover.

Right as I a walked out the airplane I heard unfamiliar language being spoken around me. People were buzzing around as my heart started to beat fast. My life started to change dramatically, then it struck me it was around 18 hours

I vividly remember sitting in the back of the plane so all I could hear was the

In my life I have experienced so much of the losses and sacrifices I endured through, but with all the hardships, I still live day to day retaining knowledge and seeing the world's secrets and beauty. In the 18 years I have been on this planet, I learned to

As we flew through the air, in the moment, it was all slow motion. I blacked out for a split second, then opened my eyes, as I was in midair, and I slammed my head on the rough, rocky ground. My head felt like it had cracked open.

A huge plane flew, what seemed like inches, above us. I saw a great big pile of smoke rushing towards us, and in that moment, I knew something was wrong.

We took off and meanwhile I thought of how would my life change and the new language I would have to learn and how everything was going to be different form before. When we were about to land I saw billions of lights of different

Things happen for a reason and make up who we are today. Whether you won a science fair or ran all around the world it shaped you and your personality. I will be talking about me. Kaedyn La Bakis. Here are some of the things that shape who I am to this very day.SEA WORLD. I always loved animals. Birds, tigers, red pandas , but I never knew my passion was animals. We went to Seaworld in Texas for a family vacation. Right when we got in Seaworld I knew this was gonna be my career when I am older. Studying animals (zoologist). That place was amazing I would rather go there again than go to Disney World. The stingrays, dolphins, and sharks were awesome too look at.Now that made me upsessed with animals. Sky, land or sea.THE TRAMPOLINE ACCIDENT.

My environment, circumstances, style and interests are always changing. Most importantly, I am learning from mistakes and failures all along the way. Because of this I am able to move forward in my life having learned

The fast pace of society today has clouded some of the most remarkable aspects of life. Many of the extraordinary points in life can clearly be discovered through self-reflection. Although, this idea often becomes overlooked because people feel they don’t have sufficient time, or they lack the motivation to evaluate what is happening in their life. People fail to appreciate the value of the insight that only can be found when you take a moment to let your mind and soul meet.

What’s different about me from the other submissions is that I have come through hardships. When I was three my mother went to jail and I had to live with my grandparents. Eventually they got a divorce and I had to move again. It’s hard moving to a place where everyone already has friends, where no one wants to be friends with the new girl. I ended up with no friends, eventually later in my high school years I found a few good friends. I was bullied for being overweight. Being overweight is bad because it’s not only bad for your health but it gives you restrictions on stuff you like to do. Like walking and playing games with your friends. Games as in football or soccer. I grew up believing that being over weight makes you ugly. I always had very low self esteem but I’m getting passed that where I’m pretty by being myself. Another hardship I got through was with my father. Your probably thinking why I didn’t go live with my father. Well me and his wife didn’t get along. After I turned 12 I decided that I didn’t want to visit them on the weekends, they started blaming me for it. I fell through this

The light to put our seatbelts on glowed as the captain spoke to us and flight attendants acted out safety instructions. At take-off my stomach was filled with butterflies, but I wasn't scared. My body was pushed into the seat but I pretended I was the captain of a fighter jet. When we were stable I discovered that flying wasn't that bad. And the ocean looked beautiful out the windows! I put on my CD player until the played the in-flight movie, Planet of the Apes. I didn't like it so I kept listening to my CD player all the way through dinner. I fell asleep but the sound of the captains voice woke me. He was telling us there was an hour left of the flight. Flight attendants asked us to stow away our bags and prepare for landing. Butterflies were fluttering in my stomach again as I anticipated the landing. I felt the plane lose