Rebecca's step-mom walked into the room where she found Rebecca intensely analyzing her old, worn photo albums yet again. She felt a moment of hesitation, but then decided to ask, "Are you all ready to leave honey? The reservation is for 7:00… and that's in 15 minutes. We better go ahead and get going if we want to make it there in time." Rebecca looked up as if she was caught by surprise. She got along pretty well with her, besides that she was always so concerned about every single thing that…

I could feel my waist shrinking as Maggie pulled on my corset rambling on about how beautiful she was going to make me look. As she gave the final tug I felt as if my ribs would crack in to if I dared try to breathe. I shut my eyes forcing myself to take small gasps as I forced my body to mold to the corset. "Maggie just loosen it a little, I am afraid I will faint from suffocation" whispered to my ditzy maid. She grumbled, but gave in and loosened the corset to where I could breathe normally before…

The rhythmic drum of my heart pounds strong. My blood flows for one purpose. The rhythmic heart rises and falls reminding me I have a reason to be here. As I lay on the ground looking at the starry night sky, I am reminded that each day is important in shaping who I want to be. Today, like every day, is the reason there is a future. The person I see in the mirror is the reason I need to keep moving on. He is the person that matters, yearning to be seen. Not by physique, but what is within. That is…

I believe that home is where your heart is. It can be a one-room shack, apartment, house, or even a camp trailer. At one point everyone in their life have dreamed of having a place they can call home. Home sweet home. Being raised in a military home from 1961 to 1970 we lived in at least 10 different houses that we called at home, because we lived there as a family, when my dad died in 1975 our home was no longer a home but a house that we just cohabitated in. With the absence of our father the majority…

and it was hijacking my soul. My heart had become its own planet spinning on its axis too fast for me to feel my the floor below me and I still don’t know how I kept my balance, especially to the point of dancing the night away with the girls, as Mr. Wonderful watched. Something was missing; since moving back to Southern California every attempt made to court me had made me literally sick to my stomach. There was a strong sensation in my stomach under the weight of my heart, twirling on its axis…

1013 Composition 1 September 16, 2010 My Broken Heart I have a lot of wonderful memories from my childhood. Some of the best memories were the times I spent with my dad. He was a wonderful man, a gentle giant. His hands were strong and calloused, but his touch was as soft as his heart. He was the brightest star in the center of my universe. The day he died was the day my heart soul were irreparably broken. The bright star burned out for eternity, leaving my universe dark and depressing. I remember…

Oh my god where is Alaina or Carolyn? I cannot wait to tell them about what am I going to do today! I thought to myself. I am a 6th grader who was Cupertino Middle School, early in the morning at 7:30 waiting for one of best friend’s to come so I could tell them something exciting. I had been waiting for minutes in the sun shine with so much excitement and happiness because it was the day where I was going to do something fantastically special! “Alaina, Alaina!” I shouted as I ran across to my friend…

There was a time in my life that four walls and a roof over my head didn't mean much to me. I am therefore surprised to see how much joy and fulfillment I have experienced from something I never thought I wanted. The stereotypical American dream of owning a home and raising a family had never been what I pictured myself doing, let alone finding any type of fulfillment in it. My dreams were to travel the world and try new things; things that no one had ever achieved before. I wanted to see things…

the dungeon?” Carmello asks turning the Benz off. Mya shakes her head no. “The dungeon is the heart of my empire. It’s the hive and those workers you saw is my busy bees making the honey that goes on the streets. I needed you to see my operation in the raw. Remember, I said I was molding you?” “Yeah.” “I want you to be with me long term, but I gotta be able to trust you with everything, even my life if it comes down to it.” Black was staring straight into Mya’s eyes with a serious intensity…

After having a severe back pain about three weeks, I had to go to my private care physician. He went through general check up and set for EKG and Eco test. Having the report of EKG, he referred me to the cardiologist. I became little nervous and scared as I had never been with Cardiologist in my life. I set an appointment and visited to the heart doctor. He asked me general information about the history of my parents and made some general tests on the fist day. He said, he had to go through…