I Cried

going to get.’ I think that’s what the Forest said, I mean Gump, Forrest Gump, that’s what he said.” As I uttered the words, I knew I had embarrassed myself, along with the team, and I knew this was an experience I would never forget. Moving to a new school makes a sophomore feel like their life is over. This is especially true when they are just starting to settle into the new way of life and their agriculture teacher springs a public speaking contest into their hands. As it happened, I was the new

I Do, John, I Do I stared dreamily into John’s sharp gray eyes. He stared back, his soft grin teasing. I took a deep breath through my nose, waiting for my step-brother- who had offered to be “preacher” at John and I’s not-so-traditional wedding- to speak. John raised his eyebrows goofily and I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. He was so perfect. Mark- the earlier mentioned step-brother- cleared his throat and prepared to speak. “We are gathered here today, on this happy and heartwarming

and he didn’t know what to do. He Decided that he would look around the village and ask anyone if they had seen her. “Have you seen victora anywhere?”,he asked his neighbour and others who lived close by,but they all replied with they same answer. “No I haven't seen hear or i'm not sure.” Nobody knew where she was . Everyone practically knew Victora, they knew who she once was. They all loved her and they often stopped by to wish her well. Sometimes they brought food. But this particular day, no one

ocean of the coast of St. Johns Newfoundland, there he began to run the greatest Adventure of his life, "I loved it," Terry said. " I enjoyed myself so much and that was what other people couldn’t realize. They thought I was going through a nightmare running all day long. People thought I was going through hell. Maybe I was partly, but still I was doing what I wanted and a dream was coming true and that, above everything else, made it all

After I confessed , I blacked out due to a blow on the head from a short man. The mocking police officers took me into a compact, windowless , musty room that looked like it has been there since the dawn , or maybe even earlier, of time. Inside the room, two officers loomed over me. One dwarfed with almost white hair. He was shorter than me while I was sitting down , and he had a gray greasy beard with a unfriendly personality. He was quite plump and had a long nose similar to Pinocchio.

person I am, I cannot simply tell you one person helped me to turn out this way. Every person I have ever met, every experience I’ve had with them has contributed. However, I can tell you who I relied on when I knew I wasn’t as tough as I’d like to be. I can tell you of my beloved mother who taught me some of the most important things in my life and is still encouraging and influencing me. Growing up, I was always a small girl. I prided myself on always being healthy and active. I was in gymnastics

thinking about the environment that I was raised it, many wonderful things come to mind. We would ride our bikes down long bumpy worn down trails and catch baby frogs in the bayou behind our old house every weeknight. I had no reason to complain. I grew up on my little yellow bike riding from adventure to adventure. On my 10th birthday a new journey came in the form of a little plastic box. I got the new Flip video camera and I could not put the dang thing down. I remember taking videos of my adventures

Beatrya POV I woke and rubbed my eyes and sat up slowly. I looked at the clock and it was 5am. There goes my sleeping schedule. I felt very tired even though I 've been asleep for a while. I just got up using all my energy. I walked into the bathroom and did my normal brush my hair and teeth routine. I walked back out then put on my converse. I wanted to go outside today because I dont want to be here right now. I grabbed my jacket and opened my door then closed it. I walked slowly and quietly down

A stump not a stop sign I was asked, what in my life has made me who I am? I have pondered this question for a while and I’ve come to the conclusion that the adversity I've faced for my decisions is exactly why I am who I am today. I made the decision to stay in a relationship that everyone who cared about me advised me to back out of. In this relationship, I was abused emotionally and physically yet I stayed. I made the decision to ignore the signs that I should leave. He showed a blatant disregard

had in daily life, my moments are correlated with sadness since today’s date was June 4, 2007, and being the captain of my squad, I’m in charge my subordinates who follow my command, my orders, and my judgement on what I think is right, no argueing. But then comes regret, regret that I should’ve chosen something different so that it wouldn’t become detrimental to my friends. I’ve sent my prayers to the ones above to guide the roads we should take so that the safety falls in most importance with the