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When I came into Drug Court, I was lost and confused. I thought it was a joke and I thought I could keep doing what I wanted to do. I thought the Judge and everyone on the team was just out to get me. I didn’t know who I was because I built my life on lies. I never aspired to anything great. Being in Drug Court this long has shown me that the Judge and the Drug Court team really do care about each and every one of us personally. I can see that the Drug Court team cares and always has time for me

Finding our true calling in life isn’t always easy. To me a calling is something that you find joy in and are passionate about. As followers of Christ we are told to trust God and follow what He calls us to do. I believe that God directs us down different paths throughout our lives that lead us to a calling rather than just handing it to us. This can be scary as we never know His exact plan. As soon as we get comfortable in one area of our life and feel as if we have found our calling God throws

5 Big Steps Parents Can Take To Help Their Kids Gain More Independence For Preschool From social skills to language skills and all kinds of problem-solving techniques, your little one is in for some big learning when they enter a preschool program, but they could face challenges if the haven't acquired enough independence. Although it's your paternal instinct to take care of and control everything in their developing lives, independence is what's going to help them succeed and excel, once they're

It was late on an unusually warm Saturday night when I had to go back to my little side job and help a lady take down decorations from a wedding reception that was being held at St. Anne’s Catholic church in town. It was around 11:30pm and I was dead beat tired and did not want to leave the comfiness of my warm bed and the familiarity of my room. My best friend Gabby was also staying the night at my house that night and she had decided to come with me to help the lady I was working for. So, we bagged

Visiting my grandfather for the first time was very intimidating as a young child. He had poofy black hair and streaks of grey trailing through his beard. He was so tall that he had to stoop his head when he walked through a door way, and he always had a smell of a dusty campfire but I could never identify what it came from. As I continued to get to know him, I found that he wasn’t as frightening as I was expecting. He would always smile at me across the table when we had family dinners, and he would

How much do gender roles mean to you? In the story, The Chase by Annie Dillard, a young girl, Annie, grows up in a town where being a girl didn’t affect how she grew up. When Annie was a child she played football, baseball and threw snowballs with the boys. So as you can see being a girl in Annie’s neighborhood didn’t affect her, but as everyone grows up, we all realize that gender roles really do matter. We all probably grew up with boys and girls, but all places were different. One might have grown

After reading the transcript of the speech, “The Spirit of Liberty”, given by federal judge for more than 50 years, Learned Hand, who served most of the time on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, my idea of what it means to be an American was slightly shifted. The statement made by Hand which really caught my attention was, “What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws

On a beautiful day in November it started off like any other day in our life. We had such a special occasion to attend that evening at the local park to come together and celebrate our nephew Andy’s birthday. We all arrive and set up the event and get all the balloons and decorations up and ready for Andy to arrive. We all sat around and waited in suspense for him to arrive. Andy finally arrived and was so surprised that everyone came to celebrate his day with him. His smile lit up from ear to

My best friend and I decide to go camping, it was supposed to be a regular long weekend with her at Gennie Springs. The only thing was that we did not count on the issues that it could bring to us. It was a Memorial weekend and two days before the weekend we planned everything to travel 5 hours away from home. The plan was just go camping, spend time with nature, and disconnect from the world. We did not plan that the park was for crazy parties, we also did not plan that the police will stop us,

The story “Everyday Uses” begins with a Mother talking about her daughters, Maggie and Dee. Dee is outgoing, beautiful, and judgmental; she searches for things that may give her life purpose. Family values are of very little importance to Dee. She finds her significance more in her appearance than in endearment to the people of with whom she has shared her life, due to her insecurities. Then, there is her little sister Maggie, a small, shy girl, who has large insecurities due to her appearance