The Little Things

not paying close attention to all of the good things that can happen to you throughout the day, you don’t really notice how many small things there are that can have a positive effect. Small things on their own aren’t much, but when you start to add them up they can become something huge. For instance, playing fetch with my Labrador Buddy, or giving in to that craving of chocolate and enjoying every bite are very small things in the grand scheme of things, but take either out of my life and it would

voices. As we evacuated the bus, we met another person, a woman name Naomi. Naomi was a young college student who has participated in the Sister City program four years ago, and was going to be our liaison between America and Japan. Some of the few things I could say about Naomi was that she spoke perfect English and seemed to be a lovely young woman. Both Mr. Sakurai and Naomi introduced us to our host families and told us how long we would be interred with each (it turns out we were a hot commodity

What is some things most people live life without enjoying? Most of the time, it is the small things in life. Many people go through life focusing on a big grand picture but fail to enjoy the little moments in life that make them happy for just a second or will amuse them for awhile. In my opinion if you live life worrying about what people think about you, or changing your lifestyle to fit in then you are not really enjoying life. I know this to be true because when I first moved to Heath, I was

“A Sound of Thunder”, by Ray Bradbury is a story which takes place at two different times, a future time and millions of years ago when dinosaurs were around. In the story, Eckels goes in a time machine to see the past and makes the one little mistake of stepping out of the given path and killing a butterfly that leads to a huge change to the present and his death. A theme or lesson in the story I noticed was, even the smallest actions have big consequences. In the beginning of the story, there

kitchen they concluded there was “nothing here but kitchen things”. as they went on to search through her cupboards making remarks about her worrying about her preserves while being held for murder. They went on to discuss that women are used to worrying about trifles and what we would do without them. The way the men spoke about women made it clear that they believe that the women were only good for housework and worrying about the little things such as kitchen work. throughout the discussion, the two

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

memorable days in my life, for a small brown-haired reason. The wind was weaving its way harmoniously through the treetops at sunset. It created a mystifying ambiance within the forest. The sun was gleaming through the tree branches, leaving its last little slivers of warmth before dropping down below the hills for its lingering night’s sleep. It almost seemed like a picturesque dream all together with the hushed silence. After conversing about all of our potential hunting spots, we decided to go up

me it’d be rewarding because I see all the little things I did or didn’t do and I see what was right or wrong with my work and it kind of lights a fire under me. I say that because assignment five took a lot of work, but once I saw my page after all the notepad work it felt rewarding whereas on previous assignments I just looked at both screens puzzled. Looking back now I could easily change my assignments up and receive far better grades by doing things that I now understand. It’d be as simple as

As a kid, I was always extremely talkative. So talkative that teachers would get on to me. Teachers would say so many different things to me, but I never let it bother me. The most common thing they would say would be like,”Kate, quit talking and go move to a different seat.” Usually, I would respond back with,”Okay” in an annoyed tone, because all I wanted to do was talk. I would still find a way to talk to someone else, but after a while, I would hear my teacher say my name again. “Kate this is

disheartens me to picture this child longing the attention and affection of her mother and to wish for simple things that majority of us deliver to our children, often without even thinking, whether that is giving hugs, kisses, mending a hurt knee, watching their sports team, tucking our kids into bed every night or just sitting at the kitchen table watching them doing their homework. Simple things that this narrator could have only envisioned of. Then there is the mother’s perspective, wanting to cook