The Longest Time

outside. Gale and I sat in front of each other as we watched the trees pass by us through the window. Gale got a cup of green tea and I got a glass of water to pass the time. His eyes practically sparkled as I slid chocolate to him. While we ate chocolate, I taught him how to play rock, paper, scissors. It took him the longest time to win, meaning I let him win. It's kind of hard to beat me when I can read your mind. It took us both lots of restraint not to attack each other and act childish in front

We stayed for the longest time but I liked being with the baby I took so many pictures that my phone heated up so much that it said, “ Please wait you phone has overheated wait 10 minutes before using again.” I got so mad because I just wanted to take picture and if I would

were still there for me and were very supportive in everything I did. The impact this move had on me was so positive and pulled me out of my depression. This time in my life really changed my outlook on how I wanted to live. I learned that I deserved better than how some people treated me and I didn’t need to look a certain way to have a great time. However, I still experience some judgement but it comes in a different form- as if people underestimate me. I have had numerous people say to me, “Wow I

It had been several hours since the incident at the clinic. The children were asleep in the bungalow lit by the faded yellowish red hues of the fire light. Perfecto had been awake for the longest time contemplating the next step. He didn’t want to deal with the looming presence of things to come, like the aftershocks of an earthquake. More than anything he wanted to leave and start again. “Why? Why did you have to go through with that? We should have left the boy when we had the chance…” He began

United States of America. A few months before all of this I was pleased with my calm life in a local city of Taiwan. I settled there at the age of two with my family, and things were going well so far. Because I lived there for ten years, the longest time that I ever spent living in one place, I had made really good friends and was not looking forward to any significant changes although my

Little lights shine their way down the rugged winding path. Foot steps trudge in front and behind staying close together. Dodging thorns and burs left and right. Ouch!—Every time. Quiet laughs fill the silence as we continue on. Our trek takes us up a slippery slope and through a cow pasture and under a barbed wire fence and down a long tractor path all with the weight of our bags and rifles. Finally, we make it to where we head separate ways. As goodbyes and good lucks are exchanged, nerves set

already new that I would have more throughout my college career. My most memorable surgeries are the ones that I had on my lower back, two in total. One of them was when I was in high school and caused me to miss an entire year of gym class. Around the time of my second back surgery, I had started experiencing pain in my lower back again. This was nothing new to me since pain was something I’ve gone through my whole life, especially on my lower back. Now you may be asking what type of back problems could

sister and me up and take us to do yard work. I loathed doing yard work but he taught me that hard work pays off because our reward was a home cooked meal from Grandma. No one ever passed up a meal made by Grandma. In elementary school when report card time rolled around I can remember getting a call from him. Just so he could tell me how proud he was of me and how I need to keep up the good work. My freshman year in high school I got a C on my report card. When he called he asked me what my grades were

Out with the trash They were blinded by myths. They thought they were here to protect us. They followed them without question. Desmond was one of the only people who wasn’t fooled by their lies. For months he had been searching for an exit from Exotar. There had been escape attempts from Exotar before, yet no one had made it beyond the wall. The wall stood 150 feet tall and was capped by a thick, heavily tinted glass roof, which inclosed thousands of slave-driven families. Each day they were forced

cafeteria in the Parks building around noon, for her class ended around that time. Our meetings were usually 30-45 minutes long, except for the last encounter, that was an hour and a half. Due to myself always being on campus and insisting we meet in the cafeteria for my convenience sake, it resulted to us always having encounters on campus. Furthermore, I pick up my daughter at 4 pm from daycare and chose not to meet up after that time with my partner due to family priorities. Analysis of The Process and