“Hi Nora! How are you today?” I ask, closing the door softly behind me while balancing the breakfast tray on my hip. I set the tray down and sit in the metal chair I have designated as my own in Nora’s world. I look at the creased features and wispy white hair I know so […]

Women populate our military, entertainment industry, blue-collar factory floors, boutiques, salons, and just about every other professional role in American culture. There are powerful female politicians, rock stars, and athletes. Look just about anywhere and one can easily find women filling nearly every position that modern society has to offer. Examine the same landscape from […]

“I movement that, as a result of everyone seems to be half asleep, the complete class should spin round in a circle and scream AwhoopSHHH ahhh!”‘ This movement not solely wakened the dormant members of my debate class, however it caught the attention of my debate trainer. He paused for a second, not figuring out […]

For the most part, people generally consider me to be a person who is calm, giving and quiet. I try never to overreact. In fact, my close friends usually come to me when they need advice or are in a jam. Standing at six feet, two inches, my peers often call me the “gentle giant.” […]

Having breakfast every morning is more important than having a personal relationship with God. This is the way I used to think. My first two years of high school I would make sure I had time to eat breakfast every morning, but I never made time for God. I never prayed, read the bible or […]

Consider the light for a long moment. Most people would say that they feel safer in the light. you can see everything, you’re more aware of your surroundings. While most people grew up being scared of the dark, having to rush from the light-switch to the bed to escape the monsters that would come out […]

Can one person unite the world? Is it possible for the short-term actions of one individual to make a lasting impression on the global community? Like every other human being, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a dream. A dream in which opened the door to many strong and personal beliefs that would soon lead to […]

On June 14, 2008, my sister referred to as me from upstairs in her normal irritated tone. I slowly trekked up the steps, questioning what I had carried out this time to harass her (was it my pigsty of a room? or did she discover out concerning the headphones I someway forgot to ask if […]

Weak: how do we define this word? Some would define it as emotional in saying that tears are merely liquid weakness, while others would define it as physical, as if not being able to weight lift makes one weak. Two years ago if someone would have asked me to define the word weak, I would […]

“Don’t get your hopes up, he may not show up.”, quoting my mom about fifty or more times about my dad not showing up to pick my brother, sister, and me up for the weekend. My mom and dad got a divorce when I was only four years old. My older sister was only eight […]