They named me Anthony because they really liked the name and they named me Vito because that is my dad’s first name.…
Exposition There were butterflies in my stomach and I could feel beads of sweat run down my face. A policeman unlocked my handcuffs and pushed me into the dark cell. My clothes were mucky and weighed down with sweat. The dirty cell had a foul stench of garbage and rotten sewage which made it impossible to withstand. My family were supporters of women's rights ever since I was a little girl .…
About a week ago I turned on the television and the news was on. When it came on it was talking about the Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, and how the shooting could have been prevented. The news stated the he had some sort of Autism or Asperger’s, the man bought ten suitcases into his hotel room and had the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door for three days. Finally, the night of the Route 91 Harvest music festival he shot a security guard. Then he shot out of his hotel room window toward the concert killing fifty-eight people and injuring about five-hundred people.…
It was Superbowl Sunday, February 3, 2008. I was looking forward to this day for so long I couldn't stand it. My family was having a huge gathering, I was going to be able to eat all the food I wanted. Little did I know there were bigger plans for me that day. I have had a cold, I coughed so hard I thought it made me urinate myself.…
When I was about ten years old, I was camping in Lake Eaton. It had been fourth of July weekend. On July third, I was playing man hunt in the dark with a handful of my close friends. I was being chased; all of a sudden, I was on the ground. I didn’t realize what had happened until I felt the excruciating pain traveling down my arm seconds after the fall.…
Although the history of my name goes no further than being named after elder relatives. I find my name to be very meaningful. My grandfather was a role-model in both of my parent’s lives which made…
The story behind my first name, Gavin, is a relatively simple. The name Gavin has been a popular name for some time now. In the year 2000, it became one of the top one hundred most popular names for babies. It kept climbing in popularity after that, becoming the sixty-first most common name when I was born (2002), eventually becoming the thirtieth most popular first name. My parents picked the name out for me in that manner; they saw and liked the name in a baby names book.…
I was getting ready to leave when I heard my mom’s phone ring. I thought it was my father. But it was the hospital telling me that my doctor had seen my blood results and that I had to go to the office to talk to her. When I arrived, my family was given the news that I had a condition. The nurse said it would most likely leave me unable to have a child because of how long the condition has gone untreated.…
I grab the handle of the bedroom door with my hands shaking and my heart pounding. As I pushed the door opened I saw my mother with my little baby sister wrapped in her arms and shaking furiously begging her to please wake up. As of that moment I realized something was wrong with my little baby sister. At that time, I was eleven years old. I have never lost a loved one before and death is a word I did not know existed.…
It was March 31, 2006, at 4:18 am. When I came into this world. Not long after, I met the person that I’d be friends with for a long time, her name is Gwyneth. When I was about four or five I had my first “bad” injury. I was in a race just for fun at recess and I was the only girl there.…
For me stigma is a brand that is associated with a specific person or a circumstance. The brand that is left is affiliated in a negative way. For example when something bad happen to you, you will always remember it because you will have it in your memories as a bad. When I had 7 years old I was playing by myself on the second floor jumping with the cable. The cable was there because the builder had not finished building the second floor.…
Throughout my life I have always been exposed to alcohol, and the negative effects it has on people. Most of my father’s family had been addicted to alcohol, this includes all his brothers and his father. My mother always warns me not to even touch alcohol, because she believes that my siblings and I are likely to become addicted. I don’t argue simply for the fact that I have watched my father go through the struggles of being an alcoholic, and that is not something I would to experience myself. When I was in middle school, not sure what what year, it was the first time I saw my dad as someone else.…
Life change event No matter whats going on in your life, take care of your health. I was very sick for numerous years and did not even know it . Your health is so very important, I was sick for a long while and it made me realize how important life is and death is tragic. I had been sick since my son was born. I was experiencing a large amount of pain in my body.…
When I was little I would get a lot of chest pains my mom always worried about me. After a few months she decided to finally take me to the doctor to get an x ray. I was really scared because i never had one before. When they called me in I had a mini heart attack, walking into the room she told me to wait in the far left room so someone can go check me. I waited a few minutes when my doctor came in he told me that he was going to take the x ray and that to take off my cloths so i can change in a robe.…
Carma All I remember is a very loud crack, and i felt like I was drowning. Now i am setting in the hospital. I will explain it all started back a year ago. I would set around my house wondering what to do my mom would yell, “get outside.” Thin my best friend Jem introduction me to bike riding we rode about every evening.…