Growing Up: A Reflection Essay on Life -Michael Hof Do you remember your world when you were a small child? Can you picture a single day as a 3...

Writing Collage His tall slender build and big bright eyes are the first things I remember. I also remember that his brother looked just like him. He moved in across the street when I was eleven. He was the first guy I ever had a real crush on. He was always quiet, reserved; yet some...

A REMEMBERED PLACE I remember all too well the place known to me as my true home. The last time I was there was when I was ten years old. It was closing in on Christmas Vacation 1991 and my mother said that she would take me. It was approximately around the late teens of December when we b...

When I think of significant experiences, I think of every thing that I have done up to this point in life. There is not one, but thousands of significant experiences that have helped to shape me to be the person I am today. When I first think of myself and the experiences that have helped shaped ...

With an exhausted sigh, Dirk Crozier unlocked the door to his business office at exactly 8:53 to begin another night of work. As he walked through the doorway, he threw his hat in the general direction of his coatrack. It missed, of course, but Crozier didn't bother to pick it up. He car...

Homecoming Night October is normally a very chilly time, but tonight was different it was actually quite pleasant with a great, cool, calm breeze. You could hear the crickets chirping in the meadow across from the football field. Everybody was out enjoying the beautiful weather for...

"Inheriting Murder" I woke up. I didn't open my eyes. I didn't want to. Natasha smiled in spite of herself. Remembering yesterday, who wouldn't? The way Marry Anne fell in that fountain in the mall after Billy pushed her, then Beth pushed Billy, and I ended up the only dry one, now that was...

"Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that defies logic," said Jim Trelease in his writing. Everyone in the whole world, no matter the race or gender, has his own stories which he can share with each other. People are preserving memories to make sense in the...

It's been three years since I got that fateful call from my doctor. I'd been in his office the previous morning complaining of frequent trips to the bathroom and eyes as dry as a desert. "You have Diabetes," he said positively, after reviewing my blood tests. "Go to the e...

It happened for as long as I could remember. I was ten and my sister was four. I am middle- height with light brown hair, which goes blond in the summer. I have pale skin, and when the heat and sunlight touch it, my skin develops in to a sea of freckles. My sister has brown hair like mine. She is sh...

Three character types are seen within the fable "The Rabbits Who Caused all the Trouble." There are the wolves who represent the people in society who prey on the weak and helpless for their own personal greed and gratification. There are the rabbits in which are easily persuaded ...

Afraid to dance When I was in grade 6 I went to my first dance. I remember I couldn't have been happier because I really wanted to dance with this one guy. Well right before the dance, he asked me if I wanted to go with him. I really wanted to say yes but I was with my friends (who thought ...

This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. - - T. S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" "I wanted to be scared again . . . I wanted to feel unsureagain. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged." --Connie Chung "In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn...

Memories of final big game will last forever... The alarm will go off even earlier than usual tomorrow, but somehow it won't be so tough to get up and get out of bed. You couldn't sleep any later if you tried. You'll be awake half the night and into the morning, staring at the ceiling and ...

Leadership Links by Rose Mercier and Penny Werthner TAKING ACTION - ANOTHER LEADERSHIP SKILL In the past two columns, we've discussed specific communication skills that leaders need to use effectively. These skills are valuable alone or in combination. Some situations require good judgment as ...