Suffocation can result to light headedness, emotional discomfort, and in extreme cases brain damage. None of which I would relate to a passionate kiss. The air was hot with static on a life changing night. With every step I took currents ran through my body. My elated best friend, Marissa, sh...

September 26, 1999, I took my son in for his two-month check up. When I got there, the receptionist said, "Dr. Welsh is gone for the day, but Dr. Spangler would be happy to see him." Little did I know that this slight change in plans would change my life forever. When I went to the ho...

My emotional anguish has become my physical pain. Am I imagining these physical symptoms I am having? Am I causing these symptoms? How do I get rid of them? How do I make others believe they really do exist? On Friday night after the Knicks vs. Nets basketball game in Madison Square Garden, I ...

"24 Things" 1. Your presence is a present to the world. 2. You're unique and one of a kind. 3. Your life can be what you want it to be. 4. Take the days just one at a time. 5. Count your blessings, not your troubles. 6. You'll make it through whatever comes along. 7. Within you are so man...

...in the twinkle of an eye. When I began this project, I immediately thought of my grandfather, Richard Rebman. He had always been one to tell a good story, and after being in World War II, I knew that he would provide me with a colorful paper. But as I sat listening to the wealth of life flow ...

A soliloquy for Judas Was I so wrong, so arrogant? Maybe it is right that I found my way here, a place where life has lost its plan, its blueprint. A land, I thought, so rich with promise when first I saw it. I saw diversity and young life springing from the ground. Only now I see t...

Charlotte and I had been together for quite sometime. Our love grew stronger and solid as time went by and we cherished every moment spent together. We did what normal couples would do and we had a world of our own. Being the best looking boy and most gorgeous girl with excellent scores as well, we ...

The Five Stages Of Grief 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance Having recently experienced a troubled time in my life I decided to do some research on what I was feeling instead of lying around and crying about it. So far, this is what I have. The stages I...

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...

tors Survive Plane Crash Horror - Pilot Dies', the newspaper's headline had proclaimed. Since the accident my life had undergone a dramatic and unbelievable transformation. I guess that after being involved in a plane crash it would be foolish to believe that everything would ever seem...

Andrea Kehler Humanities I 3/5/01 Thoughts of Nausikaa (With a twist in the story) "The man of my dreams, wow! I wonder what he will be like. Oh why does Athena fill such thoughts into my head? What if I never get married? Or maybe her dream was a sign saying soon I will meet the man I a...

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" I spoke, working desperately to remember my lines. The show would be on in just an hour, and my lines were still not memorized. I needed to hide, and fast. How I despised this job. Why, oh, why did I have to have to be my brother's replacem...

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" I spoke, working desperately to remember my lines. The show would be on in just an hour, and my lines were still not memorized. I needed to hide, and fast. How I despised this job. Why, oh, why did I have to have to be my brother's replacem...

Cameronized Denver! There are no words to describe my love and passion for the city of Denver, Colorado. The mountains, the skyline there is nothing like it. No city is quite like Denver. The most important part of why I love Denver is because I was born and raised there for 7 years. I hadn'...

"Linda, why don't you meet your boy friend today?" "Oh, Amy, Are you crazy? Meeting a jerk like him right before my birth day is like a nightmare." "But still¡¡ It's your 20th birth day. Why don't you just call him then?" My boy friend, John, he has been acting like a jerk since when we were you...

Most people try to forget the past especially the bad things. When you look back you think of all the good that there was, but with the play "Our Town" it makes you think back to that one time when you ask your mother how pretty you are and the reasons you ask it. In Thornton Wilders pla...

On the Outside After doing 15 years for the family Tommy Garcia was now free and wanted to get back what he had lost. As he left the gates of the prison, which had been his home for the past fifteen years, he saw his old friend Tony, standing smoking just like before. As he neared, Tony flicked...

Cloudy Morning The morning golden sky was surrounding me in a distant haze. The sun and morning haze had started to churn and mix together. I felt as if I belonged in a painting. The beauty struck me and made me catch my breath. It was like your favorite pillow; it comforted me and made my mi...