During the past few summers my sister Faith and I like to get a group of our friends together and go cannoning in the red river in Adams Tennessee. We love how peaceful is it getting out in a rural area where there are miles and miles of cornfields and no loud noises of vehicles and people. In Adams The river is near the bell witch cave, which we always joke about our car breaking down and the bell witch coming to haunt us. My mom used to joke about the children of the corn coming to get us, although
I live on a sailboat with my mother and father, and for a time, my older brother. He returned to the USA to work and go to college just before his 18th birthday. I love him dearly, but I was thrilled he left. I immediately moved into his larger bunk and told him not to let the hatch cover hit him in the head on his way out. However, my smile quickly faded when my father reminded me that I was the only child left to wash the dishes. Sailing around the world with my family has its pros and cons. A
One summer night in Las Vegas sitting in my room staring at the white wall the year was 2020 it was pretty late at night it was 8:23 the out of nowhere i thought that we should go on a road trip. My little brother John was like “yea i want to go”. Then John thought that we should invite our cousin’s David, Samantha, and Alana because they have an RV. So then we called, they were like yea sure and i said how about Friday? are you free that day they said no i said OK how about after work we can go
The newly established theme park advertised exciting offers every day. It was just an hour’s drive and going there was on the top of my checklist. It so happened that on the day I was planning to go, there was an offer which said the first four people to reach there on December 25th would get to go on every ride for free. Hearing my plans, my parents wanted me early as they were throwing a Christmas party and the exciting part was that my parents had invited my favorite DJ to entertain the guests
My family road trip wasn’t a normal road trip. There was a lot of sharp turns and middle aged women yelling at us in a local gas station. I had to learn to just breathe. It was an early Thursday morning in May 2011 and it was time to buckle up and head to my cousin, Shayla, who is getting married and it was time for her wedding in her favorite chapel in Taylor Falls. We had a small, grey buick that that was too small for all of us. We decided to all take one car, big mistake. My sister, Becca, was
During pregnancies, these are the things that I loved the most Being pregnant is a great honor, a wonderful journey, and a very special time in a women life. It’s fun to be able to pamper yourself a little bit and take care of your needs during this special time as you take on the wonderful honor of growing a tiny human. Maternity Pants – I usually just go to the thrift store and see what they have in their maternity section, but basically, I just want something that feels comfortable. I like
SOME TIME BEFORE I FALL INTO SLEEP Looking at my arm which became red after you made a point shot with your pink slipper; mom, I think the slippers looked better on your feet. Of course I’m not brave enough to tell you that five minutes after you learned “the thing”, instead I turn my eyes away from you. There are six squares on the pattern of out carpet. And two circles. The toy trolley’s one wheel is broken. A yellow banana peel is on the sofa. I’ve always thought I had five photos on our photograph
7am was an extremely early time for me to wake up on a normal Saturday morning considering I’d usually lie in my bed till 10 then get ready to volunteer at the shop. But today wasn’t a normal Saturday. This was a Saturday to remember. This is the Saturday that would potentially shape my life. I clenched my phone in my hands. Why was I so nervous? Never in my life have I worked so hard for something, surely I would receive what I deserved? Minutes passed and it felt like hours. BUZZ. Determined not
The day of Halloween 3 years ago was really crazy with my best friend Alexander Zimny. I was at home eating ham and watching the 100. as I was eating I remembered it was the day I was going to AIex Zimneys house i was supposed to go there at five, but at four thirty I begged my mom to let me go early, but like the mean boar she always is, she said, no so I went up to my room cried a little bit and took a nap. It felt like eternity before setting off on foot to meet Alex at the nature center, which
Adrift Space was a living nightmare when you thought about it. An endless black expanse of void - and me in a tiny soup can that kept out the cold emptiness. These were the thoughts bouncing around in my head as I finished my twenty-first day off-planet. I was floating in a rusty old dinghy of a spaceship, propelled only by my initial momentum and my prayers that I’d make it to Proxima before my rations ran out. Cheery. The first month had been underscored with emotion. Relief, at first, for