Part One, Saturday
Nathan and Daniel have been friends for as long as they can remember. The started school on the same day when they were five years old and have been in the same classes ever since. This Friday afternoon they graduate from high school and this weekend, Memorial Day weekend, they both turn 18 years old; Nathan’s birthday is Saturday and Daniel’s on Sunday. This fall they both head off to college and to play baseball; after all those hours playing in the desert sun, they both earned a scholarship to play baseball with the Sun Devils of Arizona State University.
The young men are picture perfect athletes, they could have just competed in the Ancient Greek Olympic games. The sun had bronzed their skin everywhere possible and their bodies were Greek temples to good eating and living. Nathan stands 6’ 4 with short blond hair and plays shortstop with his natural instincts and strong throwing arm. When he swings at the plate, his strong arms and legs moved with a graceful power that inspired his high school put together a calendar of the team to help raise money for new uniforms. Daniel is a 6’ 1” left handed pitcher with a body cut from Italian marble. He smooth skin glistens with sweat and his muscles flex with every pitch; his powerful legs and gluts are on the mind of all the girls in the stands, and even some of the mothers long after the game is over.
Samantha Summers is Nathan’s mother and Wendy Levin is Daniel’s mother; they have been friends for almost as long as their sons have. Both Samantha and Wendy became young single mothers after both their boyfriends were not ready for fatherhood. Both took a great interest in their sons lives; taking part in all the school activities, getting to know all th...
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...n our way now, get everyone and everything ready”, she tells Nathan she just confirmed the reservation at the restaurant and she will have time to swing over to her house and change into some other clothes.
They pull up to the house and the lights are off, Wendy opens the door, steps into the house and takes a quick step to the side -- SURPRISE! Everyone screams as the lights come on and the sound of people singing Happy Birthday falls onto Nathan like a crashing wave. Pictures are being taken by people left and right as Samantha comes running over to her son and gives him a big hug. “Happy Birthday young man!” “How does it feel to be an adult?” as the questions fly from his mother’s mouth, Samantha goes to give her friend Wendy and hug and kiss. “Did Wendy take good care of you today?” “Yeah, she took great care of me today mom” Nathan says with a big smile.
History of Cycling Once the first bicycles were made, people wanted to know how fast they could go. In 1817, a German named Baron Carl von Drais made one of the first bicycle called the running machine. This machine allowed people to move around with a faster speed and an increased range. This crud bicycle was two wagon wheels connected by a wooden plank and had no pedals. At the time only men could use this undeveloped bicycle. The first road cycling race was 31, 1868 at the Prarc de Saint-Cloud
the United States that I started to gain knowledge of my parent’s culture, my nationality background and why we moved to the states instead of staying in the country where my parents grew up. It wasn’t a moment of my parents sitting down with us one day and telling us about it; it was gradually revealed and understood over the years. Even today, at the age of 21, I discover new information about my family and the rich background that I wish I had been more exposed to. Family holds high importance
Joshua Edward Ford and Martha Margene "Geney" Crutchley took a vacation in Ocean City, Maryland, during Memorial Day weekend in 2002. Joshua and Martha were never heard from again after a night out on Saturday, May 25, 2002. The last time the couple were seen was at Seacret’s Club leaving with another couple. After the Memorial Day weekend, when Joshua and Martha didn’t show up for work, co-workers and family were concerned. Police filed a missing person’s report and later discovered that Joshua
From an early age I always knew I would be playing soccer my whole life. My dad showed me the ropes of how to play and got me interested right away. By the age of three I had started playing, and to this day I have not stopped. Soccer has been a huge part of my life and I don’t know where I would be today if I never played. I met some amazing people playing soccer including my coaches who encouraged me and told me never to give up as well as my teammates who became my friends and were always there
“Children watch 4 hours of television every day, 28 hours a week and, sometimes, 10 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Before their 18th birthday, children may view 25,000 hours of television” (Ni Chang 85). Nowadays, technology has been developed and used in many different ways. Many children spend large amount of time on IPad, smart phone, and computer. Clearly, television has played an important role in most of the younger age group’s life. As a parent, one of the biggest concerns about the influence
Has A Live Butterfly House With Over 200 Species The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, also known as the Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, opened in 1857 and is one of the oldest natural history museums in the United States. It has had several locations, but is now permanently situated in a modern building in Lincoln Park as part of the city’s museums-in-the-parks program. There are many different exhibits, aimed mainly at helping children learn about nature. Children can experience the more
of an old friend. As I drifted back to sleep, I began to dream about a childhood memory. I remember feeling as if the day was never going to end. Even now as an adult, my concentration still seems to plummet as the weekend approaches. At that time in my life, the degree of patience I could sustain had only been maturing for ten short years. I made that particular school day even more unnecessarily dramatic than usual since I knew it wasn’t just an average Friday. Instead of going to my house after
Congressional Record, John truly was one of our nation’s best and brightest and dearest sons. He was already a great young man who would have served his country well, and I know he could have become one of our great leaders had he been given more time. I also want you to know that we knew it would rain today, because one of John’s longest-running legacies is that it always rains on major events in his life: His graduation from high school, parents weekend during his plebe summer, his formal ring
interpersonal skills, and his minor intelligences of verbal linguistic, and scholastic achievement. Childhood/ Origins of the Dominant Intelligence: Eldrick “Tiger” Woods is obviously a master in the bodily kinesthetic intelligence. The part African American, part Asian golfer was born December 31, 1975 in Orange County California to Earl and Kultida Woods. Earl Woods introduced him to the game almost immediately, and by the age of two he was already a star, appearing on “CBS News” and the “Mike
from work and every Saturday through Sunday s... ... middle of paper ... ...to get up to try again to succeed” no matter how many times we may fall or how hard, we just need to try again to succeed. Since then I decided to try bike riding again and not worry about my falls or accidents because that was a way of me showing myself I was making progress it was a valuable lesson. When my sisters and I went bike riding I began to laugh because the tables turned I wasn't the one being laughed at anymore