The most dramatic change I’ve ever had to make in my life came about three and a half months ago, when I was told to choose between the love of my life, and the Florida home I’d lived in for the past eight years. I had a comfortable life, living in Florida with my grandmother. I’d never been expected to get a job, and never had to, as I was spoiled rotten without fully realizing it. I had been accepted into SCAD, the art college of my dreams, and had gotten engaged to my boyfriend of four years (so scandalous at our age, I know). Everything was generally peaceful, until Grandma decided she’d had enough. I awoke the morning after my high school graduation ceremony to Grandma, who had taken care of me for all of those eight years, calling from …show more content…
I would have contacted my family, as it is a large group that all lived within 25 miles of each other, but Grandma had told me in her call that she’d already informed them of the situation, and had instructed them not to help me, should I come knocking. So, I chose to wait and see if any of them would overrule her word, and offer any help to their literally homeless relative. An aunt called one month later to see if I was safe and, around the same time, an older cousin told me she’d gotten an apartment, and that I was welcome if I needed a place to stay for a few nights. Nonetheless, despite the few scattered messages intended to let me know how much of a disrespectful child I was, my family had gone totally dark on me. I will forever be in debt to my friends, as even those that weren’t in a situation to help, still offered what they could. I still get emotional when I think of the love and loyalty they all showed me, when my own family basically …show more content…
I’m going to work my butt off, using the life skills I’ve picked up so far (one of the many perks of escaping my bubble), until I earn my new goal of $10,000, which will be enough to get my own apartment in Florida and pay for a few months’ rent until I can find myself a job to pay it. After that, the next financial step will be to start saving up for some college courses. Sure, it won’t be at my dream college, and I won’t be studying art since it would be far more practical (in my opinion) to get a degree in general studies, but a degree is a degree, no matter where you get it
When I was younger, I remember feeling as though I lived in a bubble; my life was perfect. I had an extremely caring and compassionate mother, two older siblings to look out for me, a loving grandmother who would bake never ending sweets and more toys than any child could ever realistically play with. But as I grew up my world started to change. My sister developed asthma, my mother became sick with cancer and at the age of five, my disabled brother developed ear tumors and became deaf. As more and more problems were piled upon my single mother’s plate, I, the sweet, quiet, perfectly healthy child, was placed on the back burner. It was not as though my family did not love me; it was just that I was simply, not a priority.
Two years after our move to Texas, my husband received orders that would move us to Washington State. While he was fairly optimistic about the move, I was not. I had a life here in Texas, which I did not prefer to leave. Texas was my home and I hoped it would stay that way for a very long time. It was difficult for me to imagine a life outside of everything I knew. I had created a life here, a job that I enjoyed waking up to every day and I had a great support group. I had no clue what to expect with the pending
When I was a young girl in elementary school I developed a friendship with a girl that lived a block from me. We began visiting each other’s homes every day. Having sleep overs, riding the bus together and even sitting with each other during lunch. We developed a friendship that couldn’t be broken. It didn’t matter that I was African American and she was Caucasian her whole family made me feel like I was one of their own. While I didn’t know much about anything and didn’t really know what family meant I learn it from her family. She taught me how to line dance and I learn to love his strange music that was peaceful and full of love called country music. It had a way of making your feel happy when you were down. We formed a bond and became best friends she was the only friend I had and I remember when her other friends came to visit I grew kind of jealous because I thought they would take her away from me and I would be all alone again so I became distant. She was such a great friend and for somehow she knew what was bothering me without me even having to say anything so she told me that it shouldn’t worry we will always be friends and it’s okay to have more than one best friend. She was so wise for her age I use to think to myself. As I grew older my mother and siblings and I moved out of town and I lost connection with her but with the increased technology like Facebook we have reconnected. I believe attraction played a major part on us becoming friends. Our friendship started on the school bus on the ride home from school. A couple of bullies started picking on her because of her freckles and fi...
At the age of sixteen I experienced the horrible feeling of losing a loved one. On October 5, 2015 my grandma decided she wanted to leave Houston, Texas and move with us to Brownsville, Texas. During the month she was with me, we would do everything together. In the mornings I would wake up and make her coffee and I would be there with her
Someone told me that everybody has a Soulmate and that you’ll rarely end up together. I was told most people see their soulmate at least once in their lifetime. I’ve always wondered if it’s true. Do soulmates exist? If so do you ever meet them or are they just another person you’ll never encounter? Some say they have actually married their soulmates. I like to believe that if there is someone out there who could be identified as your “Soulmate” that when you meet them it's a warm feeling, a feeling that it feels like all the loneliness goes away.
As I got older my emotions started to change and when it came time to move, adjusting to a new home or even a new area became a little harder each time. The
Just as people exemplify love for their family, they also show love towards their friends and partner. The only difference is most people 's actions show the different meaning of the word love. For example, when people acquire best friends or friends that they are really close with, they let certain guards down in order to become close with them. This group of people usually does things together to show how much they love each other, such as getting gifts for another for birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays. Not only do they physically give each other things, but they also figuratively give each other things, such as time. When a friend is down, they may go to them and ask, “What’s wrong?” That shows the love they have for one another.
There are many positive things and negative things about the movie and the story. In the movie
I am very thankful that I made. That was the decision to continue living with my
Love. Everyone is familiar with that four-letter word, but do they actually know what it means? What is love exactly? Is love being with someone you care about the most? Or is liking something way more than you do? It is astounding to think that this four letter word could mean so much in many different ways and how it could affect your (or another person’s) life. Everyone has their own view on love. Whether it is a positive view or a negative one, somehow, love always finds a way to end up in a person’s life, even if they aren’t looking for it.
There is a powerful feeling in the world that can change a person's way of life and thinking as well as the culture of society. This feeling is love and it is part of what makes life worth living and in the end livable. People tend to find the feeling of love to be either beautiful, painful, or disdainful, but for the most part unexplainable. Meanwhile, some might say that it is just a chemical reaction in the brain that happens to increase the chances of reproduction. Ultimately, love comes in many different forms and each form gives its own meaning to love and worth to human life.
If a museum was to open an exhibit entitled Love & Sex they would need different artifacts to cover concepts like gender, relationships, sexuality, traditions, identity, etc. Under the topic of love and & sex there are many different traditions and/or rituals that are very present in western society, if not others as well. One specific traditional ritual is usually once someone has found the person they love and want to spend their life with they get married, specifically during a wedding ceremony. The artifact for submission to the Love & Sex exhibit is rice that is ceremonially tossed at newlywed couples.
What is love? Love is a very special and meaningful word to each human being. Each human being has his/her own thoughts about love to guide himself/herself to land safely and smoothly into the kingdom of Love. Without this preconceived idea of love, people would be acting like a blind person searching for the light with thousand of obstacles in front of him.
I have a very fulfilling feeling about what I have been able to accomplish in my life so far. I want the absolute best for myself and those close to me. I often go above and beyond to help those around me succeed and be the best version of themselves that they can possibly be.
There is many types of love, but the one that we all feel the most is the one we have for our close ones, pets, and even objects. That feeling is love. Love can be felt in a variety of ways; it may take your life, or it can just be a little crush. It is different for everyone. There is people who fall in and out of love on a daily basis, and there are those who look for love for an eternity. Love is not just for us people, it is for everyone and everything around us. We love anything we want to, but it is a way of expressing it where we show who we are.