... If there is anyone present here today, who has any reason why these two people should not be married…….I mean really, why did you come? Go home! Who gives this woman to this man? (Father of the BRIDE or Family member says) My family & Ido. Please Be Seated The bridal canopy, or chuppah, under which we are standing, is a multifaceted symbol. It creates a special and sacred space for this extraordinary moment in your lives. Your chuppah is open on all sides to symbolize the importance of the world that lies beyond your new home, how important your family and friends will be in your future and that your doors will always be open. Your parents surround you, for they are the true foundation upon which the structure of your lives rests. The fragilness of the chuppah is a reminder that you must both take great care to protect the integrity and strength of the holy union that you both have begun to build today. Surely, the only true anchor that you will now have will be holding on to each other, just as you are doing now. Yes, your chuppah represents a house full of promises and it is now filled with your joyous hopes and dreams! Family surrounds you and in a real sense also represents the generations of loving, hardworking, and dedicated ancestors that have brought you to this moment. There are those who were not privileged to live to see this day. But, their memories animate this ceremony. In a few moments, as you leave this chuppah, as husband and wife, you will carry...
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...family for having such a comfortable place to call home? Luckily my sisters and I were born in the matanuska valley and raised in the mountains of Talkeetna, Alaska. We were always adventuring among the steep mountains, tredging through powdered snow and spending weekends at the cabin with my family. The cabin was our safe haven. We enjoyed listening to the birds sing through the snowy trees while keeping cozy and warm around the woodstove. Despite our warm memories and happy emotions; The cabin and the Talkeetna mountains fosters memories of a life changing catastrophe, that altered my perspective of life forever. It all began on the day of March 5, 2010, I was eleven...
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...End of Life Care for the Newborn Ashley Altendahl Author Note This research is being submitted on November 18th, 2010, for Kristy Reinke’s PN 130 Maternal-Child Nursing course at Rasmussen College by Ashley Altendahl. 1) Article: The Dying Neonate: Family-Centered End-of-Life Care Author: Lisle-Porter, M., & Podruchny, A. This article discusses the importance of proper end of life care for dying infant and their family. They discuss three main goals: pain and comfort management, assisting with end of life decision making, and bereavement support. They believe the most important aspect of care, is to keep the newborn as comfortable and pain free as possible. It is also important to involve the family in end of life decision making, such as when to withdraw life support, whether to bless or baptize the child, and what to do after death. The article also stresses the importance of active listening and encouraging the family to discuss their thoughts and concerns. They also find it very crucial for the family to bond with their child during this time, which will help with the grieving process. It is also encouraged that they hold and bathe the child, as well as collect any mementos to remind them of the child they lost. 2) Article: ‘We baptized him with our tears’: A family is forced to say goodbye Author: Kris Berggren In this article, a woman discusses a loss of her sister in law’s baby, her children’s very first cousin. The one day they received a call stating...
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...GOODBYES ARE NOT FOREVER I never thought I could get this attached to my classmates, so attached that I have mixed feelings as we graduate. I am happy for I know how much we’ve waited for this. I have felt our excitement for it vibrated throughout our classroom as we started with our countdown. I know that we’re happy because of the new freedom close at hand, a new challenge which perhaps tingle our spine from time to time. Yes, graduation has offered us a different kind of happiness. Yet, I’m sad deep within for I know that after this, we’ll go on our separate ways, living our separate lives. I have this creeping feeling we’ll barely see each other from now on. Hey! You’ll be pursuing your dreams and I’ll be pursuing mine. I’ll be forgetting my dear classmates for a while as I daringly take hold of a new chapter in my life, and I guess they’ll do the same too. You know, “forget the buried woes and dead despairs for there’s a brand new trial right at hand.” And then, as we settle down in our new “nest”, we’ll start remembering each other, and all shall be coming back – the laughters, the tears, the jokes, the songs – every little moment I have shared with them. But for now, I have to move on. I have to search for my rightful place in “the circle of life.” Then, though fate may separate us, I hope that sometime, somewhere, we’ll meet again. I shall look forward to that day when I can embrace you and we shall talk, laugh, cry and...
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...Dad’s Eulogy My dad, Jitendra Patel, was a great man. He was loved by his wife, four kids, and his parents. Many people have expressed symphony about my dad’s long and painful battle and how hard it is to see him in the hospital for months. I realized after he passed that I was grateful for the time I spent with him during the last couple of days of his life. I didn’t appreciate moments that didn’t mean anything at the time, but those moments are the ones I am going to cherish forever. I remember when I was around 8 years old, during the summer we used to play basketball with my sister and cousin. I’m not going to have someone telling me the weather in the morning so I know what shoes to wear or to ask me how school was but I will always...
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...I would like to be an ambassador to Japan for the Daikin America, Inc. 22nd Annual Homestay Program because I have an immense interest in the Japanese culture and I want to learn about the Japanese way of life, Japan has some of the most beautiful geographical lands in the world and I would be very honored to see such a place that is so breathtaking. I have many reasons why I would like to be an ambassador to Japan, but here are three that I am going to discuss: To share my culture while also learning about the Japanese culture, to discern how the Japanese live differently than Americans, and to change my way of thinking and understanding of life. Japan has many varieties of subcultures which purvey to the youth making it an ideal place to visit. By visiting Japan, I hope to gain a better understanding of the world outside of the United States. I have read and researched a lot regarding the Japanese culture in books and on the internet, but I would like to receive first hand experience by...
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...always be there for you no matter what. My family supports me in everything I do. All their time and money cannot express how much they love me because love is more than any of that. Love between families is a special bond of time, laughs, smiles and memories. Love is something that family doesn’t have to say to each other because we already know and I am blessed to have a family that loves me in every way possible. As for friends, I’ve learned something important about friends. You will meet many people throughout your days and for a moment in time you will be that person’s friend or more. Friends are the ones that stay by your sides during the bad and will never intentionally stab you in the back. To all my friends here tonight, thank you for everything; I hope we’ll continue our friendship for many more years to come. Ahead is a new journey, not only for me but for all of us. And what I have to say to that, “Challenge accepted.” I can only imagine the way my parents are going to feel watching me grow up more and more and having to let go little by little each day but even then my imagination cannot comparable to the feelings they feel. Even then, I willingly accept this new chapter of my life which I wouldn’t have been able to reach without every single one of you. No matter how small to how big of an impact you’ve had in my life, I thank you all equally. So now I will end my speech with a thank you. Thank you for joining me in celebrating...
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...times of procrastinating, I realized, why don’t I write something I can relate to? Or something I’ve been through? Bear with me, my fellow caballeros and fair ladies. There are so many relationships that man can have in a short time. Born to parents, grow up with siblings; fall in and out of love and of course, experiencing these with friends. Friendship is such a big word to describe. Maybe if I’ll ask you right now, you’ll struggle into defining it. What does friendship really means? Let me share mine to you. For me, it means UNDERSTANDING. It is more than an AGREEMENT. It means FORGIVENESS, not FORGETTING. A friend is someone who stands by you when everyone else left. Sometimes, your girlfriend or your boyfriend, and your family won’t even exist for a while but a friend will always stand by his ground and he will never judge you. I have always known that change is inevitable. Sometimes, I wonder why people are getting affected all throughout even the process repeats entirely. People come and eventually go even those you TRUSTED the most, those whom you thought will STAND by you, those whom you thought will UNDERSTAND why you became who you are now because they know you too well, and those whom you thought will stay. There will always be those people who’ll leave no matter what; no matter how many beautiful memories you made. Leaving leaves too much pain in me that I can’t trust that easily. It has always been a traumatic experience that I always encounter in my life...
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...sentimental and hostile diction and irony, Sassoon challenges our notions of heroic sacrifice and constructs a brutal and dehumanizing representation of war as well. Throughout this Speech, I will show how Sassoon’s clear use of structure, irony and diction assists him in his endeavour to privilege this representation. The poem is written in very clear iambic pentameter. The simplicity of the overall rhyming scheme emphasises the...
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...Last summer in 2013, my kids and I went to visit my dad and loving grandparents in a town called homestead near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Returning after 12 years of being away, everything looked differently. Many of the stores there seem to be new; there is even a theatre at the waterfront now. Although I have been in this place before everything seem very foreign. I could not help but think that perhaps those things were already there from the gate. As a child my father never let me out the house. I was not allowed to go to the movies or shopping with my friends. I felt alone. My father and I never really got along, we are too much alike, so visiting this summer, I was apprehensive to how my visit would turn out. Upon arrival, my grandparents’ house was first on my itenery. As we approach there house I walk in, to the familiar scent of old wood, moth balls, and ancient drapes filled my nostrils. I walked towards my grandparents, I could still hear cracks of the old wood floor. Childhood memories started to fill my head as enter a cubicle that use to be my room, which now is being occupied by my brothers clothing. My grandparents have 7 bedrooms in there home. My father also lived with them he stayed upstairs in the attic. Living with my father, he insisted on me being upstairs with him right up under his nose, uncomfortable, srunched up, with no privacy. My life with him was so miserable. I was so glad that we were just visiting. Knowing that I was not going to have to re live...
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...On a day to day basis, we are influenced by something, or someone that has a lasting effect in our lives. The fondest memories of my life have all been influenced by family members. To my belief, my mother Roslyn Stephens is one of the most influential. I appreciate my mother and all that she has sacrificed just to supply for me. When I describe my mother, there is nothing critical about it; it is all admiration. She is currently a Registered Nurse and is continuing school to achieve her Masters degree. She works with elderly patients who are very close to meeting the angel of death. My mother goes from house to house to supply medication to the elders in hopes of delaying their meeting with the angel of death. Seeing her at work is very awe-inspiring, especially her ability to put the elders at ease; knowing that their fate is inevitable. Every single one of her patients adores and trusts her; she is truly gifted with emotional intelligence. She has the ability to walk in a room, find the bleakest person there, and make them smile. This is where I inherited my compassionate trait from. If I see someone that is uncomfortable or dejected, I feel as though it is my responsibility to put their mind, soul, and mood at peace. When she smiles, it is as if she is using all her might just to see if it could get bigger. Her eyes are a russet brown like the skin of a winter apple, full of warmth and compassion. Her skin, a shade of brown, like the sand dunes of an Egyptian sunset...
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...Family I believe family will last a lifetime. Family is always going to be there for you whether you having a bad day, or even a good day, no matter the time or situation your family will always be by your side. Nobody gets the option of choosing the family their born into or the family members, this is why I am so grateful for mine. I feel I was blessed to be born into such a loving, caring, compassionate, supporting family. Friends come and go, and that’s okay because you always know that no matter what your family will always be with you. Not everyone is lucky to have a family. Many people grow up in orphan homes, not knowing the true meaning of family. The only family they ever knew growing up was the staff where they lived and the other orphans that are in the same position as they are. Some people have to deal with tragedy, seeing one of their family member being taken away from them. You just have to cherish your family as if it was the last time you were going to see them. My family is the farthest away from perfect, yet I wouldn’t trade them for anything. We’ve had our ups and downs, especially through my parents’ divorce, but in the end I believe it only brought us all closer, and really made us the strong family we have become today. No matter what obstacle life has thrown our way, we have always overcome the situation because that’s what families do; they fight through the hard times, stick together, never stop loving one another until the time comes where things...
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...In “Are Sports Fans Happier?” by Sid Kirchheimer it states how being a sports fan has many benefits but it has a few drawbacks. I believe that the benefits of being a sports fan far outweigh the minor setbacks that there may be. Sports give people a way to escape from the pains of everyday life and provide them a social outlet. Being a sports fan has helped bring me closer to friends and family alike by giving us reasons to come together and create new memories that we will be able to cherish forever. Kirchheimer begins ”Are Sports Fans Happier?” by stating how being a fan of sports brings people together by giving them something to share and bond with others which I believe is an essential part of human existence. Psychologist, Daniel Wann says that “for the vast majority of people, it’s psychologically healthier when you can increase social connections with others”...
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...I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud is a poem about the relationship between nature and human beings: how nature can affect one’s emotion and behavior with emotion and sound. William Wordsworth uses simple, yet profound, words to convey his message of the connection between nature and the universe. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud tells the emotional life of William Wordsworth as it reflects his alienation, memory, and healing. Alienation is a terrible feeling of isolation which is healed by solitude or reflection. Solitude allows for floods of memories to remind us of our reason for living. Solitude is our saving grace which is essential for reflection, a time in which we discover things about our past which were previously unknown. Being in a state of solitude brings many memories from our past to the stage, allowing us to celebrate the joys of past experiences once more. Memory is an extremely powerful force which defines us and creates our identity, thus giving us a reason to live. Through a process of solitude and reflection the much needed power of healing can be achieved. Healing can be found in reflection on memories and in the beauty of nature. Nature allows the feelings of alienation and isolation to escape our tranquil minds and therefore rejoining us with society. Wordsworth was a poet of nature and his struggles made him develop a deep connection with the world around him. Healing from the sufferings of the world can be found in reflection, memories, and nature. Alienation...
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...A woman named Alexandra Elle once said “I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength.” Accepting defeat is perhaps one of the most difficult challenges to go through. The mortification is tough to overcome after experiencing failure. Failure comes in many different forms and people have different ways of handling it. For myself, my failure came recently after I was not reelected for senior class president. After I found out I was no longer a part of student council, I had one question to answer: what do I do now? Throughout my years at high school, I have held a variety of positions in student council. I was class reporter my freshman year, class vice president my sophomore year, and class president...
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