...I hope with this letter, our mother would obtain her green card and be by our side soon. Without our mother, I do not know how to help my sister when she is sick and/or has a migraine attack. With my father using our only vehicle for work, I cannot take my sister to the hospital or have a job myself. Furthermore, I am very stressed because of how my mother is living in Mexico. She lives in an apartment complex that looks very dangerous. There are bad roads, plenty of wrecks, and lots of graffiti on worn-down buildings with plenty of gangster-looking people. I strongly hope that she will not be living in such sub-standard conditions for too long. It has been a very emotional time for my whole family, and it would break our hearts to find out...
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...In 1991 during a chance meeting at Union Station I met my wife and the thing that is unique about that is that I prayed for a wife. Even when I was in the Marines I asked God to send me a Godly woman; someone just for me that I could create a family with. I wanted and needed someone who would understand me as well as help me to grow in life and in God. Again, I had to thank God for answering my prayers. I will admit that my marriage is not perfect: it is tough at times and I have to work at it daily. However, I can tell you that when I think about my wife and the journey that we have traveled together I can truly say that God sent her to me. My wife is a friend and my guardian angel. I am forever in His debt for blessing my life with an awesome helpmate. After meeting her I curtailed the use of alcohol thanks to my wife pointing out how out of control I was. The intervention of my wife made it unnecessary to need sessions with Iyanla Vanzant who majors in fixing out of control lives. Do to the assistance of my wife I did not need self-help books or Alcohol Anonymous program. My love for my wife enabled me to just shut it all down and the problem went away. God answered my prayers and sent my wife in addition to cleaning up my life and making me worthy of the woman He had prepared just for me: nobody but God. . Circa 1993 wife and I joined Ebenezer AME Church in Ft. Washington, MD and later Union Bethel AME Church in Brandywine, Maryland under the leadership of then pastor...
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...When Lying is Justifiable Lying is an inevitable behavior, although we may all agree lying is not right, we fall into this behavior many times in our lives. Everyone lies; whether it is to protect, obscure, place blame, or manipulate. As children, most individuals were taught that lying was wrong. From hearing parents say common quotes like, “the truth shall set you free”, or from the many consequences received for lying, people were meant to be have honesty enforced their minds. There is no doubt truth actually is enforced in our minds, according to a study by expert of Developmental Science, Dr. Fu Genyue, Ph.D, “Children of all ages categorize lies as lies and truth as truth” (499). Research in the medical field shows that “deception is judged as justified in some contexts involving the prevention of harm” (Freeman 2274). Of course lying is not acceptable when speaking under oath or at confessions with a priest, but lying is definitely justifiable in certain situations were it can be used as a protection factor to protect the feelings, securities, and lives of others. We are all put into very awkward situations at some points of our lives where we may feel lying to spare one's feelings was the best option. One common situation is being asked, “Do I look fine in this outfit?”. If the person does look fine it is okay to say so, but it is when that person may not that we produce what is called a “white lie”. While many people may recognize the words “white lie”, there...
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...multitude of speeches, he utilizes the rhetorical strategies of repetition as well as he appeals to the audience’s pathos in order to capture the audience's attention and help them to understand his message. With in his speeches, Dr Martin Luther King Jr implements the rhetorical strategy of repetition in order to guarantee that the audience understands the message he attends to portray. In his “Eulogy for the Young Victims of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing”, he incorporates the problem of racial discrimination and importance of racial unity within the...
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...Marilyn Monroe was a legend. In her own lifetime she created a myth of what a poor girl from a deprived background could attain. For the entire world she became a symbol of the eternal feminine. But I have no words to describe the myth and legend. Nor would she want us to do so." Those were the words delivered at her Eulogy by Lee Stratsberg (Lefkowitz 114). The Eulogy summed up her impact then and it does now as well. Marilyn Monroe impacted music, movies, society and culture, in her time ,and still does today. Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, as it said on her birth certificate, although she was also known as Norma Jeane Baker because she never knew the true identity of her father. She was born on June 1 st, 1926 in Los Angeles (Lefkowitz 21). Norma Jeane's childhood and life was anything but perfect. Shortly after she was born, her mother, Gladys Baker, was admitted into a rehabilitation center. Looking back on it she remembered her mother only as the "woman with red hair", who on occasions, would stop in and visit her (Wilson Biography II). From that point on she went from foster home to foster home. She also spent time in an orphanage in Los Angeles (Wilson Biography1). When her final set of foster parents was to move to California she decided to get married. At the age of sixteen she married 23 year old, Jim Dougherty. (McKittnick 1) The marriage lasted until 1943 when Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines during World War I. (Biography.com article 2) During...
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...Published: January 10, 2012 Author: John Green Publisher :Dutton Juvenile Adaptations: The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Characters: Augustus Waters, Hazel Grace Lancaster, more Genres: Young-adult fiction, Romance novel Awards: Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fiction 1)The-Fault-in-Our-StarsCancer is such a dreadful disease, indiscriminate in its choice of victim, choosing with aplomb regardless of age, gender, or status. There are a myriad of stories behind the tragedy and many of them remain untold. In The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, he builds a story out of darkness and despair. He takes the tragedy of cancer and immerses us in the lives of characters that could very well be real. Many know of the heartaches in dealing with those who fight the fight, and many of those scars last a lifetime. He brings his story in the form of a teen girl, Hazel Lancaster. Stricken with cancer from a young age, she believes she has come to terms with what her life has become. Then she meets a young man, Augustus Waters, a survivor of cancer. He is drawn to her in a way that is initially uncomfortable, and as she tries to push him away in her sarcastic vein, he finds her to be exactly the type of girl he has been looking for. Throughout the story there is a beauty and humor, a 'candle in the wind' for each of those whose lives have been touched by such an uncaring disease. For cancer touches not just the victim but all those who love and are in anyway touched by them. Be...
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...Tashira Smith Ms.Rush English 9- A Block Mastery Work 1 “You left me…here all alone.” Those were Tashira’s first words of my mother’s eulogy. She wept, cried, and has gone crazy. My mother was in the hospital for two months before being declared dead on December 25th, 2005. Was this the family Christmas gift? Her death was a big tragedy. It affected the family, but had an even bigger effect on my daughter Tashira. She and Tashira were very close and did everything together. Tashira only came up to my mother’s waist, but always pushing to sit beside her. They were the best of friends; Tashira was at my mother house every weekend. While I’ll be at work, they’ll be out somewhere shopping or eating ice cream. Her grandmother gave her the world. Tashira’s grandmother was her favorite person and losing her was hard. As I sit here and watch Tashira break down, I think of everything I can do to get her back to the old her. The girl that didn’t chatter much, but was always shy, until she got around her grandmother. Now she’s just completely mute and depressed. The memories they shared together even makes me break down here and there. It sucks to see my daughter Tashira sad all the time. My princess was only 5, how could God take such an important person out of...
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...Written Composition (Eulogy) Prepared by: GROUP 5 (Henry) Lately, many people have expressed their sympathies about my grandma’s long, painful battle, saying how hard it was for them when their parent had to spend months in the hospital. However, I realized after she passed that I am grateful to have spent so much time with her during this last chapter of her life. When she wasn’t under anaesthesia, she and I would spend hours talking about everything we could, as if we were making up for lost time. Sometimes we started out by talking about life at her childhood home in Calauan Laguna, and she would end up telling me what kind of man I ought to marry. “Whatever you do,” she would say, “make sure you marry for love and not because you need him. A man is not a financial plan.” Then, ever the helpful teacher, she would add with a smile, “Although, they do rhyme and that may be why so many people get confused about that.” When someone you love passes away, there is a strong temptation to remember them perhaps a little too well. Misdeeds are forgotten. Offenses are forgiven. Only the most shining characteristics of our loved ones make it into the version of them that we keep with us when they depart. My mother’s only fault was in leaving behind a husband, and two children who loved her very much. The best thing that she has left behind for us is her example. Most people who knew her would be surprised to learn that she struggled with clinical depression on and off for...
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...PMS? Do More! How was your first PMS experience? Was it heart-warming or traumatic? Did you have fun with it or wished it never happened? Are you ready to experience it? Let me tell you – my first experience was terrifying but because it happened I have to learn from it and I can only wish that my own daughter will never experience it. Fellow toastmasters and guests, good evening! Yes, my first PMS experience was traumatic and wet. Uhh, uhhh before your imagination jumps-off this building, let me clear your thoughts of what am I referring to as PMS. It’s my first experience of my dear Papa and Mama Squabble. I was still a little child, well, smaller and sexier than I am today, 6 years old to be exact, when I had witnessed them fought. I was right in front of them, when my mama gripped a bolo, used it to draw a line on the floor and furiously said to my father, “Don’t you dare cross this line or else I’ll kill you!”. Then, a deafening silence enveloped our home. I got so scared that I didn’t notice I wet my pants already. That was worst! We all know that getting into it with our spouse or partner is inevitable, and when you have kids, there’s a strong chance they’ll witness the arguing. So, what do we do? Dr. Judith Sherven, a psychologist and an expert in conflict resolution, author of the book Discovering the Magic at the Heart of your Differences, said that it’s wise and understandable that parents worry about fighting in front of their children, yet disagreements...
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...Eulogy We are gathered here today to honor a hardworking, caring and loving guy who has overcome a lot in his life to be successful. I knew Cody since we were little kids, and ever since then he has always said to me “One day I will play college HOCKEy, and then after that I will play in the NHL, it will be a hard journey but I will give whatever it takes to get there.” Unfortunately he never got to the nhl but personally I knew there was something special about the kid, I could see that he had the desire in his eyes and I knew that he could do anything he wanted if he just put his head down and worked as hard as he could. Even though he might have not been the best athlete or necessarily the strongest, he always put in twice as much work in as anyone else, because he knew one day that it will pay off and he will be on top. Being Cody’s closest friend growing up I could see all of the struggles he has been through, with constantly being picked and not having a father figure growing up, but I must say his mother did a damn good job. I think this is why he worked so hard to be the greatest because he wanted to make his Mom proud and he had all these people looking down on him and doubting him. Cody always kept on the same path and never turned into a bad kid, like some kids he grew up with who were the star athletes you could say, and now they are mostly washed up and into drugs and other stuff. Even though Cody grew up with constant bullying towards him he always was so caring...
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...A recurring theme in both Webster’s Duchess of Malfi and Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the concept of female honour and chastity, even though the women of the plays are secondary to the main plot. A woman’s necessity to marry is a negative message in Hamlet, and proves to be the hubris of the Duchess- it is her marriage that, in part, leads to her eventual death. Ergo, Wiggins’ statement about ‘second marriages troubling the male imagination’ is certainly true from the outset. The second scene of Hamlet opens onto a celebration, but in Hamlet’s first soliloquy, he distains his mother, for her ‘frailty’ in needing a new husband, likening her to worse than a ‘beast’ wanting ‘discourse of reason.’ Bearing in mind, the contemporary society where women spinsters and widows were stigmatized, yet, according to these plays, a woman’s remarriage was socially unacceptable. However, such is the misogyny and class based prejudice that a high-ranking woman is not socially stigmatized but merely gossiped about in private. However, the famed serial monogamist Henry VIII married six times; even introducing divorce, yet Hamlet is troubled by his mother’s single remarriage, even before learning of his uncle’s treachery, despite the fact that his father is dead. Perhaps then, it is the line ‘or ere these shoes were old’ that demonstrates his trouble with the hastiness of the remarriage, rather than the concept of the marriage itself. Throughout, the Duchess is defined not through her ideals, as noble...
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...The Eulogy of Michelle Lee Diamond Flanigan Michelle Flanigan BSHS/342 Human Development SIRENA SCHUBECK What can I say about Michelle? She was a wife, a mother, a sister, an aunt, and a true friend to every one that she came in contact with as well as a counselor and an educator. She embraced her profession even in her personal relationships with all her children, family, and friends. She did not only teach and counsel us about personal issues, but most importantly, she help us and others that she counsel deal with our every day lives. After surviving a horrible first marriage, Michelle found her sole mate. She was married to Eric her second husband for 35 wonderful years. Michelle was the mother of five beautiful children Michael, Codey, Emily, Gage, and Amelia. She was a step mother to two wonder sons, Eric and Dwayne. Michelle was a wonderful grandmother to seventeen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. They were the reason that she said that she would get up every day and fight for what she felt was right. After a ruff start in her life, Michelle went back to gain the knowledge of a great education. Michelle, while attending the University of Phoenix complete her Associates Degree in Business Management, her Bachelor Degree in Science in Human Services/Management, and a Masters Degree in Science in Counseling. After working in a counseling center for several...
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...Ambyr Braxton Tribute/Eulogy Speech Final Draft April 3, 2012 A Tribute to the Little Man, Alon Well, I’m pretty sure we all know that there are countless instances when someone would need to write a tribute speech. It could be for a graduation, a wedding, or in my case this class assignment. The hardest part about writing a tribute speech is finding the right words to say that’ll make this person seem godly, but for Alon, my little brother, I had no trouble finding words that tell just why I admire him. Born in the month of August on the 22, Alon came into a world, crazy as it is, on an unplanned pregnancy. Most people would say it’s hard to do a tribute speech on someone so young, but really they’re some of the best people to do a tribute on. Alon, being only three years old is one of the kindest, most honest people I know of. His short black curly hair and small features such as his nose and his ears show the innocent Alon still has because he hasn’t been influenced by the world he lives in yet and is still, obviously, growing up. I know that every time I look into those almond shaped brown eyes of him, I’m looking into the eyes of someone whose eyes are blind and unknown to lies. Getting an honest opinion from him isn’t hard, seeing that’s all I get from him. Still being so young, Alon’s mind is as honest as it gets because he hasn’t had the experiences an older person would have, he hasn’t been influenced by anyone else, so when asked what he thinks of something...
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... ENG 121: English Composition Instructor: Hannah Glaub April 7 2016 Overcoming Hardship I woke up to my mother sitting at the foot of my bed. “Your father had a heart attack, he didn’t make it,” she said. My father was 47 years old and I was only twelve. My father and I were inseparable. He took me to school in the morning, picked me up, took me to work with him, and was the head coach of my baseball team. On that gloomy morning, I knew my life was going to change forever. Since that day I have went through so much hardship and made decisions that define who I am today. The night before, I had been pestering my dad to play Sonic Pinball with me. We were both very competitive and loved playing that video game. I was annoyed because my Dad didn’t want to play that night. Looking back, I could imagine that my father wasn’t feeling well. A week earlier, he had a heart attack and stayed overnight in the hospital. My father often fell asleep on the couch, would wake up in the middle of the night, and then come into the bedroom to go back to sleep. That night, I had fallen asleep in my mother’s bed. My dad woke me up and sent me to sleep in my room. It was the last time I would see him alive. After being told the most shocking news of my life, I didn’t know how to react. I was only twelve years old and had never experienced such a loss. My mother waited for me to say something. “Who’s downstairs?” I asked, in a nonchalant tone. My Uncle Mike was downstairs. I peeked...
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...As Megan’s older sister I have witnessed her grow and change throughout her lifetime. She has changed from the shy, little girl she once was into the insightful, caring women she became. As her older sister we have had our share of fights and arguments but always worked them out. As Megan became ill she asked me to give the eulogy at her funeral because she knows I do not like to give speeches in front of large crowds. She has always been there to push me to do my best, and this was her last way at pushing me to do something that makes me nervous. Megan will be remembered as a loving sister, daughter, mother, teacher, and friend to all those around her. Megan and I were only two years apart, which caused many fights throughout our childhood. When my parents brought Megan home from the hospital I was very disappointed because I believed they were bringing me home a puppy. Our grandma would always laugh and tell us about the mad, disappointed look I had on my face when they brought her home in that little car seat. The fights only got worse as we got older. When I was in my first couple years at Ball State, Megan and I would constantly fight when I would come home. Despite all the fighting when we were younger we slowly grew more fond of each other as we got older. We realized how important it was to get along with each...
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