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    Diving started off great today, I had just had a cup of coffee so I was energized and ready to go. I made sure I got all my stretches in before starting. Some one new came into practice today so we met her and showed her our workout. We had a long list of stuff to do today, so it took a while. We worked on handstands first. My friend decided to do his hand stands facing the wall; Mine, opposite. After finishing up some squats, we moved over to box jumps. We placed a giant mat between us and started

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    explain my medical history to the nurses. Her anxiety is through the roof and she is on the verge of tears wanting to escape this disastrous, weary night. I am in the same awful situation as her; however, bursting into tears and numb from the whole experience. My mind seems to be traveling at the speed of light. All the nurses are calm and willing to help and I am bypassing it all at once. I am, none the less, disillusioned as the night goes on and on into the wee morning hours. The disinfectant smells

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    I was fifteen and in the fifth grade. I had been homeschooled until I was approximately thirteen years of age when we moved to a different house and stopped school altogether. When I was 10, my mother stopped teaching my brother and I through books and made us use computers to do all of our learning instead. I was not very happy with the change because it was much more difficult to learn without anyone to actually teach a lesson. We did our work on the computer and taught ourselves for a few months

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    rate, and I couldn't do but a thing other than grabbing onto the life that was left in her. As I squeezed her hand, the amount of pressure I put was returned; I watch as her life dissipates from her once beautiful body. My mother’s death was a life-changing experience for me at the age of 13, and I knew I had to become a man and step up as a young child growing up. I was faced with daunting new responsibilities, memorable experiences, and ongoing maturity. Growing up as a child I never really realized

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    A diagnosis of cancer is life changing and affects the whole family. It has been documented in some studies that family members experience equal if not higher levels of anxiety or depression than the cancer patient themselves (Hacialioglu et al, 2010). Hasson et al (2010) found that spouses of patients who had been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer reported more psychological distress than patients and were above the clinical cutoff. These results are comparable with a study carried out by Hodges

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    to teach me properly, being stressed out when not being able to understand. Over the years I finally learned to read and write Arabic very proficiently. I found a love for the language that helped me connect with my roots and religion. A life-changing experience that shaped who I am today. My parents love Sudan and Islam very much, my dad would always teach me new things about Sudan and Islam when I was growing up, and read to me Islamic story books about our prophets. Each evening me and my dad

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    Last summer, I had a life changing experience with my family and my friend Jenny in Oregon. My intention of this vacation was to show Jenny the beautiful Oregon views and spend time with my family who moved there two years ago. We rarely see my aunt and uncle because school and work often get in the way. However, we booked a trip for last August and flew out to spend two weeks with them. I am thankful for this experience because I am now a different person. During the car ride from the airport my

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    Sara was still petrified. She was feeling she was young and unprepared, and she didn’t know how to look after a baby. She wanted to be something in life. She wanted to go to medical school and study medicine. Her parents weren’t really in the picture. Even though, she’s still living at their house, they aren’t that as supportive as they should be. They thought that since she was old enough to have

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    This is not to say that Tina didn’t share a similar bond with her mother. Tina herself had her own experiences that made the time she shared with her mother special. Another miracle child that took seven years of trying after Carlos to conceive, Tina was the girl that her mother had always wanted. However, Tina’s arrival had now gifted the family with both a boy and a girl. Tina grew up more independently, she liked to discovery things on her own, then share them with the family, to Carlos’s distaste

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    As the ball flew through the air, sneakers screeched against the floor and the sound of the ball dribbling never seemed to halt until the referees final whistle blew, It sounded more than just the end of the game as I feel down on the court with my hands covering my head in devastation. Where then minutes felt like hours, tears covered my face and the only noise I could hear was by the other teams rout and celebration. The gut wrenching feeling hit me like a basketball being pegged at the backboard

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