Little Keechi Creek Ranch Has there ever been a time in your life when you dreamed of being someone else? When the daily stresses of life start to wear me down, I have this one particular dream. ... So, I lie back and I dream. ... Some nights we chatted, other nights we listened to Babe Ruth and the Yankees easily add another number to their win column, but more often than not, we would just sit there, each in our own little world reflecting on our day and the memories we were making. ... I shake my head as to wake myself from this dream and focus on the reality of today. ...

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I started thinking of my dad getting up on all those cold winter nights when I was a child. ... I remember all too well my mom getting up in the middle of stormy nights to wake us. ... Patricia Miller was my first girl friend, and she filled hours of day dreaming while lying on that lumpy bed. ... I had my first adult dreams of Patricia in that room, and we were the happiest people in the world. ... I can still feel the love from my family, as well as remember my hopes and dreams for the future. ...

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While the ball is only for one night in Disney's Cinderella, it consists of three nights in the Brothers Grimm's story. ... The first two nights, Cinderella sneaks away before the prince could find out who she is; but the third night, he comes up with the brilliant plan of spreading tar on the staircase to capture her (Taylor). ... In Disney's version, it implies that the individual audience should follow their dreams no matter what obstacles are in their way. ...

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No more going out on Friday nights with my friends, no more doing whatever I want. ... The warm salty tears run down my cheek as I dream of the life of a teenager I have never experienced. ... Going to college is one of my big dreams, and I know my dad and brother will do anything to make that dream come true. ...

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Sarah and her family were very close, and living so far out in the country kept them all at home most nights. ... She just listened to the sounds of chirping crickets and dreamed of another day on the farm. ... She truly lover her job and her success was more that she could have ever dreamed of. ... Her dream had become a reality. ...

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I sat there in the midst of my father's shadow, I watched him as he spoke to an unknown man about the papers he held out. Black slacks, a white collared shirt with a black tie, he seemed professional. The pen scribbled along the bottoms of the paper. "I'm sorry, the man mumbled, lowering his eyes to...

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I would soon realize that this dream would become a nightmare. ... I can remember many of nights waking up to my dad stumbling up the steps. ... As far as my stepmom's warning that I will never make anything out of myself, this just pushes me on to follow my dreams. ...

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Special person in my life Contents: 1. What is a special person? 2. Mother is a gift. 3. Why my mother is so special to me? 4. Problems my mother had to face for us in her life. 5. Love and care that my mother bestowed upon us. 6. My feelings about my mother. 7. Rights of mothers and my thin...

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Part 1 When I was a young girl, I lived in Warsaw Poland with my mother father and baby sister Basia. My life was happy and carefree, until the day the planes began dropping bombs from the sky and the men with the shiny black boots came marching into our city. We were scared and unsure of what woul...

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Perhaps it was because she had less resources to draw from than Joy, or because she had to give up on her own dream of going to school which made her feel powerless. ... "She was still young enough to enjoy partying, dancing and being noticed by men "and noticing them back "much to the chagrin of her family and friends who ended up watching the boys so many nights " (19). ...

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