I walked into her room, as she was relaxing in bed watching one of those soap opera shows. ... Which made her walk over to me and place her hand on my shoulder, "But you and Scott are related.... I got out of my car and I walked up to the front door and knocked on it once. ... " Immediately feeling welcomed, I took a deep breath and walked inside. ... It is extremely heartwarming to hear this from my birth parents because they are all I have been striving for as long as I can remember. ...

• Word Count: 1585
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

I remember one time that I had met a new friend that lived on the other side of the neighborhood from us. ... I went from the bus stop to Robert's house one day while my older brother walked home. ... I walked around the corner onto my street and I was horrified to see my mom's car sitting in the driveway. ... I walked in and she asked me why I was a hour and a half late and I said that the bus was late, of course totally forgetting that my older brother was already at home from the same bus. ...

• Word Count: 1298
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

, that's the way Maggie walks." ... This was shown when she says to her mother "She can have them, Mama, I can still remember Grandma Dee without the quilts." ... This reply represented the respect she had for her mother and her ancestors; she didn't require the quilt to remember who she was. Very differently from her sister, Dee who needed to have them hangs on the wall in order to remember her past. ...

• Word Count: 1757
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Walking into my house ten years ago you would smell whatever was cooking on the stove, the fireplace burning in the living room, or Dads" cologne when he walks from his bedroom. ... I remember standing in our hot muggy garage as he was telling me this. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Their fighting had been going on for as long as I can remember and it scared me even more when it lead to violence. ... He looked at me and told me to go away thankfully I wasn't going to get the brunt of his anger I walked out of his room and went back to my homework. ... Just as I was about to go to the phone can call for an ambulance she walked in and told me to grab my bag that she had me pack a week ago. ... After telling them my age the looked at me with disgusted and walked away. ...

• Word Count: 2423
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

A Parent's Love Has No Bounds " Harry, your father loves you," a loving father says to his son, who refuses to communicate with him, in the short story "My Son the Murder". Harry is depressed about the war and being drafted, yet decides not to confide in his father and he deals with these feelin...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

I remember like it was today, feeling tired of play, I laid on the bed and started thinking, "will my mom suffering from a disease?" ... Entering the room, I walked slowly because I didn't want make noise, and getting in I realized that the room was very dark, the windows were covered, which didn't allow the beautiful sunshine that was outside come in, and I felt a little cold, surely the air conditioning was on, I just don't understand why, if there was a newly born baby there, when I got near the bed where my mother was sleeping, I looked next to her bed and saw a mini-bed, an...

• Word Count: 1405
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate