If you think about it, it's just a place to eat, sleep, and keep possessions, right? Wrong, home is much more than a physical place, it makes a person feel good. Home is a dwelling place; the house in which a person or people live. ... But after the vacation is over and while driving home, even though I like to reflect on the great time I had just had, I can't wait to get home. ... I have experienced times when I haven't wanted to go home though. ...

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Mind Over Matter You toss and turn trying to make yourself comfortable enough to sleep. ... Back in bed you find yourself to tired to sleep, to hungry to sleep and far to thirsty to sleep . ... After the shower you head for home all three miles again. ... You arrive home to the aroma of the meal that your mother has prepared. ... Sleep never comes easy though most of the time you lay and think because you find yourself once again to tired to sleep, to hungry to sleep, and to thirsty to sleep. ...

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I need to realize that I have to grow up and cannot keep on going to sleep away camp every summer forever. ... I hate that every night, this being my first summer home, I thought about what my camp friends were doing in Pennsylvania while I was home in East Meadow. ... I hate the fact that I still think about sleep away camp knowing that I will never return. ... I want to be able to be happy when I think about my summers at sleep away camp rather then cry. ... From now on, I can only hope that someday, something I do will come close to my experience at sleep away camp. ...

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My first month working at that job was also hard because I would get out like around 11 and I would get home around 12 and I wouldn't go to sleep until like 2am in the morning because I would stay up getting my homework for school finished but when I got my first pay of 200 I felt very satisfied because I had worked very hard for that money and I learned what value of the dollar meant and I started to save up my money instead of spending it. Having that job and going to school was hard because I wasn't used to going to sleep late and in school I would always fall asleep 3rd period in...

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There are many different important things I have learned in college. The one that I chose is responsibility. It is hard being on your own and college is so much different from high school. You don't realize it until you are actually on your own. Waking up on my own, relying on myself to eat, doi...

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We played for a couple of hours, and as the sun began to go down, I decided it was time for me to go home. ... We talked for a couple of hours which seemed only minutes, and then she told me that she had to go home. ... Let me get some sleep."" He went back to sleep, and since nobody else was awake I fell a sleep. ... It was time for us to go back home, and by that time I had everybody tired of hearing me talk about her. ...

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Standing outside the school, I look around at everything and realize this is going to be my home away from home for the next few years. ... As I lay there and drift off to sleep, I"m hoping for the best school year ever. ...

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My two older children that attend school will becoming home by 4:15pm,husband at 5:30.dinner is ready by 5:45pm. ... I Then get time for my self and I go to sleep until 9:00pm.By that time my husband wakes me up I go take my bath and by 10:00pm I"m on my way out the door for work. ... She would always telling me and anyone else that came to her for support, that the lord never gives you more than what he feels that you can handle, no matter how bad it is the lord is the only one who can be our judge, and when he says enough is enough he then calls you home. ...

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After Sammy found out that her mother had left to be an actress and changed her name to Dominique Windsor, she thought that she should bring her home. ... Therefore, they decided to take a cab to Dominique's home. When they arrived at Dominique's home she was outside ready to meet them, apparently Hudson didn't keep his promise to Sammy and Marissa that he made earlier at the bus station. ... In fact, he had his home decorated with all Egyptian artifacts and paintings. ... Since Dominique had only one bed in her room, her and her housemate, Le Brandi, switched rooms so tha...

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Finally, 36 hours later off the Greyhound and at a church in California for a good nights sleep and a good dinner before leaving for Mexico either by van or the OJ Simpson Bronco. ... Things in Mexico were definitely not like at home. ... On our way home from the store we were taking in the sites when I saw a huge cloud of smoke in the direction of were we were staying. ... Like indoor plumbing, a dog sleeping on my bed, hot meals, the shopping mall down the street, and T.V. in almost every room. ...

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For instance, this quote, "I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies" relates to me because even though I was not present, I saw many people who were and they did not abandon their homes even in the shadow of terrorism. ... Especially for the scattered people who did manage to exit the towers safely the attack, I feel bad because they are forced to live though that trauma every night when they go to sleep. ...

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He can either fulfill his dreams of moving out West, and leave with Mattie, or he could stay home and care for his wife and his farm. This decision is life altering because Ethan has the opportunity to carry out his lifelong dreams, but on the other hand must stay home and deal with his obligations. ... I need to sleep on it. ...

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A group spent the week at the Nazareth Farm in West Virginia with other students from around the country, facilitating home repair and construction. ... After bringing in all the luggage, my friends Matt and David and I were informed that there were no more beds for us to sleep in as there were 32 people living in the house and only 28 beds. ... After that we would come home, a group would make dinner, and we would eat. ...

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Not to long after midnight it was time for the Seahawk to make her way home. ... Crying herself to sleep that night, letting true love slip through her fingers she awoke with a new outlook that if it was meant to be he would find a way to make contact. ... Next was the step where two homes becomes one and the Seahawk was moving in. ...

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The last day at home with family and friends was a day to cherish forever. ... At night children are sleeping with their mothers to get some type of comfort. ... Just like the man, far away from home. ... As they drive home their anger has returned to happiness. ... These families proudly take their man home, for that first day home is just not long enough. ...

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The last day at home with family and friends was a day to cherish forever. ... At night children are sleeping with their mothers to get some type of comfort. ... Just like the man, far away from home. ... As they drive home their anger has returned to happiness. ... These families proudly take their man home, for that first day home is just not long enough. ...

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The last day at home with family and friends was a day to cherish forever. ... At night children are sleeping with their mothers to get some type of comfort. ... Just like the man, far away from home. ... As they drive home their anger has returned to happiness. ... These families proudly take their man home, for that first day home is just not long enough. ...

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The last day at home with family and friends was a day to cherish forever. ... At night children are sleeping with their mothers to get some type of comfort. ... Just like the man, far away from home. ... As they drive home their anger has returned to happiness. ... These families proudly take their man home, for that first day home is just not long enough. ...

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After that, she does the same routine, bus, train, bus, to arrive home at eight, maybe nine if traffic is bad. After traveling across ten townships, which is 75 miles in an island that is 110 miles long, all she wants to do is sleep. ... This has granted her 10 minutes of sleep every morning. ...

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I remember it like it was yesterday, August 27, 1994. My auntie was knocking on our door screaming my mother's name, "Gathir, Gathir, someone just called and said Ricky just got killed." She yelled frantically. It was a little after midnight, so my mom, sister and I got dressed and went to my auntie...

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Living at home with my mom meant I was in charge of paying my car payment and that was it. ... Simple things like getting my hair done came so easy when I lived at home that I never imagined a time where things would be any different. ... There was nobody around to yell at me for coming home late or for being too loud when they were trying to sleep. ... Our relationship is important to me so I always made sure that it stayed the same even after I was away from home. ... After a year of living on my own I decided that moving back home was the best option for me. ...

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Nobody's Child Anymore It begins when we are called upon to care for one of our parents and we come to the difficult realization that Mom or Dad is dying. Then, after the loss, we struggle with the pain of our grief and perhaps some unresolved issues in our relationship with our parents. We may...

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THE KISS Some guys can be naturally very good at picking up girls. They walk, talk, and act with a certain degree of confidence. I was not as fortunate and the title "Ladies Man" had never been associated with my name. But, this was about to change. Today was the day when I decided to hold m...

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Now that she thinks back about it she really wouldn't call it a home anymore. ... Touching her skin is like touching leather, hardened from sleeping outside so many nights in the harsh weather. ... She hadn't had these since she was back home. ... She was alone, a fifteen year old without a home, sitting on a bench, in the middle of nowhere. ... She thought that running away was the only solution to get away from all the torment her parents had been putting her through at home. ...

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I will be executed tomorrow. There is nothing - no excuses, no plea for forgiveness, no last minute stay of execution - that will help me escape this sentence of death. What I did was done with such malice, such cold-blooded intent, that even I find it hard to believe that I am capable of such bruta...

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