She fried them tender with butter, sugar, and brown sugar. ... I remember in the winter months when it would snow, Pam and I would spend the night at Granny and Granddaddy's house so Mama and Daddy would not have to get us up in the cold and drive us in the early morning. We loved spending the night because we would get to watch Granddaddy pop popcorn on the pot belly heating stove. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Motherhood includes love, tenderness, care, concern, acceptance, patience sacrifice. ... Her children expect her to know where the sun goes at night, why the sky is blue and where kittens come from. ... She is a practical nurse who can remove splinters and loose teeth painlessly, stop an earache in the middle of the night, and pacify a case of chicken pox before a dance recital. ...

• Word Count: 2133
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Her mid-length golden hair flowed out of her tight ponytail hitting the bottom of her white collared shirt. Her hazel eyes were really showing more green than brown this evening. The band was playing old western tunes. The girls' giggles and chatter about young boys filled the small, single-room sc...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Later that night, after returning home, Jay gets a call from his drunken brother saying that he needs to come immediately to see his father who is in a fatal condition. ... Later that night Mary gets a call from a man saying that Jay has been in an accident and that a man from the family must come immediately. ... His father, Hugh James Agee, was from a more rural environment and said to have had "a rugged sweetness, a tenderness, a fine chiseled handsomeness, and a rollicking humor" (18). ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School