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Introduction Two days after her seventeenth birthday, Laura Welch had a friend in her car and the wind in her hair. The world was young in 1963 - from Laura's music, school, and friends, up to the young couple in the White House, John and Jackie Kennedy. Whatever problems Laura had were minor ones, and this day was meant for driving, listening to the radio, and chatting with her girlfriend. In the midst of the chatter, Laura made a mistake. She didn't see the stop sign, and the blur of onrushing vehicles ground to a standstill by the terrible crunching of metal. Laura and her friend were shaken up, but able to recognize the car that had been knocked through the intersection. It belonged to seventeen-year-old Michael Douglas, a popular student in Midland, Texas. Michael was also Laura's boyfriend. He had been thrown from the car, suffering a broken neck. By the time help arrived, he was dead. Laura knew it was her fault. Devastating? "No words to describe it," Laura says now, nearly forty years later. As an adult and a parent, she understands now more than ever the painful consequences of that moment. It brought devastation not only to her life, but heartbreak to another family. It was without doubt the worst day of Laura's life. It would be many years before Laura could think of dating seriously again. But romance unexpectedly …show more content…
There would be no more childish pursuits, no more laughing through the days as if life would last forever, and no more casual attitude toward the things of God. The next time she went to church, she went with a passion that would mold her - and mold her - until she was a woman whose faith was strong enough to help mold a president. Because of her faith, his faith became stronger. Because of the president's faith, on September 11, 2001, following the worst attack of terrorism in American history, America saw a leader with solid spiritual
Michael Clodfelter stated that he was asleep in the bedroom when he was awoken to the sounds of people shouting. When he opened the bedroom door, he saw Brandon and Nicole having a physical altercation and he stepped between the two and separated them until police got on
Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52-year old African American female. She is 5-foot-1-inch, 145 pounds. Rosa Lee is married however, is living separately from her husband. She has eight adult children, Bobby, Richard, Ronnie, Donna (Patty), Alvin, Eric, Donald (Ducky) and one child who name she did not disclose. She bore her eldest child at age fourteen and six different men fathered her children. At Rosa Lee’s recent hospital admission to Howard University Hospital emergency room blood test revealed she is still using heroin. Though Rosa Lee recently enrolled in a drug-treatment program it does not appear that she has any intention on ending her drug usage. When asked why she no longer uses heroin she stated she doesn’t always have the resources to support her addiction. Rosa Lee is unemployed and receiving very little in government assistance. She appears to
I carried out this case study on Mrs. Casey (Pseudonym), any 86 year old woman who underwent an elective left total hip replacement (THR). After the OT student studied Mrs. Casey's past medical history in her medical chart, it was noted that she had previously undergone a right THR in 2011, which had been successful and free from complications. Ms. Casey had no other significant past medical history and had been an independent and active woman before the progression of her arthritis. Ms. Casey was required to have total hip replacements carried out on both hip joints as a result of severe Osteoarthritis (OA), which lead to stiffness, pain, and an eventual decrease in mobility, affecting her quality of life and involvement in meaningful occupations.
“American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer is a short story set in 1963. Back then, prejudice and segregation amongst different races were still in full bloom. The protagonist, Elena is a fourteen year old girl of Puerto Rican descent who lives in Paterson, New Jersey along with her parents. Elena’s neighbor, Eugene, is a boy of European descent whom Elena likes. The story takes place the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. While the people in Elena’s community are shocked by President Kennedy’s death, Elena is dealing with her own tragedy: being shunned by Eugene’s family. Ortiz Cofer’s story examines the theme of tragedy, personal and collective, and revolves around the dreams of Elena which can be shattered in one shocking moment.
Continuing, Laura betrayals love in her life, by rejecting all men who intend to reach for her heart. “B...
George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” is a speech in which he talks about the catastrophic event on September eleventh, 2001. Two airplanes crash into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the entire world. He addresses this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, to let the people of the United States know what is going on. This speech explains how the United States is a strong country, the motives behind the event, as well as to bring the United States together and stronger.
Additionally, a young man appears in Laura’s life that sings outside her bedroom window, writes poems to her, and follows her around town to demonstrate his passionate love for her. Porter states, “She tells herself that thro...
It is with much excitement that we announce our newest additions to the Sunshine Bank family.
Amanda also pressures Laura to get married so that she can fulfill her past life through Laura by her having a man that can care...
As a mother, she didn’t do her job very well. It was unpleasant to see her smoking a cigarette while being pregnant. In fact, her metal illness was building up that she heard voices speaking to her and imagined herself living in other dimensional, where she didn’t have to worry about anything, she was free (Laura 150). There was no Dan, Richie and Kitty only herself. Laura was reconstructing imagines of Virginia wolf and Clarissa Dalloway. Her personality was changing and developing a different persona, even she wanted to be free as virginal wolf who drowned herself to dead (Laura 150). Sometimes people create personalities from characters that they strong admired, so they can revive them and follow them as a living role. This is a Psychological problem that people often has to face. This illness can change the way of how people thinks and behave. Moreover, Laura thinks that dying is the answers to all her problems. Hence, the author explains that “She sees…and enter a neutral zone, a clean white room, where dying does not seem quite so strange” (Laura 151). As shown above, she sees dying as a beautiful dream, in which herself is transferred into realm where dreams come true. Additionally, her struggles increased and she wants to escape from it. Her plan is to commit suicide on the room of the hotel. But suddenly she regains her conciseness and those terrible thoughts disappear (Laura 151). Then again, Laura sees
...ls Laura that he's engaged. This confirms that Laura will be unable to fulfill her dream.
Through the next couple of days our family went through some of the coping stages. We experienced anger because we did not know the severity of the damage, we were depressed and then we had to come to accept God’s will. Ann was a devout Christian and we found comfort of knowing where she was going to.
"You know, America is still around after 232 years because we have risen to every challenge and every new time." She says the American people have risen to every challenge which I believe she's ultimately relating to the challenge she's setting forth to elect President Obama. This puts Americans on the spotlight, asking them what they will they do to help keep the country strong. In this last section of her speech she also uses a part of history to give hope all Americans. She says, "On that path to freedom, Harriet Tubman had one piece of advice: If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If they're shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. And even in the darkest of moments, that is what Americans have done. We have found the faith to keep going." This part of her speech really struck a note with the audience. She brings up a time of such desperation and compares it to the cuurrent times, showing that America can get through any difficulty that's thrown at
Also made clear early on is Laura's desire for control of the fate of her daughter concerning her future (in terms of religion, career, and home). The first m...
Known as the youngest and most popular president in our history, John F. Kennedy accomplished a lot in the short time of his time in office. On November 22, 1963 as he rode throu...