The sun was setting and it began to grow darker. It was a peaceful night. I walked on to the stone road. Kicking stones with every step I took. I zipped up my jacket and headed out for my nightly walk. Living in the country there's not necessarily a speed limit. Most people fly by without even thinking. Especially the neighbor's son, Ben. He would race down the road in his old, blue truck. It was still football season so he would rush home after every practice. Passing me mostly every night. He never hesitated to slow down, sometimes he would increase the speed just to show off. Being the player he was he would often stop to try to pick me up to go back to his house so we could "hang out." I refused and kept walking.
I was halfway through my walk when I saw headlights coming down the road at full speed. A blue truck appears over the hill. I freeze dead in my tracks. Paralyzed from shock, I tried to move but I couldn’t. The truck kept getting closer and closer. The driver didn’t even notice me. He tried stopping but couldn’t. The bumper plowed me down as the wheels crushed my limbs. His tires screeched to a halt. The door flew open and he hopped out. “Oh my gosh! What did I do?” He screamed. I could feel my clothes getting heavier as the blood gushes out. Everything was numb. “Hello 911? Yes, um, my name is Ben. I was driving down the road and I hit my neighbor. Please hurry, I don’t think she’s going to make it.” Ben cried. He bent down to me. “I’m so sorry. I can’t believe I did this.” The sirens wailed down the country road. The dust flew up as the cars and EMS screeched to a sudden halt. The officers and the paramedics hustled over to me. I barley clung to life. “Sir, do you happen to know her name?” One of the paramedics asked Ben. “Her name is Mackenzie. She’s my neighbor. I didn’t see her. I was too focused on getting home.” Ben whimpered. “Where does she live? How far away were you from your house?” A police officer asked. “She lives in that brick house over there. I live in the green house on the end of the road.” Ben replied. The officer nodded and walked down to my house. By this time the paramedics had me loaded in the ambulance and ready to depart for the hospital. “Can I go with her to the hospital?” Ben asked. “I’m sorry, I’m afraid only family members would allowed to go with us. Besides the police will need you to stay and ask you some more questions.” The paramedic said to him. They pushed him back and shut the doors. They raced down the the road and hurried to the hospital that was no more than 10 minutes from where I lived. The one officer brought my mom and dad to the hospital. My mom ran into my room and threw her hands her into the air and wailed. “My baby, I can’t believe like he did this to you.” She ran over to me and tried touching my arm but one of the nurses held her back. The next day, I still haven’t stopped breathing. I’m still conscious, unfortunately. My mom sat in my room shaking every minute of the hour.
After what seemed like an eternity of rigorous tests and dealing with the painful longing of wanting to hold a precious baby of my own in my arms, it happened; my dreams at long last came true. I was pregnant! But something happened; I felt my world come crashing down. The thought of bringing another life into this world terrified me.
Standing on the balcony, I gazed at the darkened and starry sky above. Silence surrounded me as I took a glimpse at the deserted park before me. Memories bombarded my mind. As a young girl, the park was my favourite place to go. One cold winter’s night just like tonight as I looked upon the dark sky, I had decided to go for a walk. Wrapped up in my elegant scarlet red winter coat with gleaming black buttons descending down the front keeping away the winter chill. Wearing thick leggings as black as coal, leather boots lined with fur which kept my feet cozy.
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SWISH! I turn my head to the right with a grin and see my mom cheering as I scored my first points of the season. The last game of the season I scored my first points of my middle school basketball “career.” Now sit back and relax as you read the story of how I got my first points in middle school basketball.
Leaving the bodies for last we walked down the drive to take a look. Several rifles and shotguns were leaned carefully again the big oak. Two handguns and some knives were on the grass in front of them. Four people dangled from a branch of the tree close enough to each other to bump like a weird wind chime. A young couple and the other twice their age at a guess from the gray hair and styles of dress. They were probably parents and a married son or daughter with their spouse. Other than being hung there were no injuries apparent on any of the four. From the condition of the bodies they had been dead about a day.
I moved to Fresno, California and worked as caregiver sometime in the summer 2012. I lived there for about 7 months then I moved to New York in December 2012. My friend Alvin Almonte invited me to work in New York because he said job opportunities were much better here and that New York is much more accessible. I lost my immigration status in November 2011, while I was in Arizona. In my contract, I was assured that after three years (supposedly 2009-2012), the employer would apply for my Green Card. This was clearly not the case. I was working as a temporary hotel worker with an uncertain status. I started to work as buzzer in a restaurant in New York. Currently, I am working as caregiver for the elderly.
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Every student dreams of going to college, but once you are enrolled it’s a challenge to achieve the goal of getting the degree. Weather it has been a friend, family member, or even a neighbor they have their ways of handling the conundrum. My friend Kevin, recently graduated this past year, started of in Middlesex for two years, and then he transferred to Rutgers to finish his career. He graduated from Rutgers and now is an accounting major. Kevin is amiable, hardworking, and deft. During his time at Middlesex and Rutgers, he had a job at Apple, went to the gym, participated in many fundraisers, and volunteer at hospitals. All these task that he did engendered an issue. The issue it created was that he had no time to do anything. He would
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“Let’s go ride our bikes!” proposes my dad, and my eyes light up with eager excitement. I stumble down the stairs and skip out to the garage. Instinctively I walk over to my glossy pink bike, standing in the corner, presiding over all the other inferior toys. No sooner have I done this than my dad lifts it out from under my nose and begins to strap the helpless hostage to the back of the car. “What are you doing?” I chirp with a quizzical expression on my face. “We’re going to ride somewhere else for a change.” Explains my dad. Puzzled and curious, but undaunted I shrug my shoulders and climb up into the vehicle.
I was only 15 years old; imagine a little boy in a huge and beautiful city without parents, without family. A boy who thought he was alone in the world. Now, in the year 2021, I know I’m not alone. I choose to stay in Lima and this is why and how Lima grew until this year, 2021.
As the persistent, hot sun left beads of sweat on my neck, I ran along the pavement to my family’s apartment. I unlocked the door and, out of habit, I went to set my book bag on the couch. I froze. The couch was gone. In fact, everything was gone; all except a few cardboard boxes sitting on the dusty windowsill. It was only then that I noticed my dad sitting against the wall, eyes puffy and red. Before that point, the divorce never phased me. My parents had been quiet about their problems, keeping all the drama behind the curtain. It wasn’t until that moment, the moment I saw my dad break inside, that the divorce really set in.