... we have jet skies to pull us in. For me, Killers is less like a dream and more like a nightmare. I much prefer a long, peeling point-break wave like those that roll into Rincon, California. Where the breaks are usually 2 to 10 feet tall and go on forever. Though, the waves were not a sign of great ... swam as fast and hard as I could, pounding the water, splashing, kicking harder and harder until August 5, 2001 I have been on the island for a couple of days now I think. I woke up on the shore of an island similar to one you would see in the movie Blue Lagoon. It is really beautiful, I mea...

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... this large belonging fit in the van. Once my possessions had made the long journey from my small Durango, Colorado home to the larger Boulder, Colorado, my mom and nana helped me to drag them out of the van and into my new house. Nana stood at the top of the stairs and would ... was going on. Then the thoughts began to creep up on me and I wondered how such horrible things could be happening all at once. The memories of a night about a week before began to haunt me. Flashbacks began clouding my mind. What was wrong with the world I wondered? Then it all came in a big rush ... the living...

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... The white mess on the sides was now a deep color of gray and the tips of the toes hung off like a dogs tongue after a long been run in the heat or romp through the park. I walked into the cool morning air and shivered a bit thinking to myself that I was a bit underdressed. I quickly dismissed the thought as I watched my ... sweet corn that my grandpa grew in his garden every summer and how much fun I had helping my grandma shuck the corn and wash it for our dinner that night. Max, my golden retriever seemed to also be starring off across the fields thinking to himself. I wondered if he w...

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... sounded as if it were coming from outside, so I ran as fast as my soft smoke covered slippers would carry me. Down the long steep stairs and outside I went onto the cold, dew covered front lawn. I found the rest of my family standing along with my neighbors and friends ... He had no answer, just a bewildered non-knowing look on his face like people get when they cannot remember someone's name they had met two days before. Our family was in a great state of shock and had no back up plan in case an emergency like this happened. We sat and ... hungry lion, so we decided to stop at McDonald...

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... relaxing on the sandy white beaches in solitude, while others could not wait to explore the hidden caves and coves on the islands. About forty-five minutes into the journey, the trees in the landscape outside the window suddenly slowed to a stop. There was nothing at this section of road except for the endless stretch of ... the door and locked us up, leaving us caged in a small room filled with filth and dirt, with no windows and only a few mats. The next few days was living hell. All of us were cooped up in a small room and were never allowed out. They never responded to our cries and...

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... weak. I understood from those past two minutes that my life was about to change forever. The news about my 12 year old sister broke out into the small 1500 population town within the hour my dad spoke it. Everyone came together suddenly to organize fundraisers to help out our family with the outrageous ... glimpse of her face, which was white as snow with absolutely no expression, and fell to my knees and sobbed unruly sobs outside her door. A few days after this incident, she came out of the coma and began to respond to a few things. She was not totally the same as she was before the ...

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