... saying a prayer. This was something that I had to remember and adjust to doing. They also served and cooked their food different then I was used to. It was difficult for me because one of my duties was to cook dinner every other day. The cooking I am accustomed to is Italian which is something they were not at all accustomed to. I liked to use olive oil and different spices. They ... would scream and cry when she was with me and would want to go to them. The boys were a lot of fun, but they seemed to know how to take advantage of me. Once their parents were gone they would act up, they ...

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... would be bald." My life wasn't the same from that point on. I don't remember what I said or did that day after he said that. I guess I was in shock. I was in the hospital for 6 days. I returned home to find the house back as it was before the incident happened. There were neither candles nor ... my first class. I replaced my wig and walked out of the bathroom. I passed through the empty hallway to my class, with my head down. I don't know what happened in class that day. All I remember is what happened in the hallways. Everywhere I looked people were snickering in others ears while th...

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... first time I had ever broken anything like this. Not only was I sidelined from sports for more than three months but I was barely able to walk and sleeping also became a task. My doctor recommended surgery several times and also referred me to a specialist for rehab. I declined the surgical option and missed every rehab appointment. There were two reasons for this; the obvious one was ... the way is negativity. Is religion really necessary? Well, it depends who you ask. I personally walk a fine line when it comes to this subject. I believe in God but I think religion has been commercial...

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... of searching around, I decide it was nothing, and went down stairs, got my shoes on, walked outside, and locked the door. I began to walk up the sledding hill were everyone seemed to be having a good time. All of a sudden, I heard a loud scream, come from inside the house. I turned around quickly ... woman, wrinkled and tattered. She held up her arm, and revealed that her hand had been severed. I winced in horror of the hand, and began to feel dizzy. One of my friends approached the woman, which would later be the worst mistake of his life. She was silent at first, and then ... all hell...

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FEAR My eyes slowly open, once again the date 5th May had come back to haunt me once more, bringing fearful memories in my mind. I remember the incident clearly the memory howls in my brain, making it feel as it just happened ... yesterday. I could sense burning tears furious yet heartbreaking tears slipping down my cheek. I clamber from my colossal bed and gaze at the digital clock beaming 3.15am. How can I forget the incident? It played such a tremendously depressing turning point of my life. I walk at a snail's pace to ... in misery watching the candle and once again I see a vision. If on...

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... fabulous new loft pad in an undercover community of amazing artists), was it's prime location on the water front of the East River. A quick two block walk along the quiet cobble stone streets, then squeezing through the hole in the tattered fence that guards the empty lot over grown with weeds, and I was in ... was, I sped up my pace since I was already twenty minutes late. As I walked into the quiet studio, I had no idea of the horror that had begun to unfold. The sun was reflecting off of the white washed walls, casting shadows of the window panes onto the white floor. A man whom I had...

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... put in my care because he could no longer work. He could barely do anything but breathe. He had the flu and needed medication in order to survive. When I approached this subject with the Mistress she seemed appalled at the idea of buying anything extra for a slave. I knew that there ... it could be done. They could see that they didn't have to suffer through anguish and pain every day. There was a way to overcome the monsters that had stolen our lives and freedoms as human beings. The children wouldn't have to walk around any more wondering why the white children had beautiful names .....

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... stride brings him closer. His deep blue eyes which, have remained unchanged and unchangeable, but for the laughter lines surrounding them, are still windows to his strong but gentle soul. His features still portray the strength I had so admired in him, the strength that had made him my rock ... for an escape. My heart is pounding and I am awash in a sea of memories. I remember how much he believed in me; how he always told me with such faith that I could do anything I set my hand to. And I find myself, once again, staring blankly at my still unanswered question; "How would ... became. I ...

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