Showing posts with label final personal essay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label final personal essay. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

A God of Miracles

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A God of Miracles
As I laid in the hotel bed that night, I thought about my mom, laying in the bed next to mine.  She had been acting suspiciously detached from the group all night.  I was beginning to get really concerned about her, because she is usually very active and engaged with those around her.  She is a certified elementary teacher, so she has to be.

I faded into sleep and began dreaming about mansions, museums, informative plaques, and our charter bus which had become our home away from home.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Meeting In the Living Room of Memories


Meeting In the Living Room of Memories

A Personal Essay by Tori Fawson

Flashback to the night my family gathered together for a different reason.


I opened my off-white bedroom door, hearing the familiar creak that would accompany it when it was two thirds of the way open. I walked down the hallway, avoiding the parts of the floor that seemed to cry in anguish when stepped on, towards my family room which had light protruding from it.

To Live With Gusto

Sometimes the end of a life is the true beginning of someone else's. 

Shaggy brown hair, a bright smile, loud laughter. That was Jared.

God Blessed The Broken Road




 On a long, dusty road in the middle of Africa, I learned a powerful and valuable lesson.