At the age of eleven I was going into my Sixth grade year at Metcalf Elementary School. Sixth grade was going to be the highlight of my Metcalf experience. I would be one of the “Big Kids”. Sixth graders owned the school and were the coolest kids ever. They got first pick for after school […]
Yakezie Writing Contest Essays
28. What I would do with $20 Million Dollars
If I won a $20 million dollar lottery the first person I would call, unless she was present with me when I found out, would be my mom. She is the person I tell everything too. If she was with me and found out that I had one the same time that I did, I […]
27. Second Chances
If no one was ever given a second chance there would be very few successful people in the world. Hardly anyone accomplishes a goal on their first attempt. The famous quote by Thomas H. Palmer, “‘Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again,” strongly supports […]
26. My Sixth Life
As I get older, I tend to look back on my life in terms of separate lives instead of stages. When we’re young, we tend to wish for the the ability to bounce back and forth through time. Can’t Christmas come tomorrow? Or, that snow day was fantastic, I wish it could happen all over […]
25. The Measure of Success
Everyone wants to be successful in their life. That’s the easy part. The bigger question that’s open to interpretation: what’s the measure of success? Is it money, possessions, a happy family, self satisfaction, a life of leisure, a career you enjoy? Is it all of these — or none of these? So just how do […]
24. Being Human
Second chances are not a question, but a necessity. The world relies on second chances, and on thirds and fourths, to keep moving. For the 9-month-old brought from a Cambodia orphanage into a Southwest Ohio home. For the woman who suffered a heart attack before the age of thirty and survived to become a mother. […]
23. I Think I Can, I Think I Can
It was morning when I arrived with my mother on an overcast day. I felt anxious, understandably, because I had no idea what the next couple of hours would entail. “What was going to happen?” was the question that established itself in my small, five-year-old head, as I held on to my mother’s hand as […]
22. Given Another Chance
From the day I was wrapped in my new born baby blanket I was daddy’s baby girl. I would cry if anybody else held me, wouldn’t even let my mom hold me long enough to feed me, leaving her with no choice but to let my dad bottle-feed me at five months, thus beginning our […]
21. The Humble Millionaire
In the 2010 movie Lottery Ticket, Kevin Carson is a young male who realizes he has a winning lottery ticket. Kevin wins on a holiday weekend, so he has to wait three days before he can cash the ticket. During this time, he faces difficulties trying to avoid opportunistic neighbors, greedy loan sharks, and bullies. […]
20. Earning Success
Whenever I am asked to share my ‘Master Plan’ for a happy life, I always begin with the same silly gag; first I win the Lottery. Of course in order to win the lottery, you must play the lottery and truthfully, I have never bought a lottery ticket in my life. To be honest, I […]
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