one windy spring day, i observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. as the strong winds gusted against the...
june 10th sunday fine yesterday was the ninth day of the world cup. there was a football match between china and brazil. we know brazilian team is the top one of the world. though the players of the chinese team tried their best, they still...
"mom, you should put some of your things away. baby proof this house," stated our oldest son mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, kim, and fifteen-month-old hannah. visiting for the thanksgiving holiday, he finished unloa...
with the clap and laughter flying around,london is the winner in the 30th internatinal olympic games\' competition.in consideration of london\'s success,there are three points cannot be ignored.as is known to all, london is a gardon city. w...
it’s an old photograph with bad composition and lousy color. the edges are curled up and brown. but none of that matters. the photo is laced with poignant memories so vivid that when my gaze slides across it, tears prick at the backs of m...
with the improvement of people's material conditions, people have higher demands for living quality. everyone wants to have a strong body and good living habits. how can we do that? first, get up early and keep doing exercises in the mornin...
steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the u.s. education system. remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, steve was failing. he had been failing since first grade, as he...
smoking is bad for our health. it may cause cancers or other diseases. every year hundreds of people catch diseases because of smoking. some even die of it. few people like staying together with smokers. since smoking has so much harm, smok...
our families camped together once a month, so when the fourth of july fell on our scheduled weekend, we never gave it a thought not to proceed with our plans. the drive to rehoboth beach took six hours, counting four bathroom stops for thre...
I went hiking to a mountain with my friends last summer. It was a good trip at the beginning but something unexpected happened on the half way. One of my friends suddenly felt a terrible pain in his stomach and he couldn't move any further....