The Unsinkable

Authors Note: In this piece I did a stream of consciousness. At first I had no idea what to write but then I sat down and thought really hard about a subject. I thought of this cruise story because I was watching the Titanic a couple of days ago and reminded me of it. 

As the cruise ship sailed through rough water, and all the passengers were comfortable seated, we sailed out of the harbor and into the open sea. The waves were strong, but the wind was even stronger, allowing us to steer our way along the coast, following the outline of the shore. Each minute the wind and  the waves got stronger and stronger until the ship gave up. The Ship was slowly sinking in the freezing shinny water as we yelled for help. All nightmares of what could happen came to reality.

The screaming of all passengers on the ship frightened me even more than expected. Yet I was prepared to die this very moment. Everyone clinging on to the railings of the ship hoping not to go down. I was eight years old at the time so i didn't exactly know what was going on. All thoughts were racing through my tiny brain thinking if this is for real or just a dream.

 My mother grab my hand and took me to the front of the ship which was peeking so high in the air you could touch the clouds. Seeing most people grabbing on to anything they could find to support them selves up but failing to hold their weight and falling into the crystal iceberg cold water.

The captain ordered everyone to find as many life jackets as they could and put them on themselves and loved ones too. From the height were I was you could see everyone in the frigid water gasping for help as they slowly started to drowned. While I was looking at this terrifying sight, my mother told me to close my eyes and imagine that i'm back home with my friends playing in the park. She was hoping that this would distract me long enough till we found a life boat ourselves. She had dragged me along searching high and low for any kind of safety jacket or boat but luck did not struck us.

We had finally found an old lady who was struggling to get into a small life boat that was a bout fit for four. Her and my mother made an agreement that is she helped the old lady into the life boat then she would let us come along. The boat plopped into the freezing ocean and we headed straight north, hoping that we  would come along land eventually. As we sailed out I could still here the screams and yelps for people to come save them. The old lady and my mother told me just to close my eyes and fall fast asleep. 

I awoke by the screaming of a young man's voice asking if anyone was in the boat. My Mom had squealed as load as she could and answered back "Were over here, follow my voice." The man did so and eventually putting us on his bigger fishing boat. We all had wondered what a fisherman was doing way out in the middle of the ocean, but we didn't care, as long as it brought us to safety. It took us about 2 days to finally find the  bay of Boston Massachusetts .  Each of us took slow careful steps off of the rocking boat. We were relieved to see all of the shinning towers of  Boston but I was still in shock about the sinking of the ship. My mom had told me that the people are in a good place and you now have many angels looking over you. I felt a little better but knowing that me, Ally Johnson could have been killed on that ship made me appreciate what I have and I will always forever love my life and everyone in it.

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The Sacrifice

Authors Note: It was hard at first to come up with this one great topic to come up with, but my hard  thinking payed off. My Idea for this story was to try put me in Army wife's perspectives. At first it was very difficult to put myself into their shoes but after awhile it felt easy to to write about it. In this writing piece I tried to write as if I was an army wife, which was very difficult for me to do.


Each day waking up and not seeing your husband is the most heart breaking feeling. It gets difficult once other parents ask my children where their dad is and they have to say "dad is away in the army." And all the parents give them sympathy.  It's also really hard for my children that their dad always misses their birthdays, concerts, and parent conferences but I tell them that their dad is not going to make it.

My husband and I don't get to talk to each other very much, because their base does not have telephones. So the only way of communicating is through Skype, even though the picture is blurry the kids and I still get to talk to him. Which they appreciate very much. We only get to skype him once every few weeks. That isn't very much but at least we get to see him. And that is all that matters to us.

 I never imagined being an army wife when I was younger but I have learned so many things from it. Throughout my life I always took freedom for gran tit, because I never had any of my family members in the army. Now I know that at any time of the day my husband could get killed in battle. So my kids and I pray for him every night before we go to bed. Now I know what is going on in war without having to watch the news. Every army gets informed with what is going on in war so we know what's happening.

When that one day happens were the sun is shinning down on us and the sky is as blue as the sea I know that this is the day where it all stops. All of the crying of hoping that he every father comes home to their children. And nervousness that we don't lose the war. And most importantly that we don't lose him. The thought of not seeing him for the rest of our lives would destroy our lives forever. And I'm sure any of would take that one sacrifice to save him.

Special Bond

Authors note: In this writing piece I was trying to focus on describing my family members in a different way. I thought that most people describe objects as big, small, skinny, fat.. Instead I decided to use more descriptive words. It was very easy to write about brothers because I see them everyday and get a new perspective of them.

I always wanted my life to just be my mom, dad, and me. As years went by  however, I realized that I was stuck with them my whole life. Yet my brothers are there for me sometimes, it always feels that their there to come up behind you when the time is right and embarrass you.

In some cases my brother Matt is more mature then then the rest of us because he is older. When he has the time to he likes to surprise some one with a pop of silliness. Daniel on the other hand is more of the outgoing one, he's the one that's not afraid to speak his mind.

 If something is right he will speak up.  For example, when we went out for dinner I suggested we go to Bravo, Daniel had a different idea. He wanted to go to Asiana's so he blurted out while we were deciding and he had to make sure he got his way. After blurting out in the middle of our conversation that he would like to go to Asiana's, he then had to make sure that his plan was carried out, forcing us to eat at the popular Chinese restaurant.

My favorite topic with both of them is their relationship status. Matthew, which is 18 has had many girlfriends before. He is not afraid to talk up to a girl. Where Daniel thinks that each girl that he meets, is considered a girl/friend. He treats most girls as just one of the guys. Matthew had currently broke up with his girlfriend named Becky Dual because of college starting. I had figured this all out from clues of him not visiting her and phone calls. It's just a special bond that me and my brothers have together and will never lose…..Hopefully.

Memorable Vacation

Authors Note: Over the weekend I processed an idea on creating a story about a memorable vacation.  This Blog post will be a personal narrative about my trip to Orlando, Florida.  In this  piece of writing, I tried to focus on editing my writing for run on sentences.  In addition, I will work on developing a good conclusion.


Every five years my family makes a pilgrimage to our favorite vacationing spot, Walt Disney World in beautiful Orlando, Florida.  Last year we continued this tradition in May over the Memorial weekend.  This was an especially memorable time because we celebrated my parents twentieth anniversary.

What made planning the trip exciting was that I had a say in where we would stay and do.  It was unanimous among the family that we would go back to the Saratoga Springs resort and get the Park Hopper passes.  In addition to going to our old favorites, I suggested visiting a new park as well.  Discovery Cove had been a park that I had been interested in visiting for some time. The park turned out to be more breath taking than seen on t.v.

When at Disney, the first park we went to was Epcot.  We enjoy the performers, shopping, a great meal and of course, the fireworks!  I want the next day we ventured out to Animal Kingdom.  Our favorite ride was the Kali Rapids.  Getting soaked felt great in the hot weather.  The most memorable event that day was when my father and brother got stuck on the Mount Everest ride.  It took some time to get them down.  Of course, we went to the Magic Kingdom where we spent hours waiting in lines to ride some of the best roller coasters like Space Mountain and the Rock and Roll Roller Coaster.  A trip to the Magic Kingdom wouldn't be complete without staying at night to see the Electric Light parade and the fireworks.

To wrap up our trip, we had a nice lunch at an outdoor cafe to reminisce about this trip and previous ones.   The extended weekend sure went fast!  Disney World is surely the place were dreams come true.  Each trip creates new memories and brings back old ones.  I look forward to the next trip four years from now.

My Sisters Keeper Analysis

Authors Note: Trying to figure out what to base your first writing piece of the year is some what difficult. Time after time trying to come up with a good topic to base your story on is frustrating at some points but if you think deeply about what you have more information on you can come up with that one special topic. My mind had kept on going back to My Sister's Keeper because I could go more in depth with My Sister's Keeper then any thing I've done so far. My goals for this piece were not to summarize but to describe in this writing piece.  

The Genre of "My Sisters Keeper" is more of drama then anything else. The book is mainly about two sisters, Ana and Kate. Kate had been diagnosed with Leukemia and ever sense Kate's been diagnosed, Ana has had surgeries, shots, and transfusions to help Kate. Each chapter gives me more of a glimpse of reality than fantasy proving that this happens to some families.I do not know any families that have gone through this devastating feeling.

Throughout this book I had found interesting is the language that they use. In some cases people don't mind the swearing in the book. In my case I would choose different descriptive words rather then using swearing. Sometimes I ask to myself why would an author put that in a book?

In one chapter Anna had killed Kate's fish and I had wondered, 'What is the big deal?' Most fish just die in a week or two.I thought that this chapter was not necessary to put in the book, but maybe in the end it has to do with something. I don't know what it would be used for in the end as some big suprise so I guess I'll have to wait and find out.

At the end of the book I was hoping that Kate ends surviving leukemia. I was wondering what would happen if she didn't survive in the end. How would her family react to this crises? And how would Ana take Kate's death? If one person in the family would be the most devastated I think it would be Ana. Ana has had surgeries, shots, and transfusions for Kate. She had done so much for her in her life. I know some of guesses aren't going to be true but I hope most of them will be.