schools were very small. We had a lot of fun, and a lot of activities together. We became a team. There were many times we would also play “concert.” We would get a stick and pretend it was a microphone, and we would sing and put on a show. When we were older, we did not forget each other. I have been to their weddings and now we are still all friends on social media. Those girls from elementary school were my first friends I have ever had.
My Mom Maria
Wedmara S Da Silva-Popke Brazil, Level 2
My mom has always been always a big example for me. She sacrificed herself to always give to me and to my sister the best opportunities in the life. She had a very hard life when she was young, so she always worked so hard to give me and my sister a better education, so this way, we can have better life than she has in her past. She was teaching us to be strong and believe in God and ourselves. She was teaching us always to be honest and polite to the others. I think I have a very good personality because how my mom raised me. I also think I learned how to be responsible and hard working with her too. I admire her, and I always do my best to be good for her and help her. She gives us many opportunities, and she puts us always before her, and this shows how much love my mom has for me and for my sister. I love my mom, she is always going to be loved, and she is always going to be an example to all my family. I am so happy the see how good grandma she is to my nephew and to my niece, and I pray to God, to one day my mom will have the opportunity to be a good grandma to my child too. This is one to my big dreams, and I know God is always listening to my prayers.
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Young Love
Mohammad Wasim Safi Afghanistan, Level 2
You are my pain, you are my gain You are forgiver of my sin You are my way you are light In every path you are my right I am just fish you are my sea You are power in my two knees You are my eyes you are my sight You are my dream in every night You are my words you are my poem I am like sand you are the storm I am getting weak give me once shock You are my laugh you are my talk You are my sound you are song You were alright but i was wrong You are my love don’t say it´s ban I know you’re sky accept me sun I was just thorn as a small horn You are young love i was just born
What Made Me Happy
Favour Eze Nigeria, Level 3
“The three gifts of marriage are companionship, passion and purpose. It is God’s gift to us, designed to bring us joy and Him glory. With this gift He covered our aloneness, providing us with the hope of companionship, and the joy of connected intimacy,” said Chris Grace. Marriage is a union between two adults who have mutual understanding and agreement to be together for better or for worse. There has been a lot of events and ceremonies in my life, but the one that keeps leaving a smile on my face was the decision I made to get married. In my country, unmarried women don’t have right whether they are home or abroad, so getting married was not just a gift from God it was indeed a miracle. Also, it came with lot of joy giving me the feeling of having a life partner, unconditional love, a sense of security, purpose, and protection. Relationships
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