This present year_The Catch_The First Ten Seconds_A successful New Year
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This present year
Make twenty new friends, check. Diana Matthews smiled as she checked this list. www.onedoor.ccIt had not been easy for her to do since she was shy and an introvert but God really helped her and so she could check that one off her list. Do not date anybody this new year, check. This one was remarkably easy since she was far from being miss popular in school and the year had been a very busy one for her. Make an A+ in all my courses, check. This was not a surprise since she was a nerd but she had gotten used to putting it on her new year resolutions since she was twelve years old so that if she gets distracte...
The Catch
Byron's stomach sank when he got the news. Four hundred thousand dollars! From a distant cousin whom, as far as he knew, he'd never met in his life. His name was Jeffrey, and apparently he knew a thing or two about Byron when he'd made out his will."What kind of sick sadist was this guy?" Byron asked himself while further reading the letter. He held onto his forehead with one hand as he scanned the lines. "How could he do this?"As he visualized the proposal, his irritable stomach sank even more. He could feel the G-force already, thrashing his worn, thirty-five year old body around like a huma...
The First Ten Seconds
The first ten seconds of the New Year are the happiest moment for most people. The one sliver of time for the next 31535090 seconds that it takes for the earth to make a full rotation around the sun. For just that quick piece of the night, nothing else matters except for a new beginning. As soon as the time hits 0 and the ball reaches the base, the roar begins.Most will tell themselves that Christmas is the best time of the year. The songs and movies have definitely told them so, but this first ten seconds completely overrules that. The holiday stress is over, but the ten seconds goe...
A successful New Year
I did it. I finally resolved my new years resolution from last year. I didn’t think it was at all possible, but when I put my mind to something, I usually succeed.I remember making my resolution at midnight. My husband John and I had just opened up a bottle of chilled champagne.“So have you decided what your new year's resolution is going to be, asked John?”“Oh please, I never make new year's resolutions. It’s a waste of time. They last for a week and then they are quickly forgotten. Besides which, its hard to teach an old new trucks and I am the proverbial old dog.”“Lets try it though, ...