I like to write on paper first and then type it out when it's ready. On paper I can add thoughts that I left out and move things around here and there.

I definitely agree with this revising tip. I also have others read it as well for word flow.

This is something that could happen after you keep reading it too much and second guessing yourself, as many people do. It's really just human nature to do so.

This is an important issue that I feel like I am struggling with. It's hard to not over write when you want something to be good or the message to be conveyed.

reinventing one self allows for you to learn new things about yourself and not staying stagnant in life

We are each other's business says to me that we are our brother's keeper. We can help those who can not help themselves by becoming a great support system no matter what the situation. MY business is the business of helping and knowing what is going on with someone who is in need.

Her livelihood is based off of her being semi-permanent (independent) and not permanent (dependent). This allowed her to be able to move out and learn new things about herself as she took the challenge that awaited her in the "Big Bads of the world."

"I believe in inner strength" This young lady found it within herself to write about her stepmother, the woman that loved her father and had the will to take care and love her father until his dying day. The strength that it took or her to get through each day had to be hard. She was upset with her at first but deep down inside she appreciated her and she is right it takes inner strength to be able to act as if nothing is different. It seem like they actually formed a lasting relationship because of the love that Janey had for her dying father.

Shopping at Chevron, heck my mom will shop wherever the best prices are with great quality of food. He should not be embarrassed but it was the way people looked at them and not the actual shopping but the experience of it.

":belief in flexibility" allows this writer to understand that his mother was doing what she needed to do in order to make sure they survived. Survival has a lot to do with being flexible

the cliche' "tomorrow will be a better day" in this instance is appropriate due to the milestones that were reached by her grandfather and father at the age of 16 for both of them. Although dad fears what the world has in store for his daughter, she reminds him that the there will be a better tomorrow as it was for them and will also be for her and to not be fearful.

"a problem can look like a mess" he is referring to his dyslexia and having to overcome it by way of the Rubik's cube.

"But I'll know that in 20-26 washes", I feel like she is using the washes as a metaphor for years.

"Semi-permanent hair dye is about finding security within unlimited freedom" This means that nothing is permanent and is instead forever changing. She is not bound by any one thing.

Right this is really more of a selling push than it is a lowering of calories in beverages. They are trying to get you to buy the lower caloric drinks along side the regular beverages that they are already advertising. More $$$ being spent to the beverage industry.

Smaller will probably mean more sugar in the cans or bottles. Which to me, also means more calories than not.

Interesting point. I too feel as though this campaign will not have any fizz also.

I agree that diet drinks are worse. Diet drinks have that sweetener that is actually way more sweet than natural sugar. I believe it's called aspartame. This can cause weight gain and is bad for the body. It has given me a headache too. I've only drank it a couple of times and it was just not good at all.

I have found this to be true. People are more apt to buy water more now than ever. With the ne wave of flavored water, people tend to enjoy that more and spend money on it as well.

Very optimistic approach but will take more than just caloric value of beverages that needs to be cut. People's mindset need to be changed as well.

This heading is confusing. These are things that they would like to set forth and do but it doesn't mean that beverage calories have been reduced ass of now. There is a goal but it has not been reached

I also think that schools turning off their vending machines after a certain hour at schools can cut down on intake. The consumption of sugary beverages can be controlled this way. This promotes more of a health variety as they put more waters in the machine than they have ever had. It gives students more options than just pop/soda.

As mentioned before, the no or low calorie drinks are not beneficial to people because like taste and honestly these do not taste very well to most. Smaller portions may actually work because people still get the taste that they were originally looking for when making the purchase.

These are declining as far as purchase rate due to the taste of these products. People due not like the artificial taste of these no calorie beverages. It is a waste of money when the taste is not enjoyable which is why you buy it in the first place.

I think that this shows how the child feels at this moment. Saddened with a heavy heart.

This sounds like cursive writing in the sky. God is using the birds to write his feelings in the sky for all to see. Like when it rains at funerals, I like to say that God is mourning with us.

Does mom have Dementia? it never tells us why mom is in the hospital

This sounds like she is saying that the sky was covered with birds so thick that the sun was blocked causing sadness

I am wondering what was wrong with mom? Did she have Dementia?

How can you be so open to the many splendored things that Heaven has in store for you when you don't care enough about the land that God has given you breathe fresh air from and land that he has given you to live on now as the earth itself is a splendor thing of beauty.

His dad was a simple man. Shiny, flashy things did not intrigue him.

Father was tough as nails. He did not let pain get him down, he kept pushing on no matter what.

The founder Joanne Martin knew what she was doing when she made the museum. Although harsh for children she wanted them to see the importance of why things happened to the early Blacks of America.

The visualization of what she is describing is very challenging. As I being a black male am having a hard time listening but yet am very engaged in what she is saying about the slave ship the visitors to this museum will get a chance to actually stand in. Stating that "Slaves are coming aboard the ship" when most people who visit this museum are black is very disturbing. This Persuasive speaking grabs your attention quickly.

This form of speaking is a chronological way of telling a story. She uses great meaning of words to tell about the first thing you see when you walking into the museum and how alarming it is to see it.

This whole story and the way she felt about it shows the cause and effect of this situation. It was all over not really knowing the guy that she had been dealing with for about 3-4 years now.

Effect: it was her boyfriend who actually was stealing from here the whole time but the good in him put the blinders on.

Cause : she needs the money to move and can't find the stash that she put up where only she could find it. Red flags but don't want to believe it could be her boyfriend.

She decided to trust herself and this way no one can continue to steal from her. Effect of the prior above statement.

Cause: she became very paranoid and untrusting of people as she just knew it was the guy that she brushed shoulders with. Whole life turned upside down.

The effect of the scenario is to close her accounts to try to stop money from disappearing out of her accounts. Does not work however, as the person is able to still withdraw funds from all institutions that she has banked with.

This shows the cause and effect type of speech. She is establishing what happened that caused all of this to happen.

This states that because Obama felt that everyone had the right to express their first amendment it allows for people such as Starnes and his left wing way of thinking to be able to speak aloud about their beliefs without any backlash.

He should never compare anyone to Hitler! He is saying that people should not have the right to practice another faith. Hitler ruled against Judaism and because of it we had the Holocaust. No where did Obama suggest that one faith is the ultimate faith. Taking Religion out of the schools just made it so no one particular person could push their religion onto another person. Especially with children as they have no choice but to participate as they are children and abiding by school rules.

He is trying to say that Obama is making light of Catholicism. He actually is just saying that we are a melting-pot full of different religions and everyone should be able to practice the one that they choose.

He is trying to appeal to the down-home Southerner in the hopes that he/she will understand his religious stand. I personally would be nervous of someone who feels that they have to project themselves to say "hey I am just ike you" in order for them to like you and your stance.

He states that the constitution is being undermined because we are accepting of LGBT marriages and not just man and woman marriages. He blames this on Obama but in all actuality this was something that would be in place eventually anyway. This is another form of forcing a certain religion and its prophecies on the rest of America. Just because that is how you live your life does not meant every one has to abide by the Catholic religion. He states those who do not follow Catholicism are secular people who really are just people who oppose his way of thinking.

the fact that the founding fathers had this thought process in mind was a good one because they could vote for who they thought would do the job correctly and not based on your religious morals. Today's government is the opposite. It used to be him vs. me, now people are voted into office based on if they are liberals or conservatives, if they are religious people, and unfortunately by their gender and their race. All things that do not show who the better candidate is.

I agree with this comment as I believe that most religions love to debate publicly to pull on the coat tails of people to see what they are feeling and how they are living their lives. I've opened the door to Jehovah's Witness members and the whole time they try to get me tell them about my faith and how their beliefs are much better than mine and then try to convert me while they are standing on my porch. Public debate every single time.

I don't think that he is saying that they are not interested as much as he is saying that Catholicism although more prevalently seen due to the English bringing it ashore, not many of them actually practiced it. This to me is that religion was not that big of deal then and should not be that big of a deal now and should not be incorporated into affairs of politics today.

This quote, I definitely agree with. Religion or the belief of Religion and all of it's concepts at times solely lie on the man in charge when it comes to church and state issues. When people vote generally they do not look at if you are Baptist or catholic but what can you do that will help America's growth. Opinions get us in trouble not policy.

This shows that people will find anything to argue about if they feel that it affects them in any kind of way. They use religion as a ground to stand on to say something is right or wrong especially when it comes to the subject of Abortion. This is really a personal issue that the person and God will have to deal with.

Of course he was proud. This is a man who sees nothing that he or his family every does as wrong. He probably read it first and said "Melania you can say this way better than Michelle and the people will love you, (even though you stole it )or there will be repercussions". Just a little humor

Carter was right earlier. It really did not hurt his election at all. She could have honestly dressed like the Michelle Obama and everything and at the end of the day it was still about Trump and not Melanie, his wife. They were going to vote him into office anyway.

I also remember this as well. the fact that Melania thought that she could use Michelle Obama's words baffles me. She stood there with so much conviction that I actually believe that she truly thought she wrote the speech

Right Tim, lol. that is what Trump's whole campaign was centered around..making something "Great Again". He may not have plagiarized but I'm sure people are figuring out now that he did definitely lied about a few things.

an observer on Twitter noted that a small portion of her remarks was remarkably similar to a passage from first lady Michelle Obama's speech

I believe that what Melania attempted to do was paraphrase. The problem here is that she just switched out a word or 2 but really said exactly the same thing.

I agree that his was the foal point when this land/country was initially founded. It's unfortunate though because I really don't mind if a person practices their faith in school, It doesn't affect others unless they want it to e honest. People can complain about something and the next thing you know the average man is writing legislature for all to live by. Taking religion and pledge of allegiance , I believe has turned this country into something of privilege and not of opportunity.

It can only be the center if everyone abided by what God stood for in the beginning. He is the resurrection and the light. He died on the cross so that we all could have great lives but instead we spend a great deal of time stabbing each other in the back. The country has really become one in which things are only important if it affects us directly.

Who determines who the secular world is? To me, this is just a way to blame someone for church not being allowed in schools. The crazy part is that a great deal of Christians can also be considered as having secular ways in their daily lives but they hide it so that no one knows that they have non-Christian like ways of living themselves.

I believe that this was wrong due to her reasoning most likely being that she loved the song and could probably sing it very well. Not because it dealt with God and the possibility of offending people. This is a situation that has gone to far.

my thoughts are that they should not have taken money if there were going to be stipulations behind it. The people who this money was intended for, usually are seeking some form of spiritual guidance at the end of the day.