Leyla Nicolas My Scar Everyone comes across difficult moments in life. There are always impediments along the way. My first barrier occurred at four days old when I had my first surgery. The doctors injected a solution into my intestine causing it to slowly rise so my food could digest. The first surgery failed twelve days later, they checked the troubled intestine and pieced together the ends. It was a success. While my insides now functioned properly, I was left...

Leyla Nicolas Ugly Duckling “As the days went by the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him.” Everyone in their family has what they consider an ugly duckling. In my family I am the ugly duckling because I’m different from my cousins. While I innocently played video games in middle school, my cousins were busy talking to their boyfriends. As we got older my...

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