God holds us close in the dark, like a mother hen protects her young. Whether it’s the dark of night, or the dark of Gethsemane, or the dark of Calvary, Jesus knows that God will be there. In John of the Cross’s poem, the water moves towards a climax. After mentioning the ...
Hi ! I wrote a poem in French and I want to translate it in English. Translating peotry is quite hard, so I'd like someone to tell me how it can be improved. The original poem sounds quite eerie and nostalgic, does it work with this translation ? It doesn't have to rhyme btw. T...
Once a year my rather large extended family holds our annual Family Reunion and for more years than I can even remember, there has always been a story contest. But in recent years, the stories began to get a little bit raunchier and a whole lot stupider. So, a few years ago, when t...
The next morning it was confirmed she was gone. That night Betty was born. For a brief moment I thought she would cry, as the room fell silent I forgot for a minute she was gone. She just looked so perfect, so peaceful, this wasn’t how it was meant to be. She quickly became co...
That fell upon us suddenly. When all we came to know as good Gave ways to Evil's fiery flood, And monstrous myths of iron and blood Seem to obscure God's clarity. Deep sunk in sin, this tragic star Sinks deeper still, and wages war Against itself; strewn all the seas With victims ...
I fell in love with the cello in my junior year of high school. It was during a senior’s final solo with a piano accompaniment. Before then, the cello was just another string instrument overshadowed by the violin, in terms of performance. Granted, my exposure to expressive players was li...
“They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also fell less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.” 【1】Bossy children like Stephen Jackson ___. A. make good decisions B. show self-centered...
the tub, and plunge into the water. I’m no expert, but I don’t think that ladybugs can swim… and she seemed to corroborate that assumption. Each time she fell in, it was my obligation to save her, for what a terrible way to start a day by having a tiny bug die in the ...
"Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football." — Albert Camus... "If God existed, he would be a solid midfielder." — Aleksandar Hemon...………...
Of course, there was no explanation for this arrangement of operators and I fell on my head trying to make sense of what was on the written page. As I recall it was a most frustrating exercise which I eventually abandoned. Doesn't mean C or C++ is impossible to learn, or even that ...