Dear Diary

Dear Diary,
Today was an interesting day, in a good way. I woke up and got out of bed. On the way out of my room I tripped over a book. I picked it up as nd opened it to find that it was my great - great grandmothers', Louise Anne Jones. I was determined to read the whole book today, so I went to make myself some breakfast and poured me a cup of orange juice,  sat down on the couch and began reading. The book was old and beat up, but I decided to read it anyway.  My great - great grandmother passed away when I was born so I do not know anything about her other then the stories my grandmother and my mom would tell me. I began reading and I was shocked about half the things that she did when she was about my age. Starting at the  age of 7 years old , she lived in France for 2 years, Africa for 1 year, China for 5 years, and Egypt for 1 year. Her father traveled the world for his job and she went along with him. Her mother passed away when she was 6 years old.  You can tell by her writing sometimes that she was depressed about losing her mom. She would write poems all the time about how she wishes that her mom was with her traveling and could see all the incredible things she has done.
I kept reading her journal excerpts and I came across one that really inspired me to be what I want to be now. She wrote about her dream to be a womens sports writer and a sports broadcatster. She wanted to be a fashion designer also. Louise Anne would draw pictures of her designs on the side of her paper so she couls see her creations.

 

She was very adventurous, outgoing, and she loved everything in the world. Flowers, brds, dogs and cats; she loved them all. I am glad I tripped over that book because if I didn't, I would not know anything about my great-great grandmother, Louise Anne Jones.

 

                                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                                      Mone' Jones

 

 

Worst Nightmare

It has been a long day. Work was hectic and classes felt like it took forever to end. I went home, opened the door and heard a big banging noise upstairs. Approaching the steps, I heard something opening and closing several times. I tip toed up the stairs so I would not make a lot of noise. My bedroom door was cracked open with a piece of wood. I looked throuh the cracked door and saw him, my ex husband.

"Why are you going through my stuff," I said bursting through the door.
He was shocked.
"Why are you here?," he said.
"What do you mean why am I here," I said. "I live here."
He turned around and slid something in his pocket.
"What the hell did you just slide in your pocket?' I said.
I looked around and saw that my key that i kept in a wooden box hidden in my chest was gone.
"Give me that damn key, it belongs to me," I said.

About two years ago, we got an divorce. We split everything down the middle. I got the guest house, my house, the mercedez and we both shared the visitation with our daughter. He wanted to sale the guest house for more monwy. Our lawyers agreed to give me the guest house.

He broke into my house and tried to still the key before I got home to even notice it missing.
not press
"My house is a mess because of you," I said. "I am pressing charges."
"Go ahead and press charges, I will tell them," he said.
"Don't do that to your daughter, that isn't the truth," I said.

Earlier July, he tried to ccuse me of abusing our child. He said he would not press charges until he has to. He threatened to take full custody of our child with no visitation.

"Call the police and I will do it," he said.

Outside of my house I heard my neighbor pull up in his driveway.

"Dom't even think about it," he said. "He can't do anything to help you.

he turned around and picked out the window to see if my neighbor went into his house. As soon as he turned around, I sprinted down stairs to get the phone in the kitchen. He ran right after me.\

"Now you have really pissed me off," he said screaming at the top of his lungs. I quickly grabbed the phone and ran into the coats closet on the other side of the dining room.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are," he said in a soft voice.

I could here his footsteps getting closer and closer to me. I peaked out of the door to see him with a knife in his right hand and a balled up fist with his left.

He creeped closer to the door.

"I smell you," he said walking closer to the door."That's the perfume I bought you 5 years ago. I remeber it like it was yesterday. You made me happy but now, you've made me crazy.

The light went out has he stood in front of the door. I took a deep breath and opened the door, kicked him in his knees, sprayed him with pepper spray and ran out to my neighbors house.

He opened the dor.

"My ex husband is trying to kill me," I said panting
"Come in and go in the basemnet, I will handle it from here," he said.

My neighbor grabbed his gun and ran outside.

I ran to the basement and locked the dor behind me. All of a sudden, I ear a gun shot. There was a window right above me near the wodden cabinets. I climbed up to only see my ex husband laying on the ground, lifeless.
Police arrived on the scene and asked me questions on what hapened. I was so stunned that I really couldn't answer them.

"Just know that I am glad that I don't have to deal with him anymore," I said in relief.

I still remember that night like it was yesterday and I will never forget it.

Robbery

"Ma'am, we are investigating the robbery that happened this afternoon at the bank, can we ask you some questions about the robbery," the police asked.

"Sure, no problem," I said in a startled tone.

"Can you tell us what actually happened today in the robbery at the bank because we have heard a lot of stories about it but we want to ask the actual people that were witnesses in this situation?," said the police officer.

"Well, I walked up to the bank and it felt like someone was watching me the whole time," I said. "I came in and went to the counter where Mr. Harris was standing and was in the middle of making my transaction when two guys bust in the door with guns and had a hat on their head."

"Can you describe their physical features for us ma'am", the police officer asked kindly.

"It was three of them. One was really tall, about 6'3 ft tall with black Nike's on with a white swoosh," I said trying to think of what else they had on that day. "He had on a yellow shirt that said Live Once on the front and Die Young on the back with black jeans. He also had black gloves on with red stripes on the palm of the glove."

"Can you give a description of his voice," they asked.

"It was really high pitch voice like a female, but the person had really broad shoulders and no chest so it couldn't be a female," I said. "The other two had to be twins because they sound, looked, an act just alike. They both were about 5'10 ft tall and had a French accent. They had tattoos on their wrist. It was a heart with a arrow through it and it has survive on the bottom. One was wearing a red shirt with black jeans and the other had a green shirt with black jeans. On the red shirt it had a cross with fire on it and the green one said Be on the front and Ware on the back with the dots. All three were wearing the same shoes. They could actually be brothers but two of them do look like twins."

"What happened when the barged into the bank," the policemen asked curiously.

"They barged in and told everyone to have their face down on the ground," I said full of emotion. "One person did not follow suit and was shot down right in front of their kid. My kiosk was the only one up and running so they ran over to me and asked me to pur my pin in. I did not want to refuse because I did not want to get shot so I did it. I got up just like they asked me to and put my pin number in for the transaction. They withdraw $23,000 dollars out of my account. They pushed me back down to the ground and put a gun to my head. They were gonna kill me until one of the workers and the bank jumped on the dudes back and tried to take the gun away from him. They killed the worker."

"Did anything else happen after that," the police asked.

"The men took some of us to the back of the bank in the cellar," I said. "There were a lot of children they took to the back and some mothers. He left the rest in the front. He took me to the back. We were just to stay in the cellar and be silent. No one could move or anything. Then you all came. They ran out to through the back. They changed their clothes and ran out in the back. Their were a lot of injuries from this robbery."

"Alright, thank you so much for your cooperation this evening," the policemen said. "We are so sorry that this happened and will be make a conscious effort to make sure that this place is safer and has security over it."

"Thank you officers," I said. "Just promise me you'll find these guys."

"We are more than certain that we will find them and that justice will be served," they all said."Thank you again for this information. It will be really helpful for us to capture these men."

"No problem," I said. "I am here to help.

My Ex Fiancé

Today a year ago, Charlie proposed to his girlfriend Vanessa. Charlie and Vanessa were together for 5 years before the engagement. They knew each other since freshmen year in college at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Charlie was deeply in love with her and he wanted to spend the rest o his life with her. That love came to a end. Charlie and Vanessa were having trouble for a while and decided that it wasn't worth it nd they can be "friends".

Vanessa and Charlie haven't talked to each other since that day. It has been 2 years since they have seen each other. Last night, Charlie decided to surprise her at her home. He got off of work and drove to her house. He arrived to her house and saw a black SUV outside. " She got a new car, " he said. He walked up the stairs and heard a deep voice coming from in the house. There was a window right beside the door. He peeked through the window and saw a man sitting on the couch watching TV while she was in the kitchen cooking. He was surprised and didn't know what to do. He peeked in the window again to see what else was going on.

There was a crib on the other side of the room. Vanessa went and to the crib and picked up the child and handed him to the man sitting on the couch. Charlie didn't know what to do. He was stunned.

Charlie finally got the courage to ring the doorbell.
"Hi- Charlie," she said in a surprised voice. "What are you doing here."
"Hey, I just stopped by to say hello because I haven't talked to you in forever, but I see your busy so I will go," Charlie said.
"Wait hold up, you think I'm with-"
" Yeah, aren't you? " Charlie said
She laughed. "No I am not with him, that is my cousin Mike".
" Oh okay," he said in a relieved voice.

Ever since then, Charlie and Vanessa have become really good friends. Both of them are married now with children  and they gave at date all the time. Just think, if Charlie and had rung the door bell they would have never been friends again.

The Devastating Storm

Every Saturday, Josh goes over to his uncle's house to babysit his 6 year old cousin, Marcus. On the way over there, Josh looks up at the beautiful, vibrant, and clear Carolina blue sky.
"It's going to be a nice day," Josh said in an exciting voice. " I'm going to take Marcus outside to play. "

Josh gets to his uncle's house around 3 pm.
" Hey Josh," his uncle says. "You boys have fun and be careful today, I'll be back around 10 tonight.
" Alright Unc", Josh said.

Josh and Marcus fixed some food and watched Paw Patrol before going outside.
"We will go outside right after we finish eating," Josh said.
During the television show, there was an emergency announcement saying that there is a severe storm coming through there town. Josh looks outside and the sky was still that beautiful, vibrant, and clear Carolina blue.
"There is not going to be a storm," Josh said in a convinced tone. "We can still go outside and play."

Josh and his cousin put there outside jackets on and ran out the door. Outside of his uncles house there is a big playground that he built for his son. Marcus was swinging on the monkey bars, climbing up his tree house, and playing in the dirt when all of a sudden a shadow of gray came over the playground. Josh looked up at the sky and it was gray an black! The clouds were roaring and the the lightning lit up the sky. Josh quickly ran to get Marcus off the playground and went into his uncles shed. His uncle's shed had all the emergency things they needed for the storm but it wasn't enough.
"Stay right here Marcus, I'm going to check out side to see what is going on," Josh said panicking.

Josh walked outside to see what was going on. The sky was still looked black and gray, and it was silent. There were no thundering or lightning. All of a sudden, lightning struck the shed. The shed crumbled right before Josh's eyes.
"Marcus! Marcus! Where are you?!!," Josh said as he pulled the sheds wood from the ground.

Josh pulled back a pile of wood from the stack and found Marcus in a pile of blood. Marcus quickly got to him and called 911 for help.
They rushed him to the hospital, but by the time they got there it was too late. Ever since then they reminisce on this day, remembering the times they spent with him. Josh will never forget the day that h lost his cousin. He will always remember the exact moment it happened.  "R.I.P little man, I will miss you," Josh said in a sad voice. "I'll see you soon."

My Girls

Let me tell y'all about my teammates.

Growing up I was always told to surround myself with people who want to be like me or people who want to go in the same direction, well I did.

My AAU teammates and I have been together since we were 8 years old and this past summer was our last summer together before we go off to college. Those girls are my second family.
Salita Greene, the laid back one.
Jade Phillips, She is CRAZY!
Jessica Wall and Taylor Headon are the twin midget towers.
Carly Lytton, the blonde.
Kelsey Mahoney, the Taylor Swift fanatic
Yakima Clifton, the country one.
Taylor Petty, the sarcastic one.
Shontai, the bully.

Some of us have been in the All-star family from the beginning and som have joined us along the way. We have been through things like haunted hotels in Kentucky, which was the scariest moment I have ever experienced, to the crazy bus ride to Tennessee, all the way to the adventures in Mall of America in Minnesota. From lame cheers before our games to the dance battles in hotel rooms. From the times where we could not catch a ball to all of us having the opportunity to play on the next level. We have been to war together for the past 8 to 9 years. We have cried, laughed, and shed blood together. I can not believe it all came to an end this summer. I am blessed and thankful that I was able to be a part of such an amazing group of girls and staff.

I am sad that it is over, but good things sometimes come to an end. So to all my teammates and coaches, I love you all and I will cherish all the moments we had together. We will always be the Carolina Allstars 2015 SQUAD!!!

Sad Story in a Tweet

This girl got up one morning and started her day like she normally does but she didn't feel well #sick

She went to school because she didn't want to miss school so she went anyway.

She was #miserable

All of a sudden in the middle of class she had to run to the bathroom but didn't make it in time. She was #embarrassed

When she came back to school the next week, everyone was picking on her and bullying her #poorgirl #bullyinghastoSTOP

Durham in 100 years

In 100 years, Durham, North Carolina will be totally different from now. If I were to live to be 117 years old, I will not even recognize Durham.

In 100 years, Durham will have robots that live with the residents in their homes. They will be designed to help clean, cook, wash clothes, and baby sit. All of the robots shut off at 11:00 pm an turn back on at 6:00 am everyday. Most of the robots are wireless but some are remote controlled by the owner so they can set their on times for when it shuts down and turns back on.

In 100 years, Durham will only have electric cars. 5 years earlier, the whole state of North Carolina passed a law stating that the state will no longer provide or sale gasoline cars. Now all you see on the road are electric cars. Every home has at least 2 charging stations but if they need more, they can go to the electric store to buy another one.

In 100 years, the people who reside in Durham, North Carolina will live in mini mansions. Everyone that lives in Durham now are either rich and/or famous. Every single house in Durham is different. There will be no duplicates ever! You may think it is in possible but if you come to Durham , North Carolina in 100 years, you will see for yourself.

In 100 years, the society of Durham, North Carolina has changed. The only people that live in Durham are doctors, engineers, movie stars, singers, and comedians. There is MONEY,MONEY,MONEY EVERYWHERE! The downtown area is fool of high end clothing stores and rich people food.

In 100 years, McDonald's and Burger King will be replaced with high end restaurants. There will not be anymore fast food restaurants. Now that people have robots in there houses to cook, there is no reason for McDonalds or Burger King.

In 100 years, the streets of Durham will be made of gold. Every street in Durham will be assigned to a person or a family. The gold on that street will be there's.

In 100 years, Northgate Mall will be no longer and South Point Mall will turn into a 7 story mall with a amusement park in it and an airport attached to it!

In 100 years, there will no longer be schools. It will just be online classes for elementary school through high school.

In 100 years, Durham will be totally different.

Friends For Life

One Sunday evening, a young boy named Marcus was sitting outside his house on the porch. His legs were swinging back and forth while he was in a daze. "School starts tomorrow and I really do not want to go," he said to himself. "No one talks to me, or wants to be my friend" his mother overheard him talking on the porch and slipped out the door to sit right beside him. She slid really close to him and held him in a bear hug.
"Mom, I do not want to go to school. I am all alone with no friends, no one to sit at lunch with, no one to play on the playground with, it is just me by myself mom," he said in a sad voice.
" Do not worry honey", mom said. "Do not change the way you are for other people to like you. You are a special child, my child. Someone will come along and be the best friend you will ever have".
He looked at his mom with a bright smile on his face. She gave him another big hug and sit him to bed.

Monday morning, Marcus woke up nervous for the first day of school. "I wonder if mom is night", he said as he was packing his book bag for school. Mom gave him a kiss and out the door he goes for the first day of school.

Marcus was sitting at his desk when he felt a tap on his shoulder. It was a girl with big eyes and pig-tails with a bright pink dress on standing behind him with the hugest smile on her face.
 "Hi, my name is Peyton," she said in a exciting tone.
"Hello, my name is Marcus," he said.
They began to talk and laugh, they also worked together in class. Since that day, Peyton and Marcus were always together in class, the hallways, the lunch room, and also recess.

Marcus and Peyton became best friends throughout the years. They went to middle and high school together. The day of high school graduation, Marcus realized how great of an impact Peyton has been in his life and how great of a friend she is. After graduation, he quickly ran up to Peyton and gave her a huge hug. "I've always wanted to tell you thank you", he said with a smile. "Thank you for being my friend in elementary, middle, and high school. I will  never forget the memories we made, like the time we went to the ice cream shop to make ice cream and we made the biggest mess they have ever seen. Those moments, will be cherished forever. You are the best friend I could ever ask for".