A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

It started off as a normal day we got up and i woke up my little brother Jim. He got up and jump on me and we played a little wrestling. But then mom came in the room and told us to get dressed and to get ready to go to church. I asked her why we were going to church today she was crying her eyes out and just walked away. So i got dressed and went to the table to get breakfast and i sat down next to granny. We started to eat and we got good food today we got some meat with eggs and i was happy we really don't get that to eat we get some bread and butter that's it but today was different i guess. Mom spent breakfast time in her bed crying for some reason. i wanted to go inside and ask what was wrong but granny stopped me before i could go inside and told me that she needed some time alone and not to get into any trouble today. I sat down and finish eating my food and then i sat down i thought what had happy to mom that she was so sad and that she was crying for.

Mother was a strong woman when i was 4 my dad left the town and he signed up for the U.S army mother was so mad when she found out what he had done. Ever since that last day i have not seen my father my mom had my little brother Jim and she was getting ready to had my baby sister Amy. She did not know how we were going to feed are family she could not work and dad would not be here to give money to buy food. But she was wrong ever week dad would send in he pay check that he got from the army and we could make the whole week with that. So we would be able to eat. I ask my granny what was wrong with mother she did not want to tell me but i kept brothering her until she had to tell me she said remember how your daddy join the army to make America a better place for us to live in. yea i remember but what those that have to do with anything. well your dad die at a battle and now he is in a better place. That is why we are going to church today we are going to put your dad in the ground so that he can rest in peace and so that his soul can be at peace.

Mothers crying was getting louder and louder granny went into the room to see if she was okay and she told me now go play around and start looking for a job just play granny said but get outside and play around. Jim and Amy come with me so that we could all come and play and not her mom cry any more. Then my Jim was like whats wrong with mom nick. nothing wrong with her she just needs to cry right now. So i saw mom leave the house she came back smoking which she has not done in a long time she quit because my father told her he did not want to see her smoking ever since that day she has never smoked again until today i guess.

Around seven grandma told us to get ready to go to church we left and we all had to wear black and mom made me Jim and Amy take a bath i hate taking baths. Then we all went walking to church and there was dad in his casket with his eyes closed. We got home around nine and we went to sleep right away.

In the middle of the night i woke up for no reason i tried to go to sleep but then i opened my eyes and there was someone in white. i kept looking at it then it started to look like dad i scream daddy its you. He told me yes my son and i miss you a lot take care i always look after you from heaven. i got up that morning and it was a beautiful day it was fresh and my was not crying we had pie and a lot of great food and she said i saw your father last night he came from the sky and he told me to feel better that he always be there for us. that made me feel a lot better and now i know he never going to leave me he always be here in spirt. When she said that some sun shine came in and he was by the door dad was by the door he told all of us that he loved us. Then we kept eating and we gave every one food even the house. Mom came and told me thank you nick for being a good little boy and helping me throw this ruff time.

pet peeves

1. i hate when they put loud music and cant hear the TV
2. i hate when people start crying for something dumb
3. i hate when people rub it in your face when you lose
4. i hate when people come in your room with out you letting them
5. i hate when people don't shut up when you tell them to shut up
6. i hate when people cant park a car
7. i hate when people ask you the same question more then once
8. i hate when people go throw your things
9. i hate when people don't give there dogs a bath
10. i hate when there's nothing on TV to watch
11. i hate when i don't get meat once a day
12. i hate when people slap you when your sleeping in the morning
13. i hate when they be poking me
14. i hate people lie to you when you tell them to tell you the truth
15. i hate when people be acting hard when there not
16. i hate when people throw spit balls
17. i hate it when they don't let you sleep
18. i hate it when people say there going to do something but they never do it
19. i hate when they be call me fluffy
20. i hate when guys try to be little pretty boys
21. i hate when they give me a cup check
22. i hate when they take the last chicken sandwich
23. i hate when the computer don't work right
24. i hate when they don't get out the washroom
25.i hate when they call me buster
26. i hate when people dont let you go out side
27. i hate when theres nothing to do
28. i hate when they make me clean my room
29. i hate math
30. i hate write with a pencil
31. i hate when people talking in a movie
32. i hate when i dont get money
33. i hate when other people get me into problems that i did not start
34. i hate when they make nousie when your trying to sleep
35. i hate when they put penicls in your ears when you are sleeping

The secret

It was my best friends deepest darkest secret and it would be a hard one to keep. We were eating outside of the school it was lunch time. It was really warm this day and everyone was hot and sweating from there faces. Me and my best friend Chuy we playing soccer outside but then he told me that he needed to tell me something so we went and we sat down under a nice cool tree. Chuy come out and just told me Armando you know your my best friend right? and I was like yea I know Chuy and your my best friend. well I need to tell you something what do you need to tell me Chuy if I tell you can not go and tell no one. Okay I wont what’s wrong?

I got daisy pregnant! Man that sucks what you going to do about that. I don’t know but that’s not what am scared of right now. Then what’s wrong. Last night I went out on a date with daisy yea and what’s wrong with that. Nothing but wait we were at the lake and we were eat like a little picnic thing and well we were kissing and everything and then some guys came and they grab her. At first I tried to fight them off but they were to strong for me and they hit me in the face that why I got this bruise. I got knocked out and I remembered I was holding a gun that I got from my brother and I shot a guy and he fell and he died right there. then did not know what had happen to her at first I thought maybe they just were going to beat on me but then they took her. I did not know what to do and one guy tried to cut me with a knife but he missed and I throw it away.

But they took daisy with them and I don’t where she is and she did not come to school. Then her dad knows am going out with her and he called my crib and told me if I knew where she was because she did not come home all night long. I told him I did not know. But why would they want to take daisy she never does nothing bad she’s all good. Well am not going to hind anything but she sells dope so that she can make some money that other reason am scared what if she gets killed for that stupid reason. Can you help me Armando I need your help for this. No problem Chuy you know I always got your back no matter what.

So what are we going to do Chuy? Tell you the truth I don’t know yet but I can tell you this much you see that car right there. Yeah what about it they been there for about 20 minutes and they have not stopped looking at me and you Armando. Damn your right who do you think they are I don’t know but I say we move before something happens. What we going to do I don’t know but I hope the police don’t find out about the guy I killed. What did you do with the body? I throw it into the water but I don’t know how far it went. Chuy if I was you I be really careful because you don’t know what might happen because of the guy you shot down.

I don’t care what happens to me as long as daisy and my kid is okay then I have nothing to worry about. I Guess so but we still got to go find them first. When we got out of school I told Chuy for him to go and tell the police what had happen to see if they could find her but he said forget that they wont help at all. but that’s the owning thing that might really help naw forget that Armando we don’t got time for all that come to my house and we going to take my dads truck and we going to go looking for daisy. So we got to the house and has dad said that we could not take the car but like Chuy always does he did not care and took the car anyways.

We got on and we got to a red light then I looked back and the car that was looking at us was behind us so I told Chuy was like lets see if they will chase us. Then we were looking to see if they would follow us and they did start then we went to a dark alley and got out. The car and we got into a fight with the two guys for sure me and Chuy beat them down good. Chuy was really mad I have never seen him this mad before he pulled out a gun and I told him to put that thing away so he did. We beat on the guys until they told us we daisy was at. they told us they had her at a house on Barry. so me and Chuy got back in the car and hurried to the house to go get daisy.

We got there Chuy ran inside there were two men at the door but I don’t want go into Chuy but he did not care he shot them. they died right there he ran outside to go get daisy she was on a chair and she could not move. then he shot a guy that was in the kitchen. I don’t know what go into Chuy but I did not like it we got daisy and we ran home right away. Chuy killed four guys those two days and no one ever knew why they killed them or who had killed them. I promise never to tell anyone but Chuy is going crazy now to me he’s looking more and more like a killer that wants to kill again. Am deeply worried about him he’s not the same person he use to be he takes he’s gun everywhere he goes if. He don’t change I think am have to tell the police what happen. That was my friend Chuy's deepest secret that he had he had killed 4 guys with that one gun.

Her mysterious death

Her death was due to mysterious circumstance and I was assigned to the case.
I had to do a lot of work on this case. There was no one who saw what had happen and if there was a person who saw what happen they were not speaking up. We found the dead girls body in the park on a very cold winter afternoon. She was under some snow but a park officer was walking by and saw a hand coming out the snow. We all went to the park because the department told us to hurry and get down there.

My name is John Payne and I been a detective for 3 years now. I worked on a lot of different cases. But I never seen a case like this I don’t have a lot to work with on this case because there has not been no one who has come forward and said anything. Which really makes my job a lot harder. But some how I will find this persons killer.

They check her body and they found that she had some bruises on her neck and on her hands. Which makes me believe that she was choked to death. But we still could not find who this girl was we had no way to find out what her name was or anything. Who ever she was she had done some drugs because we did a drug test on her and we found crack in her system. I started to think that she might be a run away from home so I called all the numbers that we had of missing girls and told the parents to come down.

We called at least 50 families in and all of them said that it was not there baby girl. But we still had a couple families left to come in and see the girl. We had this one family come in there name were the Hugo’s. They came in and started crying on the girl and said yes this is my daughter. I felt bad for them but I had to ask them a couple questions. They agreed to tell me everything I wanted to know.

We went into a private room and sat down. How old was your daughter Mr. Hugo? she was 17 when did she leave the house? She left in late November do you know why she left? She had this crazy boyfriend that told her to move in with him and she was in love with him so she ran away from home where does her boyfriend live at? He lives in some where in Lincoln park what’s his name? His name was Raul Sanchez.

I told them to go home and get some rest that if I knew anything new I call them to let them know they said thank you and left. Now I had some where to start from I look up this Raul Sanchez and went to his house. I sat down with him and ask him a couple questions on his girlfriend. He looked like a good kid. But ever good kid can always do something bad so I started my questions.

When’s the last time you saw your girl Gloria? A week ago we were outside drinking with some friends did she move in with you when she ran away from home? Yes she told me she was tried of her parents and she wanted to move in with me How long was she here for? She stayed with me for about a week and a half do you know if she did any drugs? Yea I mean she did it a couple times but owning in like parties and in special times do you know any one who ever had a big problem with Gloria? No she was easy going but she did tell me about this one guy named Miguel that kept telling her she loved her and she do anything to be with her.

So now I got to go find out who this Miguel kid is he told me he lived some where in brickyard. I went looking around there and for sure there he was at his house sitting on the pouch with his little gangbanging friends. I told him to come here but he said forget you piggy. Then I grab him by his shirt and throw him down to the floor. I told him now you listen here punk am not here to make problems I just need to ask you a couple questions fo sho then.

I took him to the police station and ask him a couple questions. When’s the last time you seen Gloria? Week ago at a party but she was with her boyfriend and I did not want to talk to her. Why do you love her? I was just saying that to see if I could get some but I was wrong.

Did you kill Gloria? NO! I like that girl I never do anything to hurt her like that my parents thought me better then to go around hitting girls I respect my woman. You little gang banger? Naw I just hag out with them because there my friend I meet all them when I was a little shorty because of my cousin Chris. Ok fine if I need to ask you any other questions am come looking for you. Wait before you go where was this party at? It was on Spalding and Barry.

So I went around asking people around there if they had seen Gloria some where around here. The neighbor the one that live next door to the people having the party said that yea she saw her at the party. She was dancing with this one guy and then the guy pulled her into a room after that I did not see her. How old was the guy about 17 then I showed him a picture of raul was this him? Yea that’s the guy he was dancing with her then they went in the room.

It was starting to look more and more like the killer had been Raul. But when I went to ask Raul he said yea we did go into the room but she was making me go to sleep because I was drunk and I could not move no more. After that she left the room and I woke up in the bed and she was no where to be found I thought maybe she just went home but she was not here so I thought maybe she went back to her dads house. I mean his dad was there to I saw him outside. Mr. Hugo was outside? Yea he was there I think he heard about the party and was going to try Gloria to go home and he was outside I guess waiting for her.

Ok now were going some where with this case. I went and called Mr. Hugo and ask him if he had seen Gloria at a party that was on Barry and Spalding. He told no I was never there I was at home wait and hoping she would come home. Now I knew he was lying to me because I remember his wife had told me that he went out drinking with his friends that night. I told him you would not be trying to hide anything from me Mr. Hugo now would you? No of cause not.

I knew he was lying right then and there. I made him come in and do some finger prints. I could be able to match the finger prints on the neck on the ones on his hands. If they match I know that his dad was the killer. I check and I went into the lab to check and I told him stay here I be right back. I got my hand cuffs ready and was about to arrest him it showed that he was the killer of Gloria but when I went back he had ran away. I chased after him.

But I could not catch up to him. I told the whole department if you see Mr. Hugo hand cuff him and take him to the police station he’s in a baby blue hummer. I went to tell miss Hugo that I knew who had killed her daughter. When I got there she was cooking I told her I don’t know how to tell you this but your husband is the killer. She started to cry and cry and I told her am sorry but your husband is the killer of your daughter and he’s going got go to jail for what he did.

We caught him when he ran out of gas of the car. We asked him why he killed her and this is what he said. I prefer her be dead then for her to be doing drugs and drinking and being with that guy Raul. So you killer your daughter so she wont do that? Yes and I would do it again that’s not my baby girl no more that was some other girl in her body.

We went to court and they gave him 15 years in jail. That poor little girl never thought her own dad would kill her. After a year miss Hugo got a divorce because she was scared of her husband. Then she got remarried to a guy named Eddie. That was the end of the story so hopefully the new husband she has turns out better then the last one.

how to make logandale better

I think that logandale needs to be a better school. We need to have better food. We need to have a better class time. We need to have more team sports without having to pass all our classes. I know I would want a school like that would you like a school like that?
We need to have better food. The pizza they give us is to nasty a lot of people don’t eat it. So they don’t get the food and energy that they need. So they might not pay attend in class because they are hungry. Don’t you feel better when you eat and then go to class?

We need a better class time.If we would have more fun actives in class more people would come. We all have laptops we should do fun things with them. We would love to use the laptops in all the class not just in reading. That would make it fun in school don’t you think?

We need to have more team sports without having to pass all your classes. that would want to make more people come if we had more football and basketball and soccer. But a lot of us can’t because we don’t got the grades to play for the team. We should be able to play without having to pass all are classes that would make more people come here. Those are some thing that you can do to make people come to logandale.

That is what we need to do to make more people come to logandale. We need better food so that the students will listen better. we need to make class funnier so that we can learn and have fun in class. we need to have more sports so that everyone can play no matter what there grades are. those are the things that would make people want to come to logandale and stay here.

Armando Solis life story

I was so happy when I first saw my baby boy and so was his father. He was born on march 11,1995 about 4 months before his uncle died. Since came out a boy we named him after his uncle Armando. When he was a little baby Armando got sick very easy he would always get colds and all types of things. So he would cry a lot when he was a little baby all night long someone would have to be with him because he would cry way to much.

When Armando was two he could walk and liked to be outside so one morning his sister Erika was going to go to her cousins house and so she said if Armando wanted to go and Armando said yes. So Armando and his sister were walking there and when they were coming back Armando's cousin was holding him and he was on skates and his cousin tripped and fell and he landed on Armando's leg. I ran outside and told his dad to come outside and turn the car on so that we could take him to the hospital. Armando was on the ground crying saying my leg hurts my leg hurts so I took him to the car and I started to cry because I was scared something bad had happen to my baby boy. so they told me that his leg had been broke and that he would have to have a cast for a month. It was hard to give him a bath or to do really anything.

when Armando was five he was getting ready for his first day in pre k. He was so happy when he was going because he always wanted to be like his older brother and go to school and meet new friends. He told me he was scared because he thought the teacher might be a meanie and she might not like him. So I told him if he behaved good in class and did not do nothing like a fool. That everything would be OK and that I would go pick you up so do not leave until you see me.

when Armando was nine he had a hard time in school. He needed a lot of help with his homework. That year I was going to Mexico with my husband and with my other son Roy and we already had bought the tickets to go right away after they got out of school and Armando was going to come to. But we found out that he had to go to summer school because he did not pass the ISAT. So we did not know what to do but his sister Erika said to leave Armando here with her so they did.

Armando went to summer school for the whole thing. He would always call me from Chicago with his sister. He would always say he missed me and that always broke my heart and I always wanted to come home. But he said that he loved being with his sister because they went to the lake together. They would go out to eat and she would always give him pancakes so he loved being with his sister.

When Armando was 11 Armando was in 6Th grade and was acting a lot more different. He would always go out with his friends he would leave the house at 8:20 am in the morning and say that he was going to school. He did bad in school to he got all F's in his report card. But I told him that he was not going to keep this up that he would not do nothing if he did not do good in his report card. So he did a little better but I told him to do a lot better because he still had F's I told him if he did not do better that he was not going to go to Mexico in the summer.

I guess that scared him straight because he did better and did not go to summer school. He change a lot when he was in logandale some for the better and some for the worst. But now has getting older and I can trust him more. Even if he does do bad in something’s he can always make things right. But he really change in January when he told me he was going out with a girl name Nancy.

He was making his bed he would ask if I needed help with anything. He would do his homework early. He would help his little brother with his homework and everything. So I think has changing a lot and he is being a better kid. He has changed a lot but I help its all going to be for the better. That it the life story of my son Armando Solis.