The Best Experience of My Life

Becoming a wife has always been a lingering thought in the back of my mind. After sharing your life with a person for six years, you start to wonder if this is the person that you can envision spending the rest of your life with. Could I see my entire future with him? I guess these thoughts were lingering in my partners mind as well. The day he asked me to marry him, all of the wonderful thoughts of our relationship rushed into my mind, and I realized that I could never imagine a life without him. Therefore, the best experience of my life was getting engaged.

Our engagement was something magical that we could cherish for a lifetime. It took place at the location we initially met, Nassau Community College. He brought me there, expressing his intentions of picking up a transcript for graduate school; however, I soon came to realize these were not his intentions. When tears filled his eyes and he got down on one knee, I realized that this was a proposal. My proposal!

A lot of people imagine this day in, what they consider, perfection. This was truly my idea of perfection. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. It feels as if our relationship is brand new, expect we’ve known each other for a while. This experience has truly been the best one yet; however, I know that throughout the years many more wonderful experiences will come with him by my side.

Vocabulary
lingering (adjective)-- lasting for a long time
envision (verb)-- to imagine
cherish (verb)-- to value or treasure
initially (adverb)-- at first
intentions (noun)-- an aim or plan
transcript (noun)-- a written or printed version of academic grades

Vocabulary Exercise
Directions: Please use the correct vocabulary word to complete the sentence and fill in the crossword puzzle.

Across
3. I __________ the earrings my grandmother gave me.
5. Mary had a __________ thought in her mind.

Down
1. John wanted to view all of his grades, so he ordered a __________.
2. My __________ for school include, getting good grades and making friends.
4. __________, I wanted a red car, but then I changed my mind.

Grammar Point: Punctuation
When writing a statement, always use a period (.).
When writing a question, make sure to use a question mark (?).
When writing an exclamation, use an exclamation point (!).

Write a statement, a question, and an exclamation. Please include the correct punctuation.

Welcome to My Blog!

I have never had an opportunity to use technology to blog. It will be a new experience to create writing for the simple enjoyment of expressing myself. Writing has always been one of the many things that I viewed as a requirement for my chosen career as an educator. I am hoping that with this new blog, I will be able to view writing as more than just a requirement and ultimately be able to enjoy it.

I look forward to expressing myself and am hoping you can feel pleasure from getting to know a little more about me.

Let the blogging begin!

Vocabulary
opportunity (noun) -- a chance
to blog (verb) -- to write in a web journal (web + log = weblog = blog)
experience (verb) -- to do or see something or have something happen to you
enjoyment (noun) -- a feeling of happiness
requirement (noun) -- something that is needed or that must be done
ultimately (adverb)-- at the end of a process or a period of time
pleasure (noun)-- a feeling of happiness

Vocabulary Exercise
Directions: Please fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word.
Mary had never had an _________________________ to use the computer ____________________ and express herself. Her ____________________________ with writing has just been in school. She thought that writing was just a _____________________________ and did not know that it could bring her _______________________ and ______________________. _______________________, she was happy to use the computer for this task.

Grammar Point
The sound of a word’s first letter allows you to know whether to use the indefinite article of an instead of a. If a word starts with a vowel sound, you should use an. If the word starts with a consonant sound, you should use a.

Write a sentence for each noun on the vocabulary list and determine whether to use an or a.

Link to information on an and a