Is a picture really worth a thousand words?

I choose the picture with John F Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy who remains composed while covered In her husband's blood. She stands next to Lyndon Johnson who is taking the oath to become the new president. In the picture Jacqueline is wearing the same outfit she was when her husband was assassinated but from the way she keeps her posture and face so calm and fixed you would not be able to tell that she is caked in blood. She was rushed to one of the air force one planes. which looked crowded and probably made her feel claustrophobic and uncomfortable. The people surrounding her and the vice president look shocked, worried, and unsure of what was to come next. Unsure about what direction the U.S was headed in. They looked like they were feeling so much sorrow for jacqueline and her family.

Jacqueline must have been beyond what words can describe as sad, angry, and disappointed. To watch someone fill your husbands spot after he was just just killed so harshly right next to you has to be by far the hardest moment ever. She had to be feeling so many emotions all at once but she controlled them so well. Which is why i am in such awe of her. She must have been worrying about how she was going to inform her children that their father was just assassinated. And how they were going to grow up without a father figure in their life. How he would never see them play sports, go to college or get married , all of these thoughts must have been flooding her head. She must of also thought about herself , How she was so young to be a widow and what kind of life she would have without him. I'm surprised all of these thoughts did not overwhelm her and bring her much grief.

I think that once jacqueline's job was over as a first lady she began to grieve as a wife would over her husband and she began her job as a mother. I think that she went home to her family to try to piece together what was left of their lives and to explain to her children that their father was not coming home. I think that is where she may have broke down because having to admit to your YOUNG children that their father is gone had to bring her the most excruciating pain. I think that jacqueline finally felt like she had time to process everything in the comfort of her own home where there was no paparazzi or news reporters.

Although there had to be over a million thoughts in her head Jacqueline showed how strong of a first lady and women she was. And i think that carried over into the country. Not only did the country have concerns about her and her family but about how the country was going to be ran. About if Lyndon Johnson had the same wishes for the country as Kennedy. About if more assassinations were to come. People were worried about the state the united states was in and was headed to. I think People began to wonder if we were still going to be considered a strong country, and if we were going to be able to prevent something like this or worse from happening again in the near furture or to any president in the future.

i think that the country has learned so much from jacqueline and her family. Families have learned how to be strong when they are needed to be for their family and how to keep it together. The country has became so much more prepared since the assassination. The president is so much more protected. from bullet proof windows and glass when they make speeches to the increased amount of secret service agents. Our country has adapted to situations like this and has done everything to try to prevent another tragedy such as this one from occurring again.

Atlanta Georgia

My first time to Atlanta was my last time. What was suppose to be a fun easy trip with my sisters turned out to be a trip to hell! From the arriving day to the departing day the trip was a disaster. It was fun looking back on it but crazy and aggravating when we were experiencing it.

It all started when my sisters jennifer, Krystal, Stephanie, Keysha and I were packing things that we would need."hey Steph uh umm what should I bring,because I know we are only staying for like five days but I need options shoes, heels, sneakers, boots. Like we might want to go out to one of the spelman's parties/ balls and that means I'm going to need some dresses too"

"Well you can bring two pairs of heels and two pairs of boots and then your sneakers but as far as dresses you got some at my dorm down there already and it's more malls down there anyway."

I guess you could say i kind of overpacked because my suit case bursted and was not repairable. I was so so pissed I had to share a suit case with Krystal I could only bring one pair of heels and boots because her suit case was already full! Plus all of my clothes were balled up in her bag.

Okay, then there's the flight problems! Our flight left at 7:45pm on the dot so we figured we'd leave at 3:20 just in case there was traffic on the way to laguardia airport. Also so we could still be there two hours before. Everyone had there boarding pass on there phones and was ready to go. Only thing is, is that by the time we got through traffic and checked in my phone had died completely and my charger was in my bag that we had checked! Panicking I asked everyone I could find if they had an iPhone 5 charger I could use just for ten minutes before the flight so I could board the plane. Exactly fifteen minutes. Before it was time to board a man lent me his charger.

After boarding the plane and flying for about four hours straight we arrived in the heart of ATL. Tired and relieved we decided to just go back to Stephanie's dorm at spelman and relax for the night. For the next few days we partied every night until Krystal got a little to rowdy and was ready to fight some girl who had spilled her drink on her shoes. Long story short we were kicked out of the party by the police and security. Not only were we forced to leave the party we were forced to leave spelman because they said they could not afford that kind of reputation.

Having to go home early to face our parents was the real nightmare. Having to tell them Krystal got wasted and destroyed the hall was never going to be acceptable 22 years old or not. We did not hear the end of it ever! My mom yelled and then my dad and uncle and aunts and well yeah you get the point! They kind of told us that that was our first and LAST time going to Georgia since we didn't know how to act or behave ourselves. I guess you could say we learned our lesson... Never ever bring KRYSTAL along.

Superstorm Sandy

On October 29,2012 My family and I prepared for what was considered the worse storm in the tri-state area. Hurricane Sandy lived up to her reputation she destroyed hundreds of homes, boats, cars, and claimed multiple lives. Luckily my home was not damaged nor was any trees knocked down on our property. Hurricane sandy was indeed stronger than everyone thought she would be, but people were prepared. Or so they thought they were.

Once sandy's winds began to pick up power lines began to fall and power was lost. Not knowing how long we would be without power we connected out generator to as much as we could. We connected two lamps, the fridge, and the projector screen tv. Feeling like The power would come back soon and like we could manage a few days we were pretty calm.

The next few days we got a slap of reality 3-4 hour gas lines, no way to use our phones with no service or Internet, and boredom. We found open gas stations, service, and dunkin donuts in Cranford and Garwood. At night things were a little bit calmer but it was a lot colder. Managing to be in the dark was easy managing to be in the dark and cold with more than 5 people was torture!

We went days without hearing the news and it began to feel like the dark ages and like power was never coming back. When we heard that the movies was open we just had to go and get out of the house. Other days we went to the mall and relatives houses that had power. We began to run out of food and we needed to find a shoprite soon! Luckily the shoprite in Garwood was open and fully functional so we got food there. Repeating the same routines over and over everyday for 12 days we finally got power Saturday.