https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers Great grabbers make us WANT to read the rest of your story! Put your best grabber on the padlet to showoff your work. en-us 2018-09-24 00:03:05 UTC 2018-10-10 15:25:14 UTC hello@padlet.com nparrilli1 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/284819934 1.Write your great grabber here!
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I wanted to do this, even when I knew I would get in trouble. Even when I knew I would get hurt]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107722 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107737 Snowboarding: Falling on your butt every five minutes.]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107737 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107744 Mabel: A deadly weapon that's fun to play with... until something bad happens.]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107744 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107773 Have you ever played an activity so hard that by the end one of your body parts feels like it ripped of? Well I felt that one feeling that day.]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107773 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107780 Me and my brother Jake were so excited to go surfing, but should we have been?]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107780 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107790 "Uh... mom" I said holding my finger. "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that I'm Making orange juice."
"Go On." My mom said worried
"The bad news is that I may have cut myself in the process."]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107790 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107813 No one can hear the ear piercing scream inside of my head. ]]> 2018-09-24 15:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107813 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107912 Perfect: What that day was supposed to be. The feeling I had felt until that moment. A feeling I learned never lasts long.]]> 2018-09-24 15:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285107912 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108061 My life has always been like a train- moving... but when I stop and my anxiety takes over, I always get in deep dark trouble with the conductor.]]> 2018-09-24 15:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108061 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108379 "Fear is temporary regret is forever." I will never forget the time when I lost the chance to have fun over fear.]]> 2018-09-24 15:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108379 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108687 "Do I have to swim?"
"Yes it will only be about 10 seconds of your life."
"That's 10 seconds to long."]]> 2018-09-24 15:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108687 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108809 "Bring, bring, bring." went my alarm clock next to my bed, I smacked it. Hopped out of bed, and started walking to the bathroom. "It was going to be a great day'' I thought to myself. But maybe I talked just a little to soon. ]]> 2018-09-24 15:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285108809 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285109005 On a warm sunny windy afternoon I saw something that I never saw before ]]> 2018-09-24 15:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285109005 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285109932 "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it" Nelson Mandela]]> 2018-09-24 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285109932 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285110439 Tent: A plastic shelter that keeps you warm. So I thought. ]]> 2018-09-24 15:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285110439 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262174 "What are they going to do to me dad?" I questioned as we were sitting in the E.R. ]]> 2018-09-24 20:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262174 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262194 Boulder: A huge rock that tries to kill you when  you jump.]]> 2018-09-24 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262194 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262200 Friends: people who ditch you in bad situations. I never thought that was true until that happened to me today. ]]> 2018-09-24 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262200 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262221 Pain. Guilt. Sadness. Those are all the emotions that I was feeling that very moment.]]> 2018-09-24 20:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262221 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262271 On a nice warm sunny day in Lake Tahoe something happened that I will never forget.]]> 2018-09-24 20:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262271 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262320 Crack, smash aaahhh as the flaming object hit me as hard as it could. ]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262320 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262343 How many times have you wept at a funeral? sob for the bad news? cry and cry over a dog named Marley]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262343 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262348 Scared. Nervous. Petrified. Oh yeah and that feeling that you feel when you think your going to die. These are the things I felt as soon as we started to move.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262348 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262361 "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when YOU fall into an open sewer." -Mel Brooks 
Unfortunately, only tragedy happened that day. ]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262361 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262436 Have you ever felt like your nerves would explode, your belly in in pretzel and, you can hardly breathe? It´s the  best feeling ever! Right?]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262436 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262443 There it was the hugest, scariest, deadliest thing I have ever seen. The thing that would end me.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262443 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262446 Stupid. Angry. Sorry. Sad. That´s what I felt after the accident happened.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262446 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262464 "Striving for sucess without hard work is like trying to harvest where you have not planted."]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262464 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262475 Sad. Angry. Upset. Confused. Not happy. Those are the feelings I felt on that day.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262475 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262490 I didn't think we'd be much different. Same team, just one year older. I was wrong. Very wrong.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262490 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262541 Blood: The foreshadow that something will happen...Especially something bad. As the smell of blood loomed through the air, I froze, but only for an instant. I knew what it meant, but I ignored it. That was my mistake]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262541 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262551 Nerves are taking over, I'm quaking, I'm shaking, but no one can hear my cry of desperation.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262551 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262552 Snap! Crack! went my arm as I fell down.]]> 2018-09-24 20:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262552 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262675 ¨never be afraid to try something new because life gets boring when you already know,¨ I tried to convince myself as i was going down the American River. ]]> 2018-09-24 20:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285262675 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285263364 Fire is a chemical that releases light and heat. I should have thought more.]]> 2018-09-24 21:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285263364 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285263467 NERVOUS:
1. That feeling that slowly kills you from the inside.
2. That emotion that makes you wanna pass out.
3. The tummy turner that ties your stomach into a knot making it impossible to breath]]> 2018-09-24 21:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285263467 https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285264224 " Watch out" my sister said but it was too late]]> 2018-09-24 21:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nparrilli1/greatgrabbers/wish/285264224