Scenes of my life

January 30, 2008 chic7854

Then

It is February 15,2003 and my mother and I are out at the store shopping. We are perusing through the racks when my mother’s phone begins to ring. The screen read “Wally calling”. I figured it was nothing important because it was my uncle calling and it was the day after my mom’s birthday so I figured he was calling to say Happy Birthday but my mother’s face displayed something different. Her face was suddenly drained of color and I begged her to tell me what was wrong. She got off the phone and told me that my cousin had been missing and since the previous day and was found dead in the woods. It had been the coldest night that winter and he had froze to death. We later found out that he was suffering from bipolar disorder and had decided to end his life so he drank large quantities of alcohol which mixed with his medication made him disoriented and he sat down in the middle of the woods and froze. This is a day that will forever remain in my mind.

Now

I wake to my mother tapping me on the shoulder telling me it is time to get ready to go to Mohegan Sun with my grandfather. I jump up shower, get dressed and pick up my grandfather and we are on our way there. The ride feels endless but we finally arrive there and the excitement my grandfather has is contagious. We enter the lights and noise and feel exuberant. Our minds are filled with thought that today may be our lucky day. We roam from machine to machine until I win $100, my mother wins $150, and my grandpa wins $135 which he consequently puts all back in. I was so happy to see him enjoying himself because I knew he was having surgery on Monday which both him and I and the rest of my family were very worried about.

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• 1. Grace Baumback  |  January 30, 2008 at 9:48 pm

  I liked all the details you put into your second scene, such as your mother tapping you on the shoulder in order to wake you. SInce I have never been to a casino I enjoyed your descriptions of the lights and noises to describe what you saw and how you felt. I’m glad you were able to have fun with your grandfather before his surgery.

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