A week before my birthday I asked my mom if we can go to Circus Circus and she said yes. I was turning seven years old. On December 28,2009 we took a road trip to Las Vegas,Nevada. My mom rented a hotel for 3 days right next to Circus Circus. We chilled at the hotel and visited places but on the 30th of December at 9:30 we went to Circus Circus. We all walked in and explored the place. We were looking for the dinner and walked right pass the game room. I ran inside the game room and no one noticed. I played a few games. Then I notice that my family was gone. Not knowing where they were I started to cry. I thought that I will never see my family again. I ran out the game room and looked for the dinner. I looked their because that's were
Behind the people I could see dust higher as the highest house in our town. Then we go outside and we start running finally we realize we lost our family.
We were traveling thought all the beautiful places and cities in the country. During our vacation, one day we stopped at a restaurant in a small town. As we were eating, my 16-year-old cousin said to me hurry up, finish your meal and we’ll go play outside. I was a little boy just turned six years. I was excited to go play outside with my cousin, so I was the first one to finish with my meal.
I spent most of my life surrounded by fragrant pine trees, rocky mountains, and sometimes extremely cold winters. At least one year ago, my family and I moved to a place that is the exact opposite of Colorado which was Phoenix, Arizona. Months before moving, we got rid of all clothing that resembled winter apparel because we all knew it was not going to be needed again. When moving to a new location, it the time to embrace new change, different cultures and certainly different weather climates.
Hell is expensive. This is my first thought as my plane lands in Las Vegas. The
When all my cousins and siblings went back inside the house, we were told to sit down and stay in silence. We kept hearing the phone ring but we weren't allowed to answer the phone. I remember one of my cousins leaving to her bedroom. I knew that we had lost my grandma because out of sudden when my cousin left i felt my stomach drop and i brusted in tears. I knew that when she had said goodbye and take care, before leaving to get surgery for her heart that she wouldn't return. It was one of those gut feelings.
All my aunts, uncles and cousins were there. I specifically remember my Aunt Carledy walking through the big wooden door of my aunts Sam’s house in Phoenix Arizona. She looked at me with a
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
On that fateful day in March, I was a couple months shy of my third birthday. My family and I lived in New Mexico at the time and were renting a house with an outdoor in-ground pool. The day was beautiful. I was outside with my oldest sister Rachel and my father. Rachel was diligently reading curled up on a bench that sat against the house, and my father was mowing the backyard. My mother and my other sister were in the house. Off to one side of the house there was a group of large bushes. I was playing over there with one of her large cooking pots, off in my own little world. At one point while amusing and en...
This book's collection of essay were particularly enjoyable for me to read for two main reasons, the first being that I have been extremely observant and fascinating with analyzing the world around me my entire life and could heavily relate to each of the author's experiences of being fascinating with Las Vegas' unique atmosphere. The second reason this work was so interesting to me is that since I was sixteen years old my mom has lived in Las Vegas and I visit her there regularly. Because of this I have become quite familiar with Las Vegas and all of its eccentricities. Of all the essays in this book however, chapter 5 was by far the most intriguing for me to read. I felt like I was reading my own thoughts throughout the entire essay. Going
We packed our bags and started the drive to Dover, as I looked around the room I saw a picture of my uncle and I at my first baseball game kneeling on the ground after my first win. I thought back on our memories and it hit me that he was gone and I would never see my Uncle Todd ever again.
Well, Christmas time in 2013 came around, and my parents surprised me with tickets to the Tree Town Music Festival in Forest City, Iowa. I was so excited! I ran up to them and gave them both a huge hug. I could not believe it I was headed to my first concert not only with one or two artists but close to fifteen!
dining room table I realized that all my hopes of growing up with my best friends and
Unbeknownst to my mom and me, we went home and I went to my friend Land's house, who lived downstairs in the condo complex that we lived in at the time. We spent the entire afternoon together and surprisingly my mom didn't even call me up for dinner, so I stayed with them and we had a barbecue. I remember sitting on the bench eating a grilled Portobello mushroom, relaxing with Land and his parents, and thinking how great life was. After dinner Land's mom went off somewhere, I wasn't sure where, but I just figured she went for a Pepsi run as usual.
My parents had go to Switzerland the week after for the funeral and the family. We had school going on and my parents decided to leave us with friends and go by their own. I stayed at a very good friend of mine, and my sister at one hers. They left and, where going to stay there at least a week. The time I spent there was really hard. Not only because the most helpful people I could have been with where away but I kept on having flashbacks.
Ever since I was about six years old, I wanted in the worst way to go to Disneyland. I would hope every year that my parents would chose Disneyland as our next family vacation destination. I dreamt of the day I would come back from Disneyland with exciting tales of adventure and a pair of sparkly, ruby red and black Minnie Mouse ears of my very own that would be the envy of every kid in my elementary class. Once I finally went to Disneyland, it was amazing; Disneyland was everything I had expected and more. However, a couple years later when I returned to Disneyland, it was different. The rides, buildings, and everything in the park did not have the same allure. The magic I had experienced as a child was no longer there.