Essay About A Memorable Experience

I cannot tell you about some terrible circumstance that I have had to endure through. Growing up, church on Sunday mornings was a given and backyard barbeques were the norm. I am from the beautiful suburbs of south Tampa, Fl. I have lived there all of my life and have loved almost every part about it. In the past couple of years, my community has really come together and grown in Christ. One of my close friends was hit by a car the fall of our senior year and was in a coma for many months. Our community came together and prayed for her and put of faith completely in God’s hands to heal her. This tragic event was a powerful reminder of what it means to be a community in Christ.
Personally, I am not a naturally funny person so, I always rely on the jokes from poopsicle sticks in the

For the fourth of July, my whole family has a reunion in Kentucky. We barbeque, children play in the pool, I meet awkward family members who don’t even know my name but claim that I have gotten so big since the last time they saw me. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays; my intermediate family goes to my grandmothers (on my mother’s side) house. Three of my cousins that are around the same age as my older brother and I, live there with their parents as well. We all gather together in fellowship, eating multiple servings of turkey, ham, stuffed duck, stuffing, salad, macaroni, fruit salad, and at least three different varieties of pie. We all sit around the dining table, sharing stories and reflecting on the past and cherishing the memories we have made together. As we all recover from the outrageous amount of food we ate, the cousins ride the four wheelers around the property go on the boat, and compete to see who can catch the most and the biggest fish. Family is everything to me, we are all unique in our own ways but together bound in