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Life.

April 22, 2010
By julia.s SILVER, Blue Lake, California
julia.s SILVER, Blue Lake, California
7 articles 1 photo 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
a wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love. listens but does not belive.and leavvs before she is left.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~Marilyn Monroe


"See you guys in a bit" I said as i walked into my cabin. For all i knew it was just a normal summer day like every other. I woke up, ate a poptart, found Holly and Lindsey went to Lindsey's cabin and just hung out. But then i got hungry so i went to my cabin to eat some pasta and as i was putting the pasta in the microwave Poppy came in yelling "go, get out of here, hes hurt, he could be dead, go, get out of my way" i was so scared who was he talking about? I started running then the tears came first gentle and quiet then i started bawling and thats when Lindsey found me she took me to her cabin and asked me what was wrong. i didn't know so i couldn't tell her so i went out side. i found my grandma she told me what happened i was scared, and sad, and mad, but worst of all i was worried. What if he hadn't have made it, what if the doctor didn't save him, what if he came home on monday, and he was just a lifeless lump on the kitchen floor. What if it hadn't have happened.

I was so scared. Thats when grandma came told me we were going home, that my things were packed and we were going straight to the hospital. I was so scared i couldn't even think straight so i just stood there going where people told me to go and doing what people told me to do. And before i knew it we were at the hospital and my grandma was persuading the nurse to let me see my nearly dead father. Finally the nurse gave in and i saw him i didn't know what to do or say i wanted them all to leave but they wouldn't they just stood there looking at me like they were expecting me to do something but all I wanted to do was scream and cry and yell and shout. How could this have happened? Why him? What did he ever do wrong? Huh? I slept in a hospital waiting room for three nights in a row until grandma told me i was staying with Tayler. So I did all i did was sit there, swim, eat, and sleep. It was like the world was gone and it was just me and my father even though he was just another victim of stupid drinking.

So here I am almost nine months later wondering what could have happened differently on that particular Saturday morning of August the 8th. And thinking about how we are all being punished again now for the stupidity of one man nine months ago.



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julia.s SILVER said...
on Apr. 4 2011 at 9:25 pm
julia.s SILVER, Blue Lake, California
7 articles 1 photo 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
a wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love. listens but does not belive.and leavvs before she is left.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~Marilyn Monroe

Thanks! Check out the rest of my work?

on May. 3 2010 at 8:59 am
Kandabear SILVER, East Bend, North Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 93 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I went insane from long intervals of sanity.&quot; - Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say but what we are unable to say.&quot; - Unknown<br /> &quot;You must say drunk on writing so that reality can not destory you.&quot; - Ray Bradbury

Writings from personal experiences are always more moving often than those of fiction because the writer often, whether purposely or not, puts themselves keeping in the piece. I sympathize with you and like your writing. Here's my advice to improve. Work to elevate your vocabulary. The more knowlegde you have the more you can draw your audience in with your mastery of the english language. Good job girl. I really enjoy your work.

on May. 2 2010 at 3:49 pm
sunnyhunny PLATINUM, Litchfield, New Hampshire
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.&quot;<br /> -Ghandi

There is evidently a lot of emotion in this.  I'm very sorry that you had to endure this experience because of one man's recklessness.  My suggestion for this piece is to look it over a few times for grammatical errors.  There were quite a few parts where it didn't flow well because of run-on sentences and lack of proper capitalization.  Thanks for sharing your experience so that readers can learn that one person's poor decision can affect many others' lives.