Greetings:
I am happy you found your way here. We are working on a personal narrative essay. You have the formal assignment sheet that I emailed. Let’s start by discussing introductions. Think of an introduction as an invitation to your reader. You are inviting the reader to enter your world, to come into your reality. There must be a good, compelling, human reason to do so. I would like you, please, to post one paragraph introducing the experience you wish to write about. Think of it as an invitation to your reader to read more — which you will eventually give.
Thanks!
Life is full of wonderful moments and experiences that are sometimes very hard to describe. One of them was the day my son was born. One of the experiences that life brings to us, that everybody talks about, but until you do not live it you cannot really feel how it is. As everybody knows, the most difficult part of labor goes to the mother. But, it is incredible how important the father’s presence could be in those moments. My son was born on September 16 of last year, a long day for my wife and me. I said a long day, because she spent fourteen hours in the process of labor. Finally, after all her efforts trying to, the doctor said that in the event that she could not get to the 10 centimeters of dilatation, c-section was the only alternative. As soon the doctor said that, I got really nervous. My wife took it as a relief, and I was surprised by her reaction. Again, such a delicate procedure and she said a YES without a doubt. I was next to her in panic, but always trying to give her the support that she needed it in those moments.
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Marva Holmes Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:34 am
@Luis Peguero, I think its great to hear a dads perspective. Were you able to be present for the c-section?
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Luis Peguero Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
@Marva Holmes, Yes i was present, and let me tell you in man perpective, i felt that i was a big help to my wife.
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I remember going to my OB to find out what I was having. I was so happy to find out that I was having a boy, having already had a girl; I thought to myself this is perfect, a girl and a boy! I began to daydream about how he would look, would he play sports, and what he would be when he grows up. Never in a million years would I image hearing the words, “Mom, your son is autistic”. All my hopes and dreams began to just fade away in an instance. Life as I knew it was going to take a dramatic turn. But little did I know that this life altering event would be bitter and sweet. Come with me on this emotional roller coaster filled with tears, laughter, joy, pain, ups and downs; journey with me through the wonderful world of autism.
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Jose Blanco Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:22 am
@Marva Holmes, In my mind, Marva, I wonder how autism can be wonderful.
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Marva Holmes Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:48 am
@Jose Blanco, I think it may be difficult to understand how autism can be wonderful because you may not have the opportunity to meet a child with autism but they are wonderful kids that are very unique. I can tell you specifically about my son who never ceases to amaze me. He has been reading since the age of three and leearned to memorize music before he could talk. I can go on and on about how he has brought so much joy to my life.
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Ilene Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:30 am
@Marva Holmes, How old is your son? I have a nephew that is autistic and he just (in June) graduated from high school. I call him “my heart” because there is nothing pretensive about him. The graduation was just real and those kids just gave it there all.
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Marva Holmes Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:41 am
@Ilene, he just turned five years old in August. He is amazing! I call him my little comedian because he is always finding ways to make everyone around him laugh. He is very smart and has an exellent memory. There are times his behavior can be difficult because he has such a hard time transitioning. But the good outways the bad.
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I am employed by the United States Federal Aviation Administration as a Management and Program Assistant. My agency regulates all aviation issues from air carriers and pilots to repair stations. As a federal employee many may not think that we are in support of boosting the moral in our different agencies, but I am here to let you know that we do and one of the ways that we contribute to the moral building is to engage in an employee driven/own awards program.
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At the end of the school year I took a group of students from Florida Christian School on a class field trip to Costa Rica in Central America. We traveled to different parts of that beautiful country, with emphasis in a charity work we do in an orphanage, and to a very poor Nicaraguan refugee church. The class field trip was enjoyed by students and chaperones with the hiking, snorkeling, boat riding, and horseback riding. But all these enjoying adventures cannot compare with the experience we had at the orphanage, and the refugee camp.
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When I brought my first home, it was the most challenging thing that I did, beside, the birth of my girls. I know about 80% of homeowners are losing their home. Think about the first time you brought your first home. How did you feel, bring your baby for the first time, especially all your children has been raise to your home. Been an owner of a family Day Care and my husband was an insurance agent; we used to make eighty five thousand dollars a year. Business has been well, everything went down for us at the same time, and a couple months after that my husband was layoff. I want them to know there is hope. Faith in God and whenever, I look at my four gorgeous girl and my husband I was motivate of not losing that house. I want to be a voice for other people who are going through the same thing I went through. Especially these days have they had a lot help for people to keep their home, some of them are even free. I know for fact that NACA is one of them.
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Dina Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:12 pm
@Alouse Beauvais,
I read your post and thought it was very inspirational. I have never lost a home; however, I do belief that faith in God will always bring success and blessings. God Bless…
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When I was seventeen, during my senior year at Miami Killian Senior High School, my best friend at that time introduced me to her cousin, who I met on a blind date and later married. We were a blissful couple, until he joined the United States Navy to become a Navy Seal. What shocked his family and I, was that he never consulted with anyone at all; he just literally joined in silence and divulged his enlistment a few weeks before leaving to Great Lakes, Illinois for boot camp. I did not see him until his boot camp graduation; it had been a total of six months. He proposed to me in Chicago at the Buckingham Fountain during the night; it was beautiful. The blissfulness quickly turned into sadness, when his orders were received stating his new station for three years, which happened to be located overseas in Sasebo, Japan.
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