Personal Narrative-It's All About Me

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It is mornings like this that always make me feel so calm for a change. Its those days where the November chill hangs in the air and water droplets rhythmically tap the window pane. Some can find the rain to be almost a bit depressing, but not me. Rain just means there is a rainbow afterwards.
I was looking over some photos from our family album. It had been about two years since my grandfather passed away. He was such a kind man and hilarious too. That is what I remember best about him. Sadly, I remember the funeral too. It was sunny and warm, not at all like in the movies where it is always conveniently raining. I hated that, why couldn’t the weather match everyone's sorrow? It was cancer that killed him, acute myeloid leukemia or just aml. It’s a terrible disease and it was awful watching him go through it.
“ Andra, we have to go see Doctor Borlin now, you can finish your album later. “
“ You can go ahead and start the car, I’ll be outside in a sec. “
“ Alright sweetheart, but make it fast.”
Putting the album down I slid off the bed and slipped some sneakers on. My mother was taking me to the doctor’s, I wished my father could have come along, but he’s been working a lot lately. We got to pay the bills some how. At the doctor’s it was the same routine questions. How have I been doing? Aside from all the medication? Fantastic. If …show more content…
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