memorable childhood event

My date of birth is December 27^th of 1994. I remember I was the luckiest girl in the world because I was the first grandchild in my mom’s side of the family and the first child of my dad, the youngest of his siblings. Even though I was having a great life because both sides of my family where crazy about me, there was something missing to complete my happiness.  I remember that my biggest dream was for my parents to have another child because I was their only daughter until I was like 6 years old. I spent my entire childhood asking for a little brother or a little sister. So the they I’ve expected for my whole life finally came, my mom told me that she might me pregnant and as far as I can remember that’s been the best day of my life. I don’t have the exact words to explain you the emotion I felt when my mom told me the news.

The most beautiful baby in the entire world was born on May 4^th of 2001, my little brother Rodrigo, I fell in love with him since the first time I saw him. Since he was born I can say I believe in love at first sight. It’s hard to believe how that tiny baby could drastically change my life, for good, of course.

Rodrigo is  the person I love the most in the world, even though I am almost seven years older than him, he is like my best friend. He trusts me enough to tell me who’s the girl he likes and thing like that, and I really hope our relationship to stay this strong forever.

I wasn’t done enjoying my little brother yet, when tragedy almost took him away from me. He was almost 18 months old when he began presenting symptoms of a virus. My parents took him to the doctor and he told them that effectively my brother was sick; he got this virus that was going around in the environment. The doctor said my brother’s sickness should be controlled with a medicine he gave them, and so it was. He stopped presenting the symptoms of this disease but on Christmas Eve he began getting really sick, my parents were so scared that they took him to the hospital. I was 6 years old, about to turn 7 so I was not old enough for being able to be at a hospital. My parents left me for some days at my aunt’s house I really liked her and my cousin is almost the same age I am so we were like sisters. Actually I was excited for staying at their house because I always had a great time with them. I didn’t understand what was happening to my little angel at that time. The doctor told my parents that they took him just on time to the hospital, because he could’ve died!!!

After a few days of staying at my aunt’s house I start getting a  little bored and I wanted to see my parents since I haven’t seen them in almost to entire days, and my birthday was getting closer and closer. I bet you all remember how we all used to feel when our birthday was about to come because we wanted gifts, and cake, and a big celebration with our families. Well, that’s exactly what I was expecting; I didn’t quite understand how serious my brother’s disease was.

My birthday finally arrived, and I only saw my parents for about an hour, I felt very sad because even though, my aunt bought me gifts and made me cake I wasn’t the same without my parents and brother. I couldn’t believe that waited so long for my birthday because it was going to be the first year I had a little brother. But it turned to be the worst birthday ever, not only my brother wasn’t with me but also my parents didn’t spend the day with me either. After about a week after my birthday my brother recovered and we were all together at home again. But I will never forget that was the worst birthday of my life.

Now, I realize how important it was for my parents to be with my brother at the hospital, and I am actually glad they did, because he is a small piece of heaven that God sent to my family and I know my life would be so different without him.  I love him and I wouldn’t change him for anything in the world, he is the best part of my life. I am thankful to God for choosing me to be his sister; I love him with all my heart.

Experience of a Lifetime

We were on the first week of august last year when one of my best friends, Karina, asked me if I wanted to go on an exchange program, her aunt owns this program. She explained me everything. One of the girls that were going to Tennessee broke her leg so she was no longer going; this meant that there was still a spot left. I was very excited with the idea of going especially because at my age (15) the idea of being on my own in a foreign country gave me that sense of independency that I would say every teenager wants to experience. I tried not to get that excited with the ides since we were on the first week of august and the date of trip was in the second week of august! This gave me only one week for trying to convince my parents so, even though I was I really wanted to go the chances of going were pretty much none, or at least that’s what I thought.

That same night I told my parents about it and surprisingly they said yes immediately. I have no words to describe how happy I felt at that moment. The first thing I did was calling Karina to let her know that my parents said yes. We were very excited for going on this program together. You might be wondering why were we excited for going together if we were obviously going with different families? Well, the answer is very simple we were excited because the exchange program planned a field trip to Dallas. We were going to spend a whole weekend in Dallas for the field trip, were we will visit Six Flags, Hard Rock Café, Speed Race and many other fun and interesting places.

As soon as I fixed everything with the program, as fast as I could, they gave me the email of my family to be in the exchange program. They also received my email and they sent me a message that same day which made me very happy, because in everything they emailed me I could tell how excited they were for me to arrive and have me home. They were counting the days for my arrival, and so was I.  I spoke to them every single day and they seemed to be very kind people and down to earth, which made me feel even more anxious for meeting them. So, finally the day of the trip came, Karina and I were experiencing a mixture of feelings, because of course we were happy for the field trip and for traveling together but at the same time the day in which we would meet our families was getting closer.

We arrived in Dallas and we had the most amazing time ever. We really enjoyed the experience and I think we took the best out of it. Our weekend in Dallas came to an end but the fun was not over yet, because we were about to meet our families to be. So, we arrived at the airport of Tennessee, Karina was leaving to Knoxville so she was going to have some kind of road trip with her family, and I stayed in Nashville. At the airport we walked through this long hall to get were all the families were waiting for us. When they opened the door I could see families with posters and flowers waiting for their exchange student and I remember thinking, what if my family didn’t bring any of those things? Or What if they are not here yet? I was feeling very nervous. I finally crossed the door and looked all the way around for my family and I saw them, and they saw me and I seriously thought they were the cutest family of all the ones that were there. Our first reaction was hugging and surprisingly I felt comfortable as soon as I met them. And guess what? They did had posters and flowers for me. Of course I was feeling a little nervous because they were practically strangers, because I've never met them personally and I was about to live with them for 8 weeks. But that nervousness went know within the first 2 days that spent with them. They are the most amazing people, the most amazing family I could have asked for to share that experience of a lifetime. I learned so much about them I felt loved, I felt home being there. My sister will always be my best friend I love her and the whole family. Even the grandparents treated me as if I was their granddaughter. I know in my heart that without them my experience wouldn’t have been as worthy as it was, they changed my life and I will always have them in a special place in my heart. Before I left home they said to me that maybe there was going to be one less person in their house but in their heart and in their family I will always have a special spot reserved. We all broke down to tears at the airport when I was about to leave home but we promised we will keep in touch and that’s how it’s been since I left we speak almost every day and I know these is a relationship that will never be broken, they are a second family for me now.

the most amazing person in my life

There’s this one guy that lifts my feet off the ground, my boyfriend.  I’ve been dating him for about a year now, and I really think he is the love of my life. He is just that one special person that knows how to put a smile on my face whenever I’m feeling down. He understands me and I would dare to say that he is the perfect guy for me. He’s got everything that a girl is wanting.

His name is Jose; he has this beautiful eyes that have the power to melt me with just one look. Those small and greenish eyes that have some sort of a sad look, which I find so sexy. I love the sparkle in his eyes whenever he looks at me and smiles, his arms make me feel safe and loved when he hugs me. I never thought of me lasting this long with a boyfriend, I used to find it boring at this age, because the only thing on my mind was partying, and partying, and more partying so the very last thing on my mind was getting into a long lasting relationship. But now I feel thankful to God for putting such a good guy in my life.

I know I can trust my boyfriend anything and this is why he is not only my boyfriend, he is my best friend. He gives me this feeling that I’ve never experienced before, he is the only thing on my mind. Sometimes is hard to breath just by being near form him. As I’m thinking about it I almost forgot what it was life, now I know that its life, it’s with you. He’s always been there for me in tough moments of my life and really don’t know what would I have done If I didn’t had him. He supports me in everything, and  I know he loves me, so therefore, he wants the best for me and that’s why I know I can go to him when I need some advice. He is such a considerate person , he is caring ,he has good values , he respects me , he makes me feel the most especial girl on earth and this is why I love him so much.

I love the fact that he is not afraid of saying what he feels. I really couldn’t ask for more since he is what I’ve always wanted in my life. He is the reason why I smile, with him I can be myself, I can be goofy or silly and I feel comfortable if I am with him, I can say anything crazy. I know if something ever happens to me he will be there, I know he’ll catch me right before I heat the ground , I never felt so beautiful and maybe is because of him. I can’t believe that after all this time we’ve spent together I still get the same feeling of butterflies in my stomach when I see him, I can still feel that emotion, the feeling of happiness when he tells me he loves me, this is why I love him and why I want to spend the rest of my life with him.

You know, I used to laugh at the couples that began their relationship at their teenage years and ten years later they got married, I found that such a waste of time, it seemed to me like a waste of youth, but know that I met this guy that gives me feelings that I adore, my way of thinking has changed drastically I can know say that I hope I love him all my life, and I hope he is the one I build my home with. Every day that goes by I feel more and more convinced that we were made for each other; I really can’t seem to find words that describe how especial my amazing boyfriend makes me feel.