Life Essay: The Most Memorable Day Of My Life

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A Memorable Day in My Life It was the most frightening day of my life. The day that I left my family in Cuba to move to the United States of America. I remember the day like if it was yesterday, dawning at the very thought of my existence. I thought of how influential my life was going to be while living in America: the styles, the food, the culture. They all seemed distant. It was about four years ago, when I was sixteen, that I arrived from Cuba to the United States. I remember the feelings that were pulsating through my body: sadness with a hint of remorse. Before I knew it, my family was gone. All that I had left was my mother and father and a suitcase filled with our stuff. I couldn’t help but to think of the vast, majority of people…show more content…
My parents and I were at my aunt’s house. Like I remember when I was little, my aunt, who came from Cuba when she was younger, insisted on feeding us every second of every hour. Of course, I insisted that I had enough because of how stuffed I was from eating; I was not use to a table being set up to the status of a “buffet”! That was the moment I met the one person in the United States that I grew to care about more than anything in the world (besides my family in Cuba): my cousin, Joshua. I remember it as the fondest memory I ever had. Joshua came in through my aunt’s front door with my grandparents. I had not seen my grandfather for some time; since about more than three years prior to me arriving to Florida’s airport. It was a glorious reunion! I shed a few tears and we both talked for what seemed like decades. My grandmother who came was just as excited as I was to see her. When I finally rested my eyes on my cousin, Josh, we did not say a word. We just laughed and laughed and laughed; keep in mind, we just met, so many people were wondering if we knew each other already, but we just meet. After laughing for a couple of minutes, we concluded that we were long-lost brother and sisters from a different mother. All we, Josh and I, were talking about was about my life in Cuba; he seemed very interested in Cuba. I told him that I would love to be the first one to take him to Cuba to experience the marvel of our

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