Parasailing Memoir Essay

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Priyanka Patel Final Draft Memoir Mr. DiPalma 10/18/2012 “Just close your eyes for a minute. Picture this. The view of the ocean shoreline passing through your eyes.. Cool and breezy wind flying through your face as your loved one sits next to you. Come today to enjoy parasailing with us high up in the sky”. The advertisement on the television rambled on about how interesting parasailing is. My dad exclaimed, “Let’s go parasailing! It seems like a fun adventure.” My heart dropped. Never in a million years would I have thought that he would want to go parasailing. He claimed that it was another item that he had intended to cut off his bucket list. My mind was flooded with excitement. I couldn’t wait to tell all my friends that I was going to go parasailing. Although, I did have a rotten gut telling me that it may be a little scary for me. From the beginning, ever since I was little, my biggest fears were heights and water. I never knew that parasailing would take place above 700 feet in the sky, before the day I actually went parasailing. This is where my nightmare began. I rushed out to retrieve the mail eagerly waiting for our passes and pamphlet to arrive. In bold letters, it said AN ADVENTURE THAT WILL BRING YOU 700 FEET UP IN THE SKY! Everything began to spin around me. This was insane because I nearly fainted the first time I went on a rollercoaster in Six Flags. After I got off the ride, I felt like my mind was shaken and I just couldn’t take it anymore. I wanted to tell my Dad to cancel my pass, but I just couldn’t. I doubt there was any way that I could have gotten out of this. I felt so stupid that I got myself into something without knowing how bad it was. As soon as my Dad got home, he asked me what the nervous look on my face was all about. I couldn’t tell him because I knew right away, that he would get upset if I didn’t have the courage

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