Narrative Essay On Family Event

1. This particular family event was filled with excitement, adventure, and conflict which is why it was one of the most memorable. To preface this story, my family lives in Fallon, so each year, us kids saved up all our money for our big annual family Christmas shopping trip to Reno. I was about five years old at the time along with my two sisters who were thirteen and fifteen years old as well as my little brother who was an infant. It was a couple of days before Christmas and my family had spent the entire day in a festive flurry. We decorated the tree, baked cookies, and tumbled each other into the large snow drifts outside. We were getting ready for the most anticipated part of our holiday tradition, the journey to “the big city” as we called it. My dad made us his famous chocolate chip pancakes and loaded us into our rickety red van. Just as we crested the hills into Reno, my parents lectured us on stranger danger and gave us a warning not to take too long, because we needed to get back before dark. Of course, we were not listening. We spent hours going from store to store and before we knew it, it was pitch black outside. As we left the last shop, we noticed it had grown remarkably

My personal memory of this event has not changed much over time, but as my family discussed it over the years we all remember our part in it differently. The memory grows as more pieces and perspectives are added. My mother states that I was eerily calm during most of the event, yet I do not remember being that calm. My sister becomes angry every time we even mention her total breakdown in the back seat over the clothes. My oldest sister says that she was too busy trying to calm my little brother that she didn’t have time to worry. We all agree that the whole experience was very tense. It has been even more rewarding to look back through an adult lens and view the humor and candor of the situation. This memory is such an honest reflection of my family’s