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Reflective Essay: The Worst And Best Day Of My Life

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It was 6:30 in the morning. I was just waking up around this time on the beautiful day of March 18, 1925. My father was coming home from deployment today! It would be such a great time and such a great day. Little did I know how horribly wrong I was.
I’m Justin Sky by the way, a 13 year old boy living in Murphysboro, Illinois. I am writing about possibly the worst and best day of my life. It still haunts me to this day, and has yet shaped how I live and what I do. Anyway, Back to the story.
When I woke up, I changed into my normal attire - Jeans and a T-shirt - and headed downstairs for breakfast. As I ate, I asked my mother “When do you think dad will be home from deployment?”
“Anytime between two forty and three o’clock” she said.
“Hmph, …show more content…

“Why not just hide and take cover in here?” Emma asked. She looked so scared that I thought she couldn’t bring herself to move “Because if we do, the roof and everything in here will collapse on us and kill us.” I responded. My heart was pounding so hard that sooner or later it would burst out of my chest. “We need to run, now!” I screamed, just as the windows shattered and the wind started pouring in. We ran outside, away from the oncoming winds, looking for a safe shelter somewhere. We searched, but the only unlocked place was a small shed on the side of town. We dashed inside, hoping to find a place to cower and hide, but the only safe place was behind a few stacks of boxes in the shed. I prayed to God “Please, Let us all make it through this disaster safely.” The winds got louder than before, howling for destruction. I found myself thinking about the other disaster I had been through. I was scared half to death, standing here in pure fear and terror. I looked up at the ceiling, hoping to survive what would be the deadliest, strongest, and most feared tornado of all time, when the same ceiling I was looking at ruptured and caved in on us as the world turned black around

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