Narrative Essay About My Graduation Day

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Graduation was the most important day in my life. I waited for this amazing day for 12 years to reach up my dream and move on to college. For most of the people, graduation is a memorial day that it is hard for me to forget even after hundred years later. The day I woke up realizing it is my graduation day I was smiling all day long knowing that I made all my family proud of me. Graduation day is even to remember of: my party, cake, dress, makeup, hair, cap and gown and gifts that I got from family and friends.
I opened my eyes it was around 9:00 a.m.; I could not imagine that today was my graduation day. I was so excited to know that I should get ready for the best day that I waited for 12 years. I called my cousin Sandra to remind her she
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I was done I loved my makeup so much because it was how I wanted it some brown eye shadow, black eyeliner, lashes and with some ruby lipstick because my dress was short with gold and red colors mixed. She wished me a good luck, and she wanted to get prepared too, so I left to go home for my final touch to wear my dress and my high gold heels. I got ready heading to the car, but my brother was still wearing his tie. Mom was wearing short white dress. My sisters in law were both wearing black dresses with pink flower on the waist. My other brothers and dad were wearing pants and shirt with …show more content…
It was an embarrassing moment, but I was okay with it because I was happy for my graduation. Two guys helped me to stand up again, but I was looking for my heels I did not know where it went, afterwards I found it was under the chair next to me. Then after the principle congrats us for our graduation later it was the moment to call our names. I was the first one to be called; I could not even hear my name because I was amused of the moment. I went up the stage to get my diploma, my heartbeats were fast, my eyes were dropping tear, and my mouth could not close of my smile. After that, I saw my family looking for me, but my mom was crying of

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