This was the moment of my life in which it was full of excitement and anxiousness. It was my last year in middle school and soon I was going to face high school. It was already May and before school ended I had a field trip of my art class to attend. It was one of those field trips that only a few kids were selected to go. From the whole class my teacher only chose 6 students to go. The group of students he selected included me and my best friend Serena. Serena was a very shy and quiet person and didn’t really talk to many people. I was one of the lucky ones who got to know her well. I had met her years ago when we were just in kindergarten. We had built a great friendship when we saw each other again in eighth grade. Unfortunately, she was
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It was just a typical school day until a knock interrupted the class. One of the head administrators walked in with a pile of papers. Everyone knew something had happened because that is what it meant when Ms. Dove visited each classroom to give an announcement. As she walked in her face showed sadness. I thought something had happened to our math teacher because she had just had her baby. I never thought in a million years that my life was about to change. She passed out the newsletters to everyone in the classroom. As she began her announcement, I began reading the letter. I felt as my heart dropped and broke into a million pieces when I read and heard Ms. Dove say that Serena Elizabeth Leno had died due to medical reasons. It was weird because I didn’t shed a tear maybe it was because I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t show any type of emotion when I was aware of the tragedy. I remember everyone was asking if I was fine and I wouldn’t respond. I was in shock and it was like my body paralyzed. For the rest of the class I just sat in my seat and tried to process what had just happened. Even though I showed no emotion, I felt sadness, anger, frustration and desperation inside me. The only thing I wanted to do was to go home and avoid any conversation about
It was just a typical school day until a knock interrupted the class. One of the head administrators walked in with a pile of papers. Everyone knew something had happened because that is what it meant when Ms. Dove visited each classroom to give an announcement. As she walked in her face showed sadness. I thought something had happened to our math teacher because she had just had her baby. I never thought in a million years that my life was about to change. She passed out the newsletters to everyone in the classroom. As she began her announcement, I began reading the letter. I felt as my heart dropped and broke into a million pieces when I read and heard Ms. Dove say that Serena Elizabeth Leno had died due to medical reasons. It was weird because I didn’t shed a tear maybe it was because I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t show any type of emotion when I was aware of the tragedy. I remember everyone was asking if I was fine and I wouldn’t respond. I was in shock and it was like my body paralyzed. For the rest of the class I just sat in my seat and tried to process what had just happened. Even though I showed no emotion, I felt sadness, anger, frustration and desperation inside me. The only thing I wanted to do was to go home and avoid any conversation about