My Mistake In Haiti

My dad was on the phone with my grandma when I heard her screaming on the other end. I remember that night like it was yesterday. My brothers and I Were sitting in the living room watching t.v when my dad came in crying. In that moment I knew something was wrong because I’ve never seen my father cry. He told us to put on the news. My heart dropped the moment I heard that there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti. I woke up and looked at the time, and it was 2 am. I prayed that it was just a horrible dream until I heard my neighbors screaming. I walked to the kitchen and found my dad sitting at the table with dry tear stains on his face. “Heard anything?” I asked him. He shook his head no. We sat there calling and calling, but there was no service. I turned on the t.v and tried to find anything to clear my mind, but every station was talking about the same thing. I felt someone tugging on my arm, I quickly woke up. “What do you want?” I asked my brother. “ Come on, we're going to church”. I got dressed and we made our way to the church. Hundreds of people were crying to the heavens for answers. We prayed, cried,and consoled each other, even complete strangers. The pastor tried to get everybody to calm don, but …show more content…
“It has been reported that thousands are dead and many more haven't been found” was the last thing I heard before my body felt numb. I wasn't crying it was like my body went into shock. I prayed with everything in me that nobody in my family was hurt. “ it’s time to sleep Achly” my dad told me but I didn’t want to sleep, I wanted to keep an update with everything that was going on. The next morning my dad woke me up with an exciting look on his face.I looked at him confused, “ why are you smiling?” I questioned,”everyone’s okay” he told me. In that very moment it get like the weight of the world is off my shoulders. We still couldn’t call but he heard from my aunt in New York that everyone was