Personal Narrative: My Father's Death

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Do you ever just sit there and get lost in your own dream? Think about what you did wrong or what could you have done to save someone’s life. Just sit there and think about what you been through. How much time you gave someone and they never did anything for you? All of us have been through a situation that makes us feel like there’s no one on your side. There are many people that make me happy but there’s something inside me that will never be the same. A day I will never forget is March 19, 2009, the day my cousin Henry Ortiz died. Until this day I still think about him, I feel that everything just happened yesterday. When he died I felt like my life wasn’t the same anymore. I lost a cousin you know I guess I can say he was more than a cousin he was like my brother the brother I never had. I wish I could just see him one more time and tell him I miss him so much. …show more content…
When my mother told me that I couldn’t believe it I actually thought it was all a joke till we went to the hospital and saw him. Next when I saw him there I couldn’t help it but cry, just seeing the person I looked up to just there un able to move or say a word . Henry looked very bad, He was unrecognizable. I really felt bad. When I was able to say some words I said, ‘’ don’t worry Flaco everything is going to be ok.’’ But, he just looked at me and cried like if he knew his day was coming to an end. I mean I don’t really believe that people feel that they’re going to die but just the way he looked at me made me feel that way and think that way. I started losing friends because I would never talk to them why I would; I lost my only true

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