Personal Narrative: My Life As A Matryoshka Doll

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Without a pencil and paper in hand, every individual manages to craft a story. If you can read these words, then that means your story is still being written. The last period of the story is dotted when the protagonist takes their last breath. This magnificent story that is continuously revised and scripted is our life. Life is like a Matryoshka doll, each day is another doll that is added onto the next until we one final product, one enormous Matryoshka doll. Just as a Matryoshka doll can fit into another one, life is like a puzzle with each day, turning point, memory acting as puzzle pieces that together reveal the “big picture” or the momentous Matryoshka of our existence.
Coming to the United States was the first Matryoshka in my personal

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