As a child growing up in the 21st century, my parents thought that I should go outside once and awhile to exercise. My family had then decided to take our family vacation, somewhere that we can be outside every day, so we went to Arizona. We had our foreign exchange student, Clem, from France come with us, too. She was the sweetest person that I had ever met, that wasn’t in the Kalb family. But the longer she was with us, it made me feel like she was becoming part of my family. I also realized that I could rely on her to be there for me.
We arrived in Arizona in the morning, so we decided to start some of our activities that we had planned to do. We went on a hike in the canyons, which was like a desert. All around us where prickly cacti, …show more content…
We continued to hike our way through the canyon walls to our hotel. On our way back my sisters kept making fun of me and fake pretending to trip.
“ Girls stop that. You are clearly hurting her feelings and I don’t like seeing Chloe being sad.” Clem yelled at them.
“ We’re sorry, we didn’t mean to be mean,” said both of them.
My eyes were starting to tear up and I almost started to cry when Clem came over and squeezed me.
“ Thank you Clem! I know you will always be there for me.” I explained to her.
“ No problem! You can count on me no matter where I am, whether I’m here or in France.”
That evening we eventually got back to the hotel and explored the rest of Sedona, Arizona. It was the most memorable vacation because of the people I spent it with.
This event made me realize that someone can support you even if they aren’t near you or with you at all. I learned that no matter what happens in life, there will always be someone there for me. She exposed me to try different things in life. Clem is one of the only reasons I am who I am today. Clem was one of the best things that happened to me, not only because of the things she did, but how she made me remember her as a
We arrived in Arizona in the morning, so we decided to start some of our activities that we had planned to do. We went on a hike in the canyons, which was like a desert. All around us where prickly cacti, …show more content…
We continued to hike our way through the canyon walls to our hotel. On our way back my sisters kept making fun of me and fake pretending to trip.
“ Girls stop that. You are clearly hurting her feelings and I don’t like seeing Chloe being sad.” Clem yelled at them.
“ We’re sorry, we didn’t mean to be mean,” said both of them.
My eyes were starting to tear up and I almost started to cry when Clem came over and squeezed me.
“ Thank you Clem! I know you will always be there for me.” I explained to her.
“ No problem! You can count on me no matter where I am, whether I’m here or in France.”
That evening we eventually got back to the hotel and explored the rest of Sedona, Arizona. It was the most memorable vacation because of the people I spent it with.
This event made me realize that someone can support you even if they aren’t near you or with you at all. I learned that no matter what happens in life, there will always be someone there for me. She exposed me to try different things in life. Clem is one of the only reasons I am who I am today. Clem was one of the best things that happened to me, not only because of the things she did, but how she made me remember her as a