Short Story: The Worst Day Of My Life

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“Cierra, wake up baby.” My grandma said sadly with her face full of tears. (Grandma). “What’s wrong grandma?” I said as I jumped up. I looked around the room and noticed everyone was crying. I didn’t know what to think at that moment. All I knew was it wasn’t good. I left my grandparents’ room and went towards the kitchen. In the kitchen, my aunties and cousins were there crying too. I began to worry then. All I could think of was where is my granddaddy? I went back to my grandparents’ room and walked over to where he laid. By the time I got to his bed, I fell straight to the ground in tears. I never thought this day would come. It was the worst day of my life. I was so heartbroken. My cousin saw me on the ground and came over to pick me up. …show more content…
We all decided that we would wear black and white. At the line up at my grandma’s house, we all loaded the cars and headed towards the church. As we pulled up to the church, I see many people standing outside with a rose in their hand. We unloaded the cars and got in line to go in the church. As we walked in the church, the people standing outside handed everyone in the family a rose to lie on my grandfather’s casket. We walked in the church and it was the saddest moment of my life. I walked in with one of my cousins. She held me close all the way up to the casket. When we reached the casket, I broke down in tears. Seeing my granddaddy laying there just made me hurt to my soul. The funeral went on with singing and then the preacher getting up to preach. I just sat in the back with cousins all looking sad. We really missed our granddaddy. It was finally time to leave the church and head to the graveside. When we arrived at the cemetery, we got out the cars and watched the funeral home men carry my granddaddy to where his body would be put to rest at. Everyone one by one walked up to the casket and laid their rose on the casket and headed to their seat. It became even sadder then. It was then time to go home and start another day without my

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