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My First Day In My Life

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There is a quote made by an anonymous person that says, “People never forget two things: their first love and their first day in New York City”. Well I haven’t had my first love yet, so I wouldn’t know about that, but my first day in the Big Apple is something I’ll never forget. It was the day of my 7th birthday, when my father decided to take me, my younger sister and my mother to Coney Island.
On July 4, 2006 I turned 7 years old and my parents wanted to do something different on my birthday since usually we would just stay home and eat cake. My family and I were living in Philadelphia at the time and my parents for some reason didn’t like the amusement parks that Philly has. My father used to live in New York so when we were deciding …show more content…

We’ll find another one.” Then my father turned to her and said, “I’m already here. I’m not going to get out and let him have it.” So basically, the yelling match between my father and the guy went on until the guy finally gave up and let my father have the parking space. As my father was parking he said, “you see that guy? He’s a real New Yorker.”
The first thing we got on was the bumper cars and I was extremely excited to drive. I got into one bumper car with my father and my sister got into one with our mother. Anna, my younger sister, was a bit sad because she wanted to drive and my mother said that she was too young to drive. Later that day she told me that she wish she had gone in the bumper car with our father instead of our mother. The next ride we went on was the ferris wheel. I’m acrophobic. But my fear of heights isn’t huge. What I mean by that is, even though I get scared it’s also exhilarating. I don’t really know how to explain it but it’s like a thrill. Like I’m scared but happy at the same time. As I said I can’t explain it but that’s what I felt when I was on the ferris wheel. Anna kept leaning over to look down but my father pushed her back and told her to stop. Apparently, a child did that before and fell a year or so earlier. I don’t know if that was true or not due to the fact that my parents would always lie to us to keep us safe. My mother was on the other was so terrified she

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