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Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey

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The bittersweet defines me. These moments seem to chase me, to tear me down and build me back up. It was in Hyderabad, India. A city filled with the earnest cries of chaiwalas urging you to buy their steaming teas, the exuberance and chatter of countless people as you walked down the worn streets, the occasional herd of buffalos that seemed to give you judgmental side glances, but at that moment it felt empty. Thirty-two hours left—our flight was leaving back to Alabama.

“Do you think we can make one more visit?” my Mom asked.

The car’s engine hummed as we veered into metallic gates. A sign posted up at the entrance read: Yashoda Hospital in red, handwritten paint. We grabbed a ticket and were seated in the waiting room. My hands were shaking. Will she be awake? What should I say? Do I cry or pretend to be strong? A voice on the speaker boomed, “Attendants for Abhinaya”. …show more content…

Gurneys carrying patients zoomed past us. As the ER doors swung open, my steps started to slow. I thought back to the day before. There was a semblance of a smile on her face when my family surrounded her bedside. What she did not see, however, was the nervousness, the sense of panic; we did not know if the surgery would be successful. The nurse led us to the blue curtains that divided the ER floor, shifting them aside to reveal my older sister. The one that had to live with my aunt in India because we could not afford the medical expenses here, the one with a condition that left her speechless and motionless, the one I always fail to mention when I get asked “how many siblings do you have” because I am too embarrassed to talk about her, but at that moment I was only filled with joy. She had lived through the surgery, she was going to be

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