Personal Narrative: The Dogwood Beach

Where do you go to for your birthday? I usually stay home, but this birthday was special. For my 12th birthday, my family and I went to Ocean City. I was in Ocean City for three days. Going to Ocean City is one of my favorite places to go for vacation. We went before when I was little, but now it had been five years since I have gone to Ocean City. When I found out we were going to Ocean City I was overjoyed. We left on Friday, September 2nd. This was one of the best birthdays ever!

The sun was shining so warmly when my Mom, my Aunt Connie, her boyfriend Zach, and his daughter Willow arrived in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Rodanthe is a very small town located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Cape Hatteras. We love going there every summer because it is away from all of the tourist areas, it’s small, and we get to know all of our neighbors.

The soaring sandstone cliffs never cease to amaze me. They offer a freedom from everyday life. After being cooped up in a classroom all of January and February, I needed a break. Going to the slot canyons to the east of Zion was the perfect way to start that break. Spring break. Today my uncle Wade, older brother Tyler, and cousin Silver were going to climb cougars cliff, which is near Snow Canyon. This was the third time that I had ever gone rock climbing, so it seems reasonable to attempt the daunting 135 foot cliff. I climbed into a harness. Wade tied a double fisherman’s knot, and then the four of us approached the wall.

“Salmon Creek beach, it was a sunny and lovely long weekend in this paradise located in California, Butch Connor parked his car, grabbed his board and came into the sand facing the sea and ready to challenge the waves, he is an expert surfer.

Over the summer, I went to Myrtle Beach with my family for a week and had lots of fun. There was at least 20 family members that went and out of a week expanse we were all together two days. We were fortunate to get a hotel that was a one minute walk to the beach. I did a variety of things including: jet skiing, parasailing, went to a haunted house, went to boardwalk, went zip linning, and many unusual things. Out of a week of fun, my fourth day was my favorite.

Waking up at the crack of dawn. I tossed one bag after another down the staircase feeling sluggish.

I was raised in Jackson County, Kentucky since I were 8 years of age. When I were 7, I went with my family to Myrtle Beach. I really enjoy cotton candy flavored things. I got my first phone when I were 9. I use to get beat up by my older brother, Austin. I got my first job in January of 2017. My favorite place to go is to the house on the hill. I lost my 30 day old cousin in June of 2011. My name was suppose to be Dezziree Nichole Blankenship. I dated my first love for a year and almost 2 months. My subject in school is Mathematics. I've always hated drama. I really love Monkeys. I may be a girl, but I dislike the color Pink a lot. I were born at Christ Hospital. My favorite food is Chicken. I once had a dream about meeting Channing Tatum.

Walking on the hot sand and spending time by the water with family and friends. The first time i went to the beach was one to remember.I went with my mom, my dad,my brother Preston, and Kiki my cousin.

Made visual rounds and then began cleaning the exhibits.  Since it is the first of the month Philip has to get the weights of all of the animals on this string.  He wanted me to get Mandrills completed first, since Pearl is the hardest to get a weight on.

Even if all the pieces to the story of “The Starry Night” haven’t been put together yet, it

Standing unsteadily in front of the rusted stop sign, bent from the core, I placed my shaking hand on the razor like edges of the sign. Glazing beyond the lifeless trees, a tear shed down my face. I placed a flower respectfully on the uneven, gravelled road. To think today marked five painful years. I stumbled backwards as the dust from the gravel rustled up underneath my feet. The metal framed chair reflected into my eyes as Oscar began to move.

I quickly got out of my parents car, got my suitcase out, and ran straight to Anna. I want to share with you the time that my best friend and i went to Ocean Isle Beach for a week.

After opening the remaining boxes, we began putting Pig back together. With the springs already on, I reach for the shocks. Then we started on putting the tires on one by one. Now finally after three hours of struggling to put all the parts that we had back to their perspective places, we were done. Though not quite as fast as a Nascar team I thought we had done a relatively good job.

Diana and I met in June 2011, when we were both employed at Nathans Famous in Oceanside, NY. At the beginning, we were simple coworkers. After a while, we started taking long summer walks in Oceanside and Long Beach, usually after our evening shift was over. In August 2011, Diana and I had our first date, at a restaurant in Long Beach.

Then there was the tree, there it was, right there in the box. It sat there looking lonely like it wanted to be a big tree with lights and tiny hand-made decorations. Maybe an angel or a star on top and to complete the trimmings the tree’s skirt right at the bottom.