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Quinceanera-Personal Narrative

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On my 15th birthday, I had become a young woman. I wasn’t seen as a little girl anymore. I was somebody different especially after realizing what I had learning during my party. This day is so important to me because I didn’t get the party my dreams of. The biggest day of a hispanic girl’s life is the day of your quinceanera. I couldn’t have the big moment of my life. I was so upset by the fact that I wouldn’t be walking to a big hall having the grand entrance seeing all my family clapping for me. I thought I couldn’t have that moment in my life, but I was wrong. I had gotten something special. I had gotten something that meant so much more to me then a big party. Something that affected my life in a good way. This experience taught me to be more grateful and be happy with what life brings me. I won’t ever …show more content…

I didn’t need a long mass to be sent off as a young adult. didn’t need a big hall with decorations and tables with centerpieces. I didn’t need a big poofy dress that cost more than a thousand dollars. I didn’t even need to memorize five dance routines for a surprise dance. Why did I want a court of honor If I already had my friends with me by my side? I was being so ungrateful and over-exaggerating this whole quinceanera party. I would have loved to have a traditional quinceanera but I didn’t need it. All I needed was my family and my friends to celebrate the moment of me being a young woman. It’s the same things that count in life. This part of my life will stay with me forever.

I shouldn’t have been acting like a spoiled little girl and cried my heart out for a party. I never realized how much it hurt my mom to not give me what I wanted. I had learned that I can’t be mad at my own mom for not giving me what I want. I knew that she would’ve given me the party of my dream if she had money. There will always be obstacles in life that will get in the way of what you want. It’s the small things that count in

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