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I had to face the hardships of life all at once at the age of 14 ..
On the day of my birthday 4 years ago life took away my happiness .
I was part of a wondeful family , we were rich and happy . Somethong you wouldn t enounter always and people envied us .Our house was so big and the houses next to us were just as big. There were only a few people tho about 5 houses including ours .i didn t have many friends as i spent most of time at home or school .and people used to think i was unreachable because of my family background which basically made me an introvert. My dad was successful at work and home , my mom was so pretty and so kind . My older brother was the champion of Taekwondo in our city and my older sister was the top of her school. My younger brother was just one year old when all of this happened .
On the day of my birthday , my family decided to give me a surprise party and i was aware of it but acted like i didn t know . They told me to go to the convenience store and buy so many things . They hid the decorations in the garden and it was so stupid because it was just obvious . I always smelled the cake they were preparing and i saw some leftover from the birthdaygift paper they had . Haha they were so cute trying to hide it so i just went along and went to the convenience store .
I remember there were chips on the list and the one i wanted was on the top of the shelf so i had to climb but i couldn t reach it . Then suddenly it fell right before me and i thought "wow im so lucky" ... but it was the total opposite .
The news was turned on and it was sais an earth quake would hit our city so i remember letting go of everything and going back running to my home . At that time i thought if my family had to dies i got to die with them . I arrived at the house and everything seemed fine . My family heard the news and dad told me that everything would be okay as long as were together . We left the house and we were talking with our neighbors. I thoughtvthey would cancel the party but they still did it and im happy they did . Then the night came and we simply went to sleep . At around 2am i woke up to see things sliding sounds of stuff breaking and my little brother crying . My door suddenly opened and it was mom telling me to go out of my room .
We were so afraid and i started crying but my older brother hugges me and told me don t worry .. close your eyes and it will end soon. I closed my eyes then suddenly i felt something on my face . A bit of dust was falling and my dad told us to go out but when we were going out my older sister leg got caught in the sofa . My brother and dad were helping her go out while mom took me and my brother out of the house . The moment we went out a bit of our house roof started collapsing . I tried to go back but mom held me and told me its okay she gave me my younger brother and told she would go to check while we hid next to a tree.now you d say where are the neighbors . They were minding their own business . They all took their cars and went away while we were left behind . No one of them not even a single one cared to take a look and see what was happening with us . I stood shaking scared hugging my crying brother tightly waiting for my family to come out .and i closed my eyes hoping everything would end soon . Within a few seconds i opened my eyes to see the most horrifying view .our house collapsed . I screamed and didnt know what to do . I couldn t risk anything because of my young brother but what about my family i then left my brother in front of the tree and went running to the house i couldn t see anything then suddenly i heard my little brother crying even loudly. And i daw a pole next to the tree shaking soni went back running to save him. And that s it i dont remember what happened next . I woke up next to some strangers who all looked worried turns out it was the rescue who came over and i was frightened iwent to check around to see my family and a woman was stopping me i started crying then a man came to ask me about my name .i told him if he had seen any of my family member and he took me to a place full of injured people andasked me if i could recognize any of them but i didn t .i told him about the location of my house and what happened desperately waiting for a great response .Latervon he went to talk with his mate . The guy went way then came back with my little brother in his hands i was so happy and told him "what about the rest ?" He but his lips then gave me a forced smile took my hands and told me that i didnt fully recover and i should get treated . So i realized something was wrong . The same woman who tried to hold me came and took my brother and told me that i should go to sleep . I went anyway hoping for all of this to turn into a dream ... more like a nightmare..
The next time i was awake by that woman who told me i should go. The man i talked to came back and was smiling . I smiled back thinking he found my family but... he asked me if i had any relatives in here i said what about my family please what happened . He told me that they passed away during the earth quake and i remember standing in there .. i didn t cry nor scream i just froze in my place thinking "this cant be real" .
A few days later my grandparents who lived away from us came to take me with my brother . Everyone looked sad and annoyed but angry as well . I sat in the car thinking "Today i became an orphan" and i started crying . I remember crying until i fell asleep ...
Until today i still think it was so unfair . Why did this happen to me ? Why didn t i just go with my mom and died with her? Yeah i saved my brother at that time but what s the point of that .we wouldve been better off dead than living as orphans and with such terrible memories as well . Probably the only two reasons why im still living is for my moms life not to go in vain and to take care of my brother. We were able to live that earth quake thanks to a miracle and sometimes people tell me everything happens for a reason . But what could be the reason for a 14 yo and a baby to lose their families in such an awful way .. i just want to lose my memory so bad . I want people to stop pointing fingers at me as the orphan or the girl who lost her family in the tragedic earth quake..
to Mom dad and my older brother and sister are you watching over me ? Dont worry im okay grandma à grandpa are taking good care of us . I ranked really high in my class and i did well in the finals . I hope i made you proud and ill continue working hard to be the best daughter and sister .
Thank you for that birthday party and for all the beautiful moments we spent together . I miss you and love you so much . I will take good care of my brother so stay reassured . I will always love you .Goodbye
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