The phone rings at 2 a.m. We get news to immediately catch a plane and travel across the globe to be part of a last minute wedding, not knowing why everything is happening so suddenly. I had just entered my senior year of kindergarten, which felt like a huge transition for me since I had spent my first year of school crying every single day, pretending to be sick, grabbing onto my grandmother 's blouse and not letting go until the teacher would let her stay with me. Now I have to go on my first ever adventure without the assistant of Dora the explorer. Instantly, we get emergency tickets and start to board a weird type of spaceship called an airplane. I remember I forgot to pack something, it was my teddy bear, I left it at home and now it
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Belts are beginning to buckle, click, click. Suddenly, a rush of adrenaline jumps at me, I hold my head down, my heart racing out of my chest or maybe it is frozen. The pilot makes an announcement saying "we are in the air and flying", I look out the small window to see millions of pink dancing clouds. Once more, I miss my teddy bear. As I look out the window again, I catch a glimpse of the sun-rising, it is the most beautiful scenery I ever saw through my eyes. The flight attendants are so caring, offering me sodas, peanuts and meals every few hours. In my head, I am thinking "I can get used to this". Right when I was getting comfortable in my seat, I hear a loud "thud", the airplane is slowing down and I am terrified. If only Teddy was holding my hand, I would not be feeling so lonely. The flight attendants direction us to exist in a single formed …show more content…
There are complete strangers approaching me, giving me hugs and kisses all over my face, I have no idea who is who but I decide to keep a big smile on my face, which comes to my disadvantage since I have given them the idea of pulling my cheeks like rubber bands. The groom has sat down where he had been instructed a day before when I had been to the groom 's house along with my parents to fix the alliance between him and my aunt, so seeing a tall, thin, fair-skinned man was no surprise to me. In order for the ceremony to begin, it is mandatory for everyone to cover their head, using a head scarf or bandana, this shows respect to God. The first step of performing this ceremony correctly is for the bride 's side to give their future son-in-law their blessings through money. It is a custom to always give the guests a gift, where it is a gold chain or a simple coin. The priest continues to pray for the well being of this couple. Finally, after waiting for so long, it is our turn to get a picture snapped with the groom and throw money in the pink cloth he is carrying, which to me looks like a kangaroo 's pouch. The photographer does not even ask if we are ready, my grandmother is walking towards us but the photographer snaps the picture and signals for us to move to the side. My dad whose standing to my right and my mom whose standing to my left
Belts are beginning to buckle, click, click. Suddenly, a rush of adrenaline jumps at me, I hold my head down, my heart racing out of my chest or maybe it is frozen. The pilot makes an announcement saying "we are in the air and flying", I look out the small window to see millions of pink dancing clouds. Once more, I miss my teddy bear. As I look out the window again, I catch a glimpse of the sun-rising, it is the most beautiful scenery I ever saw through my eyes. The flight attendants are so caring, offering me sodas, peanuts and meals every few hours. In my head, I am thinking "I can get used to this". Right when I was getting comfortable in my seat, I hear a loud "thud", the airplane is slowing down and I am terrified. If only Teddy was holding my hand, I would not be feeling so lonely. The flight attendants direction us to exist in a single formed …show more content…
There are complete strangers approaching me, giving me hugs and kisses all over my face, I have no idea who is who but I decide to keep a big smile on my face, which comes to my disadvantage since I have given them the idea of pulling my cheeks like rubber bands. The groom has sat down where he had been instructed a day before when I had been to the groom 's house along with my parents to fix the alliance between him and my aunt, so seeing a tall, thin, fair-skinned man was no surprise to me. In order for the ceremony to begin, it is mandatory for everyone to cover their head, using a head scarf or bandana, this shows respect to God. The first step of performing this ceremony correctly is for the bride 's side to give their future son-in-law their blessings through money. It is a custom to always give the guests a gift, where it is a gold chain or a simple coin. The priest continues to pray for the well being of this couple. Finally, after waiting for so long, it is our turn to get a picture snapped with the groom and throw money in the pink cloth he is carrying, which to me looks like a kangaroo 's pouch. The photographer does not even ask if we are ready, my grandmother is walking towards us but the photographer snaps the picture and signals for us to move to the side. My dad whose standing to my right and my mom whose standing to my left