"Unforgettable Surprise"

The time was steadily similar to the other days. I was working at a clothing store and that days were so busy because is was Christmas time. The store was suffused with customers and I did my job hastily.

This day was my birthday, but I was not waiting for something special. I knew it was my birthday, but my family didn't have enough money to make me a party and can understand this. I not to reproach anything.

When the day was over and I finished my job, I said bye to my friends. I strode on the street to reach my house. When I told to my mom, " mom I'm here", she asked me if I could search for something ( I can't remember what ) in the living room. I said OK, but when I opened the door where it was, the light was off. When I put it on, there were all my friends and family and they shrilled, " Happy Birthday!" and sang it too. My heart was quivering and I couldn't stop crying. It was very moving and unexpected for me. It was beautiful.

It was my unforgettable surprise.

Black Friday

Ta,rararara,ra rang the alarm clock at 3:30 a.m. on Friday the 28Th. I had decided to wake up earlier in the dawn. It was a snowy morning but the past night, " Thanksgiving day", I was having a discussion with my sister Aracely. We would go to the stores to take advantage of the offers that some shopping centers were giving to increase their sales. All was going well. I picked up my sister at her house, And we were ready to go shopping but suddenly, " Oh my God!" the brakes wouldn't respond. The road was frozen. That was a horrific moment for us, (for me because I was driving), but we continued. We took Powers Blvd. because I thought it was a crowded street and it would stay clean of ice, but suddenly we were in trouble again. The truck seemed to stay in an ice trail. " God, God!" I said. " I need your help to control the truck!". Maybe God listened to my pleas because we could continue.
Finally we arrived at our destination: Kohl's store, but when we were inside I commented to my sister Aracely: " I'm here, but maybe I can't see or find anything. I'm nervous and scared still".
Later we were shopping, but when we were ready to pay " Oh, oh!" the lines was around the store, and we needed to wait for almost 90 minutes. " Patience, patience", I said. Finally we finished and left Khol's. After that we decided to go to the Citadel Mall to continue our shopping.
When we arrived we expected another full place, but to our surprise, there were not too many people there, and we walked to the stores in tranquility. Our shopping took around two more hours, and after that we were bored and tired, so we decided to go back to our houses. We arrived at my house around 12:30.
It was a stressful black Friday! .

Halloween day

On Friday, October 31 Halloween day I went with my sons Jonathan, Pedro, my sister Aracely and her sons Obed, Pablo to the Down Town to go trick-or-treating.
We walked for about 1 hour around the stores to get candies and we took advantage to have some pictures and see the others peoples costumes. After that we were deciding what other place could go to get more candies. Days ago we were knowing what Salvation Army will have a festival to celebrate Halloween, so we went here.
At this place we found many funny contest were my sons could have candies, "many, many candies". They had their pumpkins full in a short time so, they had extra time to jump in the "bounce house" and painted their faces too. After that we went to eat hot dogs, cake, chips and drank water. Salvation Army brought the food too.
We had a terrific Halloween day!.

My beloved place

My beloved place when I was 12 years old was to go up to the top of my house in Sinaloa Mexico.

I liked to stay there because I could sit and listen to the birds singing, see the sky and treat for to found some shapes clouds and see how look the trees too.

When I stayed here I liked to find a dot where the sunlight felt hot, I relish feeling these in my body. That is relaxing for me.

That was a place where I could think, reflect or only take a moment alone. I could spend hours here. When I remember that moments I can to transfer to that charming time.

Pleasing days

This summer I did many things. My children were out of school and I needed to find something fun to do with them. Fortunately, my husband's family came from Mexico and we spent all our time together.

Every afternoon we went to my sister- in -law's house because my mother-in-law, nieces and nephews were here. These were the hottest days and we spent most of the time outside sitting at the picnic tables. That was good because we could have conversations and remember anecdotes about our families, and take advantage of the grill. We ate barbecue, fresh fish, ceviche and fresh chicken. That was good because we could make great memories.

One day we went to the Helen Hunt Falls. We walked up and took pictures. That was a hot day too, and my son, nieces and nephews took advantage of the coldest waterfall. That was a fun moment for them.

After that, we went up the route and crossed two dark and humid caves, it was "scary" moment, we screamed a little and my husband and brothers-in-law blew the horn to his cars. This was a grand day. Unfortunately, the summer came to an end and they returned to Mexico, but I remembered the times we shared together.