Personal Narrative: Traumatic Moments In My Life

Life always has its thrilling moments, but it also has its traumatic moments. On March 21, 2014, my life changed and I learned to how to become a strong person and appreciate the chances I got to spend with family. March 21 was the day that the oldest cousin in my family passed away at only 28 years old. I remember how everything happened from the call I received to the day of his funeral. The day that he passed away, it was a Friday and I was in my room watching a movie called The Blind Side. It was around 4 PM and I was home alone because at that time my parents and brother would get out of work late, so I was usually home alone until 9 PM. As I was watching the movie, my mom called me crying and I asked her what was wrong but she could

Around the house, there was yellow tape that said crime scene all over it and the police had placed so no one was able to go inside. My cousin passed away inside the house, and he was found by his younger brother when he got home. His younger brother called his mom first but she didn’t answer because she was at work, so then he called my other aunt and she rushed to his house. When she got there, she found him on the floor close to the door but leaning on the wall in position that he looked like he was praying. My aunt try to shake him and even took a picture of him because she thought he was messing around and wanted to show him the picture after. When she put her hand on his arm, his body was cold and she realized that she needed to get help immediately. After the police and ambulance showed up, nobody was allowed inside the house, not even his own mom and brother. There was some people crowded in the neighbors drive way crying, others were across the street sitting on the side walk crying as well. It was one of the hardest moment of my life because not only did it bring me down but also my whole family. My cousin’s name was Ralph but my family used to call him Alex. He was a tall person, chubby a little but the best part of him was his personality. Alex was a very hard working man, loved to cook and laugh. He was a very playful person, he loved to joke

His life was taken too soon but everything happens for a reason. Before he had passed, he had recently started going to church with my family and I and accepted Christ in his heart. Throughout the whole situation, I became a stronger person because I learned that everything is going to be fine and it is okay to be sad but to also be happy that I got to spend time with him. Three days before his passing, he and I were talking about going to the movies that weekend but that never got to happen. Life is always has a bumpy road but from those bumps we learn something. Alex always thought that we never cared about him or wanted to see him. He thought that he was nothing to us but in reality he was the glue to our family. What I realized is that, in our family we always need to check up on each other because we never the last time we will ever hear or see them. It is important to talk to your family members because when problems come, family always sticks together and are always there for one another. It is important to make those family member you rarely see or talk to make them feel like you do care about them. Alex passing was one of the hardest situations my family had to ever go through but at the end we all stuck together. It is okay to be sad and mad but it is not okay to live in the past and think about sad moments. There’s a time in life where you have to realize that we cannot live in the past