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Personal Narrative: Childhood Barbecue

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Tomorrow will be a great day. All of my friends and family are coming over for our annual backyard barbecue. I’m talking about barbecued chicken, steaks, and sausage. I’ll cook up some hotdogs and hamburgers for the kids and less astute adults. My wife is in the house making salads, cooking beans, and preparing her favorite rice dish. Right now I’m mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges and shrubs, and raking the leaves. When I finish I will water the plants and lawn so the yard will look good tomorrow. Yesterday my wife and I planted flowers plus she had bought some potted plants to put at the corners of the patio. She did most of the work I moved the wheelbarrow from here to there for her and dug the holes for the plants. Well, I’m done with
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