Personal Narrative: I Love You Bailey: A Sequence Of Events

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Ani Zhang 12 / 15 / 17 Period 6 I love you Bailey: A Sequence of Events Bailey named her white bear Dan and her gray bear Randy and put them on a shelf above her bed, where they sat throughout her childhood. Honestly, she didn't give them much thought. They had become fixtures of her room, the same way the old lamp and dresser were. Every now and again, she would come home from school to find one of her parents standing beside her bed, looking up at the bears or giving them a little squeeze. Even as time passed, they still recited their single phrase without fail. Aside from those instances, though, Dan and Randy were little more than dust collectors from her childhood. When Bailey went away to college, the two didn't make the cut and were left behind while she made her way out into the world for the first time. Her parents were a little disappointed that she wasn't more sentimental over the teddies, but any memories she had of …show more content…

"Ok." She said. "Well, they'll be here if you change your mind." But Bailey was pretty confident she wouldn't have a change of heart. The next time she went back to her parents' place was to house sit while her dad took her mom on their long awaited vacation out west. He'd been promising her they'd go for over thirty years and they were both buzzing with excitement. This was going to be their first vacation as a couple since they recently got married and she wasn’t quite sure if they were comfortable with it. Although they were both eager to go, Bailey could tell her mom was slightly nervous. "You remember where all the financial documents are just in case anything happens to us, right?" She asked from the backseat at least six times on the drive to the airport. "Yes, in the plastic, white bin under your bed." "And the