Personal Narrative: The Joy Luck Club

This one day was honestly one day I’ll never forget, nor change anything about. I had come home from cross country practice and my mom told me, “Guess where you and Isabel will be going next month?!” I couldn’t think of any guesses. She later announced to me that my sister and I are going to meet Tyler Oakley and get his book called, Binge signed. I felt as if I was in shock. I had a hard time trying to wrap my mind around the thought of being next to Tyler Oakley. My adrenaline felt sky high, my hands felt shaky; I didn’t know what to think. My mind was like a race horse. On October 24th, I thought to myself, I am going to have to face reality that I will get the chance to meet Tyler today. With all of the anticipation, I hope I wouldn’t

We entered the bookstore; it seemed as though half of the teens to meet Tyler already made their way to the bookstore to wait to get bracelets. I knew 500 people were going to be here but this medium sized bookstore only had about 200 people inside, and it looked pretty full already. It was like watching 10 clowns try to fit into a small car. We had two hours until Tyler came out. During that time, we waited for our numbers to be called out for bracelets. When we got our bracelets, my sister and I started to make our way out of the bookstore because there was not enough room for 500 people to stand in line in a book store. We ended up waiting around the corner anxiously but patient. My stomach started to get butterflies from excitement. It was now 7 o’clock and there were 500 overly excited teens impatiently ready to meet Tyler

I was anxious, nervous, happy, and impatient. It didn’t take long for the line to move. It was about 15 minutes and we ended up back in the bookstore and when we were waiting I saw people leaving that already met Tyler. They didn’t look like they were crying. So I reassured myself, “Okay, I might not cry after all when I see Tyler.” Seconds later, my sister and I were finally in the bookstore. It was happening. In less than two minutes I would be next to Tyler Oakley. He is such an inspirational person. The lady who was in charge of the line to tell you it’s your turn got me ready and then she told me, “your turn!” real fast. The there I was, speed walking with my arms starting to reach out to hug Tyler, and bam I was hugging this incredible human being. It felt as if we were alone in the crowded room. It was a moment I will never forget. Tyler asked me with an energetic voice, “Hi, what’s your name?” I answered him back with excitement, “Ana!” We then faced the camera to take a picture and Tyler told me, “Thank you for coming, I hope you enjoy the book!” I answered back, “Thank you, I