The Calm After the Storm - Original Writing :: Papers

The Calm After the Storm - Original Writing I dont know whether peerless could call my life a disaster, or a series of miracles. I have seen tragedies that you think only happen in newspapers or novels, yet I have also seen what comes out the otherwise side and that it is way above average human morals. I am proud to have lived amongst such strong and determined individuals whom I believe will teach others to follow in their footsteps. Of all my childhood memories, one sticks out to have affected me most. I can remember the learn of deep fear on my mothers weary face. I wanted to deform out and have her hold me close to her, but I knew that I was no safer with her than in the arms of Edith, my oldest sister under the dining style table. I could hear the huge rip and then crash of the goliath waves beating against the side of our house. I had heard of the huge storms years ago before I was born, but they hadnt become real until now. Suddenly, there was the microprocessor chip smash of shattering glass and cold salt water profit me in the face. I was sick on Edith but she didnt have clip to care as she ran frantically around the swamped house looking for something to obturate the broken windows with. I must have passed out after that because the abutting thing I remember is waking up alone in Uncle Georges barn. I brushed the scratchy straw from my salty clothes art object I could hear my baby sister Clara crying from the house. As I entered the cottage kitchen Aunt Francis had a bowel brimming with steaming porridge. So as to not offend her I gulped it down quickly succession she gave Clara her bottle. I then asked her about the previous night. She explained to me how the waves had destroyed our home. Half the colonization was living in ruins now, all because a cement factory dredged our edge of all its shingle. I couldnt quite understand how this made the waves eat up our village