Danicia - "The Beach"

The Beach
It was a normal day in the morning when I heard my aunt and grandparents calling my name, “Lizeth!”
“What?” I answered.
“Come here,” they said. First, when they called me all together, I thought I was in trouble. They sounded mad. But when I ran into the room, they all yelled at once, “We are going to the beach!”
“Why are we going to the beach?” I asked.
There was a long silence. It was kind of creepy, but then my grandparents said, “We are going to meet your dad, Sweetie.”
I was really excited because I didn’t even know my dad. He was in the United States working hard so he could buy me clothes, toys and, send money for the family. I always wondered about my dad. What did he look like? Did he love me? Would he be fun to play with? Why did he have to go? Would we ever be a family? In my five years, I had never known him. Excited and nervous, I packed for our vacation. When I stepped out of the car I felt a warm air come toward my face, hot brown sand under my feet, the blue fresh water, and a ton of people playing different games and building castles beside the blue salty ocean. The strong, blue waves breaking toward the big sand castles. In the ocean were a lot of children playing with their parents, splashing the water everywhere.




Then, I saw a tall man. At first I thought he was going to help us with our bags, but then I heard my aunt say, “That’s your dad, Sweetheart.”
“Really?” I asked. Right at that moment I felt like my heart was going to jump off my chest and run away from me. My dad look just like me he was tall, skinny, and handsome.
I ran toward him and hugged him as hard as I could. At that moment I knew that was the best day of my life.
By: Danicia Quezada