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Briant De La Rosa

Professor smith

English 101

2/8/19

A Shocking Moment
Life can have different types of ups and downs , sometimes it can be very

shocking or can surprise you with moments that you are not ready for at that exact

moment. The most important day of my life was knowing that I was going to become a

big brother because now i have to be a good role model, to encourage and strengthen him

or her in life. This is important because if I show negative actions he or she would follow

my wrong paths.

I was in

school that day ,had a game after my game and once I got out my game i called my

mother. I usually call my mother every time I get out of a game or school or even work

just so she would be aware, plus you know how hispanic moms can be at times. I spoke

to her on the phone and I realized that she sounded different, I heard crying but not any

type of crying , it was like happy crying . she told me come home as quick as possible ,

so i told her I will be their in like an hour or so , she said fine but not to take long. We

hung up the phone and I rapidly went home. On my way home I could not stop thinking

what was going on what can it be . Then I started to get impatient , I got home and I see

my mother sitting down holding something in her hand . I got close to her and i asked her

“whats going on?”, she looks at me and she says “your going to be a big brother.” When I
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heard those words come out her mouth I was completely speechless, did not know what

to say or nothing , all i know is that it started a new path and something very big and new

to our family. First thing that came to mind was how was I going to teach him things and

show him good paths in life , I would lay down and think of that as the days just kept

going on and on. The Months started to pass by and I noticed that my mother started to

act differently. She had mood switches, got cranky easily , sometimes it got me mad

because she would take things out on me so it would make me upset too and if I got upset

then my father would get upset, so then the whole house would be upset and would have

a negative feeling.Then I realized that it was common on a pregnant women so it was

nothing new as it kept on happening constantly. One day my mom calls me to the room

and she tells me to feel her stomach . I look at her with a face and say “you playing

right?”, she says “im serious feel my stomach.” So i looked at her with a face and felt her

stomach, I felt movements , in my head I am like “what the hell is going on ?”, so she

looks at me and says “do you feel it?”, I say “yes you can stop moving your stomach now

.”