In this blog, I will be building onto my writing skills and continuing learning how to write present scenes. This post will be a continuation of my last blog post. I read and annotated Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway to get examples about how to use dialogue and symbolism in my writing.
Today I spent the day with my family. It is very rare that we get to spend time because we all have lives. All the kids in the family are all grown up. I miss the days like this. The laughs and the jokes. Talking about the great memories we share. The best memory my family and I share is our vacations in the Poconos. “Loved when we used to get together and go to the Poconos” I said looking over to my aunt. “We have so many home videos from there.” My aunt smiled and said, “I still have all of those videos on a disc.” “I remember the first time we went. I just wish we could go back to times like that. Having fun, eating food, playing games, going swimming. I don’t remember the last time we actually got together as a family and had fun. We are all so busy with our lives that we are losing the value of family.” My mom said in a sad tone as she continued to speak. “Some of our family members did not see or reached out in years. We are so divided now.” “Yeah I know but we are all together now. Having dinner on the last day of summer. Enjoying the company that we missed for years.” I said looking at my family members sitting around the table. “This is true. It is lots of people who do not have family at all. They have people who forgot about them. Lost people. One thing I learned in life is that blood does not always make you family. You can meet a friend and they treat you more like family than your own blood. They care about you and take you in. Their family starts to love you and now that is your family. Some people do not have it good like us. We have the luxury to sit at a table and bring up the best memories we have together” My aunt spat out with all her emotions laid out on the table as everyone listened. “She was right. Family means everything when you have a family that is genuine. Having a family built off love is the best feeling in the world. I am so grateful that we can get together no matter what problems we had in the past. This is everything” I added on t
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Sabatino
9/25/2018 10:18:21 am
I see themes of family and relationships. What conflict is being explored here?
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Matt McShane
10/2/2018 04:53:39 am
This was a very interesting read!
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