Glittery
The divorce of my parents on my fourteenth birthday... The death of my grandmother, my closest relative... When these tragedies occurred, I acted as though nothing was wrong, like that was how it was supposed to be. During our countries "Gilded Age", the immigrants who came from all across the seas, thought the United States was perfect. As we and many others have learned, the proverb, "All that glitters is not gold" It was my fourteenth birthday; my dad had just come home from being in Kansas. For my birthday he bought me a fourteen-carat gold necklace and a T-shirt with a dog on it. After my family ate dinner and dessert, my mom and dad despersed to their bedroom. The house was
through some tough times. There were not enough jobs to supply for all the incoming immigrants. There was not My closest relative; my confidant; my grandmother stayed at my friend's house that night. The next morning, from him. My heart shattered. I said "Oh," and
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Approximate Word count = 548
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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