Personal Narrative: Collapse

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Collapse

I’ll never forget the day. The sun was shining exceptionally bright and the sky was the lightest of blues. The weather was abnormally warm for a March day. It was a beautiful day. I had just got home for work, when My Dad and my son, crash though the door loudly. My son jumps in my lap and I talk to my dad about his day. Everything about my father seemed normal. He got up and announced that he was going go rest in his room for a while. The evening continues on and my son and niece continue to play on. My dad comes out of his room and hugs son and kisses my niece. Time passes, I hear my dad’s loud burly snores from his room. One particular snore kind of catches my attention but I do not pay it any other attention. After about

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