Didi's World

We lived in an apartment building with a view in Coconut Grove. Every December, my parents went to Christmas parties. Before one of these parties, my mom was looking for an outfit while I fooled around with a pencil in my mouth. My mom said, “Aditi, don’t put the pencil in your mouth, because you’re going to hurt yourself.” Of course, I didn’t listen to her, so I kept on doing it. While my mom was putting on her dress and her jewelry on she realized she wasn’t hearing any sound from my room. She poked her head inside and, saw I had fainted on the bed. She immediately called 911. Luckily, the fire department was just around the corner and it only took them five minutes to get to the apartment. My mom looked around the bed to see what might have caused me to faint and found the pencil which I had choked moments before. The fire men arrived and they had brought an emergency kit with them. They checked me out and said that I was fine. One of the fire m...

I was born in India, but I moved to Miami a year later. While living in Miami, I remember having fun with mother and especially with my sister going with our father to Disney World. We even participated in a Halloween contest where my sister and I dressed up as Dalmatians and mom as Cruela Devil. My farther was seldom there during our lives in Miami. He was always traveling. Mom did most of the work in the apartment and took us everywhere just to keep us happy. It was the day that seemed different than the others days, because it was where our mom had told us that we are moving to Panama. My father had gotten a new job there with the shipyard. It was the saddest day for me; because it was the day we found out we were moving to Panama. We went to the airport and boarded the plane. When we took off I realize that we were leaving Miami for good. During the flight mom kept us busy while she was talking to dad about Panama. The airhostess announced in Spanish that we will be landing soon to...