#4 The Most Unforgettable and Unlucky Experience

Nearly Drowned!

          One sunny morning, when I was just a little girl, me and my family had decided to go to the beach for my Lola’s birthday. Many relatives, cousins, etc. were invited that day. We were very happy and had a lot of fun at the beach.

          But not for me, I was alone sitting on the sand, jealous of the fun they had experienced. I was not included by their fun because they said that games are not for little children so, I was very sad and a little bit angry of course. The little me had longed for someone to invite me to join their games but there was none. My father had noticed my loneliness and had an idea of buying the big “salbadida” (a floating circle tube with a hole at the center that we usually see them used by children in pools). And so, my father bought the big “salbadida” and had given it to me to make me happy. And so, I was happy and my cousins were jealous of me. I had realized that the “salbadida” was too big for me that I cannot ride it even though I used all my might with my fragile little body. My cousins had noticed it and helped me to climb up the “salbadida” and was very happy. They escorted me to the sea but I had noticed that they were smirking and laughing secretly and I was beginning to worry that I might drown as we go farther (note: I cannot swim when I was a kid). The waves that time were very monstrous and big that’s what I thought about it for a little kid like me. And suddenly, a big wave swallowed us and I was the one who was greatly affected by it. When I was under the water, I opened my eyes and darkness rules the surroundings below and beside me but not above. There were people floating from above where I could also find light. I tried to call for help but I couldn’t, I kept sinking and sinking to the cold and deepest part of the sea and was running out of oxygen. And so, I’ve put myself together and had swum above reaching the people floating above to get help. As soon as I had got out of from the water, I hurriedly hugged the nearest person and that person was my Tito Romel and the others were my mother, my tita and my other tito. I cried and cried and was relieved that I saved myself with all my strength. My mother and others were very shocked because all they knew was that I’m just playing with the sand. My cousins were having fun with my “salbadida” that my father had given me with. That day, I said to myself that I was very very very very unlucky.