My Big Ride

When I was eight years old, in third grade, my cousin Lindsey was announcing her engagement with Jeromy. She was going to get married in November and my mom and me were invited to Virgina because my mom was one of the bridesmaids. I was so excited, until.... my mom said that we are traveling by plane.

I was very tense and panicky when I my mom said that we were traveling by plane. We were going to the airport in Kansas City because we were traveling with my Uncle Dave, Aunt Melissa, and there two kids Isabel and Nicholas. They live there so we thought it would be nice to travel together.
There house is colossal with a humongous backyard and a playground set. In there house are wooded floors, marble counter tops, and a comfy living room. When you walk in, on your left is a fireplace and cozy furniture facing the big t.v. I just love the warm felling in there house and the people in it.
Uncle Dave is my moms brother and is the youngest boy of the four. My mom is the only girl and is the youngest. Aunt Melissa is a noble aunt and is an even better godmother, same with my uncle Dave. My cousin Isabel is only two and is so adorable and sweet. She is chubby all over and only has a little bit of hair on her head. My cousin Nicholas is six and loves to play in the outdoors. He an amazing friend too. My mom is the most fantastic mother ever. She takes care of me and loves me. She is my hero!
On this November day, the tree's leafs are falling to the ground and are up to our knees. Nicholas and I were raking the leafs into pills and then Isabel, Nicholas, and I are jumping on them. My mom, Aunt Melissa, and Uncle Dave are sitting by the campfire to keep warm. It was night before we would go on the plane.My mom must have seen my troubled face and knew something was up.
She grabbed me by the arm and said," Everything is going to be fine.''
I responded,''Are you sure?''
''I am positive,'' she declared.
As I went to bed, I wondered about the plane. Is my mom right,will it be OK? What if something does go wrong and we crash?!?!?!?!?!?
At the airport, I was so scared I thought my socks would fall off!
''Honey, are you alright?'' she questioned.
''Yes, I'm alright,'' I proclaimed.
The room was crowded, I never imagined anything like this. I really didn't know what to expect.We had to wait in the hug front room for our flight to arrive. There was many things to see like the coffee shop, a store to get clothes, about three or four restaurants, and all of the people.
Finally, it was time to move to the place were we would get into the plane. My heart was racing, hoping I would have more time to get ready for the plane ride. Then a lady called out that it was time to go on the plane. I was holding my mom s hand was we slowly walk though the the narrow tunnel were the plane awaits us.
We finally get on the plane and I started to shiver while I looked around. I saw on my left the seats for the pilot and the co-pilot. Beside them were all these gadgets I don't know what for. Then, the kind lady took us to our seats by my family. W e put our bags in this little cabinet and I sat next to a window seat with my mom right next to me. Nicholas sat with his dad and Isabel sat with her mom.
The nice lady said on the speakers,''We will be taking of shortly so bulk your seat.''
Uh! My mom went into her big purse and pulled out two peaces of gum.
''You need to take a peace so you ears won't pop," my mom said.
POP?!? What , my ears popping ? I was confused but took it anyway.
''Are you excited?'' Melissa asked.
''Yes, a little nervous too,'' I exclaimed.
I took a peace of gum.
''Mm, bubble gum my favorite. Thanks mom,'' I said.
She smiled at me. My mom held my hand and the plane started to move up the track. The the ground rose and I started to squeeze my mom's hand. 3,2,1 and the plane flew up from the ground. We were going higher and higher up, at the same time I was chewing my bubble gum like my mom showed me. Finally, we were steady in the air.
''Whew!!!!!!!'' I said.
''Now was that so bad?''my mom questioned.
''No, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be,''I responded.
Then I liked around some more and saw a bathroom? That's weird! The whole plane was white except from the blue chairs. There had to have been 100 to 120 people seated in there!
The nice lady came to our seats and asked,'' Would you like a refreshment like water?''
''Yes please, thank you.''
''Your welcome,'' she answered.
We all talked about how awesome this was and about the wedding. Finally we reached the ground with a rumble. My uncle Dan, aunt Katie, and Jackelyn, there second daughter, were waiting for us, there also Lindsey s parents.
I pulled it together and overcome d my fear. I realized that I was only thinking of the negative things and not the positive. Now I know that I can't judge things by not trying them and what it's like to be on a plane!

Maddie r.