Sofia
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I visualize the world as if I am a passenger on a mighty ship called Life...gliding through the waves of change and ripples of new realizations.
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Moment To Overcome
My sister's music can be heard from the room next door, muffled and indistinct. I roll over, stifling a yawn as I reach for my phone to check the time. It's six in the morning, still dark out and chilly. We're both meant to be ready to leave the house by eight. The team is dancing today for the annual Latin Festival! We had all gone the year before and been reinvited. With energy beginning to bubble from excited nerves I sit up, stand and grabbing my makeup bag. Brushing my teeth and lathering my face with a gentle cleanser I finish in the bathroom, going to knock on her door. Entering, I find her already sitting on a pillow on the floor, her mirror at her side and her own makeup spread around her. For the next hour and a half we sit chatting comfortably, singing along when a shared favourite song comes on. With our makeup done and both our hair pulled up and back into high slick buns, we help each other attach the flowery headpiece just above the left ear. It's tricky because having used an unseemly amount of hairspray to lay our hair smooth and neat, it's troublesome to get the pins to stay, not to mention needing to make sure the flowers are secure enough to dance. Our hair and accessories must stay in place for the duration of the set. Having said that, I carefully pull several strings of colorful beads over my head and adjust them at my neck, setting them straight along one another. Breakfast consists of oatmeal for me and toast with butter for my sister, my dad joins us in the kitchen with his cereal and we talk about the day before us. As the clock flashes seven forty five, we rinse our dishes and hurry back to our rooms, packing our dresses in black garment bags. We each were lent three dresses when we joined the team. They are made of bright blues, yellows, reds, purples, and greens. They had all been brought from El Salvador by the leader of the group and were very special. Gently and efficiently I zip close the bags and recheck what else I've packed; a water bottle, a couple of snack bars, a small container of dress pins and hair clips, deodorant, a perfume bottle, two bottles of hairspray, my phone charger, headphones, my wallet, sandals for onstage, and lastly a change of comfy clothes for after the show!
By Sofia5 years ago in Confessions
