New Life

Creative Essay # 105010

Child, Youth Issues > Family Issues
English > Creative Writing

New Life

An essay describing a child's emotions pending the arrival of the birth of a new sibling.

856 words () | 0 sources | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper is a descriptive essay relating the emotions of a child anticipating the arrival of a new born sibling. The paper describes the child's excitement pending the birth and describes the event from the time of waking in the morning until the birth of the baby boy. The essay closes with a description of how this new arrival has changed the writer's life.

From the Paper:

"We jumped into the van my dad had heated up for us, and sped off to the hospital, which was a good 30 minutes away. But with my dad's crazy driving, you can cut that in half. I was in fear we would get pulled over, or even worse get into an accident. It was a tense situation. For the entire van ride Emily, Joey, and I didn't say a word. I was fixed solely on my mom. She was breathing as if a killer had just chased her, and the pain exuding was as if she'd been stabbed. After that intense ride, we finally reached the hospital and drove up to the emergency unit"