family

 One of the most memorable family events of recent years was my father’s birthday. We wanted to have a special celebration for him. but decided to keep it a secret so as to surprise him on the day.

My youngest brother, who lives two and a half km away from my Fathers house, told Dad that he’d come down with his family so we could all go out for a meal together. What we actually did was to invite members of our extended family to come as well without my father knowing. Most of them live a long way away so we don’t see them very often. They came down the day before and stayed in local hotels.

There were many things to do and it was difficult to fix everything without informing Dad. There were several times when I thought he must know something was going on, but he was just playing and pretending. Actually, he could not guess.

We booked a table at a local restaurant and my sister decorated it with balloons and other festoons that day. It looked amazing. It was a very long table because there were more than twenty members of the family at the meal. So, my parents and my siblings as well as nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins ​​were there. I think it was probably our biggest family gathering.

We arranged for Dad and Mom to come last so that everyone else could be seated at the table waiting for them. I’ll never forget Dad’s face when he walked into the restaurant. He hadn’t guessed what we were arranging and it was a real surprise to him to see everyone there.

We ate together but the best thing was to spend time with all our relatives. From this, we realized how close families we are, even though we don’t see each other very often. I think Dad also enjoyed how important he is to our whole family.

Describe someone in your family who you like.
You should say:
how this person is related to you.
what this person looks like.
what kind of person he/she is.
and explain why you like this person.

In my family, the person I love most is my grand father who passed away about six years ago because of cancer. When I was just a child, my parents usually went to work. Therefore, I stayed at home with him and our relationship was quite good. He was very friendly and helpful. Whenever my friends came to my house, he usually greeted them with cordiality. He liked growing flowers very much. It was the reason why there were flowers galore in my garden. Every morning I tried to get up early to garden the flowers and enjoy the fresh atmosphere with him. He loved me very much and I was an apple of his eyes. When I went to primary school, it was he that rode me on his bike to take me travel back and forth between my house and school. When he passed away, I felt like having a broken heart. I was sad and cried so much. I missed him. I missed every time we had been together, missed his gentle and righteous smiles. From that time, I became reserved and did not want to talk to anyone. A long time passed. I realized that I could not continue living like this. I could not be a coward person. I must be strong despite the tragedy in life as what he had advised me to. I decided to dance to another tune to live well as my grand father hoped.