The Rain Fell Down On The Shingles Of A Room - 1388 Words

The rain fell down on the shingles of that tiny apartment just as it had done so many times. The sound of water running down the drain pipe and dripping onto the tiny window ledge behind my bed was a sound I had let lull me to sleep many nights before that one. My child sister lay in the bed across the room, her tiny five-year-old breaths sweet and shallow. Everything was seemingly normal. It was just like any other rainy night in our little apartment until I heard the soft sounds of crying. Being the curious eight-year-old I was, I decided to get up and get a drink of water. When I walked out of my bedroom I noticed how my mind methodically went through a mental checklist to find the source of the crying. My mother’s room across the hall was dark and empty, and the sectional couch that filled the small spaced living room had no one on it except for the throw pillows and blankets. There was no one else in the apartment aside from my sister and me, but the sounds of crying seemed closer. As I covered the small distance from the hall to the kitchen, I noticed the front door was cracked open and I heard my aunt’s voice trickling in over the rain. I found it odd that she was here, especially since it was late. I sat in the kitchen and listened to the voices outside the window, and eventually, it became apparent that the voices belonged to my mother and her tw o sisters. Finally, I got a glass down from the cabinet and filled it with water. â€Å"What are you doing baby girl?† myShow MoreRelatedArchival Research Paper - Philippine Typhoons10190 Words   |  41 PagesHurricane Sandy left New York with homeless families, destroyed places and flooded streets. Due to these tragic events, our group has decided to conduct this study. Filipinos were emotional because of those calamities happened from the past. They felt so down seeing their properties and areas damaged by these typhoons and felt so hopeless knowing that everything seems to be devastated or gone and they could no longer live the life like before these incidents happened. Although a lot of things are going