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The day I was born my family was so happy to see me and because my mom already had my brother, everyone wanted me to be a girl. My cousin who's like my second mother, named me Trina. That day, my uncle had a gold bracelet that spelt out my name made for me which is quite common in albanian culture. I still have it, but it no longer fits.
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When I was 3 years old I was standing on the base of the fireplace which was extremely dangerous but as a little kid i didn't realize that. Everyone told me to get down before I got hurt, but I didn't listen which was a big mistake. I slipped and fell face first onto the stone. Luckily I barely missed my eye but, I ended up getting a big cut on my eyebrow. I had to go to the emergency room that night and get 6 stitches. Now I have a big scar on my eyebrow but you can't really see it.
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It was school picture day. I was a really shy kid that didn't communicate very much. That day my mom picked out my outfit and did my hair using a lot of hairspray. When it was my turn to get my picture taken I didn't know what to do. The woman behind the camera kept telling me to smile but since I was so shy I couldn't get myself to smile. So, my kindergarten picture is a picture of me with a straight face looking like a scared little kid. I look at the pictures now and laugh.
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One year my family decided we should go to Florida for summer vacation, we went to Daytona beach. When we were in the ocean I was having so much fun swimming and playing with my cousins, when all of a sudden i stepped on something really pointy. I screamed due to the pain where i then ran out of the water. When I got out I saw that I had stepped on a little cactus, It really hurt. I was to scared to go back into the water so for the rest of the trip I avoided the ocean.
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My family and I went to Kosovo the summer of 2012. I had not been there since i was 4 years old so I didn't remember much about the place. When we landed, I got to see family members that I hadn't seen in a long time and I was happy to be there. Both cousins on my dads and moms side were so nice and I didn't realize how much I missed them until I got there. We had a lot of laughs and created many memories that I will never forget. Leaving was the hard part, but I knew that i'd see them again.
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It was my first time going to the city and I was so excited. Me and my family decided that we should go to the city see we have never been. I got dressed up and got in the car. When we got there it was so beautiful. We went to times square which was so amazing, I had never seen anything like it. We took so many pictures that day as well as went shopping to some of the best stores. I had so much fun, I never wanted to leave
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I was absent for a few days so I didn't really know what was going on in class. When I went to school after a few days my math teacher told me there was a quiz. While I was taking the quiz, I knew this wasn't going to end well. When we got our quizzes back and I saw my grade I thought I was going to cry. I was so scared that if I show that grade to my parents that I was going to be in so much trouble. Luckily, my teacher didn't count it seeing as how I never learned the material.
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I had my braces on for 3 years and at my last check up I was told that at my next appointment I would be getting them off. I was so excited and I couldn't wait to get them off because honestly I was getting tired of them. The first 10 minutes that I got my braces off, I didn't like how I looked, Probably because it was something I wasn't used to. After a few more minutes I actually started to like how I looked and that there wasn't one mirror that I didn't look at my reflection and smile.
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I was at my cousins house a few days before my birthday. She said she had to go run a few errands but I didn't think much of it. The whole day my cousins asked me if they can try out new hairdos and eyeshadows on me which was a bit strange. Around 7pm, We went over to my house because my aunt had come over, or at least that was the cover up. When we got there I turned the knob and everyone jumped out and yelled "Surprise!"
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My mom was back in Kosovo because my grandfather was very sick and her and all her siblings went to see him. I was in class one day and it was just like any other day, until I got a phone call saying that was grandfather had passed away that morning. I broke down, I was crying in the middle of class up until I could finally use my legs where I then ran out of the classroom. I had not seen my grandfather in about 2 years and I didn't realize that that would be the last time that I would see him.
