Personal Narrative: My Leaded Foot
My leaded foot
I was 6 years old and my brother was 11, it was a normal day in the Gomez family. My mom was at work and my dad was watching T.V. with our baby sister. My brother and I were irritating each other like always… then darkness. I remember we were sitting on the kitchen tile floor throwing stuff back and forth to each other occasionally looking at the T.V. in the other room. We were throwing balls, toys, erasers; just about anything that was in reach.
Then…..
I was sitting on one foot with my leg bent under me, and my other leg bent up with my right foot flat on the ground. The outside of my right foot was facing my brother. I was waiting for him to grab something to toss at me, so I decided to turn my head around at the T.V. where
my dad and sister were sitting on the couch playing. In a split second I heard my brother yell my name, it sounded urgent so I whipped my head around.
I saw my brothers face frozen in shock, not moving a muscle. His eyes were looking down at the floor in front of me. I quickly looked to see a sharp, pointed, princess covered pencil gliding towards me. It was just a few inches away now, I looked at the path of the pencil and where it was headed. My tiny, bare foot was in contact with this sharp, pointy pink pencil. Then absolute darkness…
I don’t remember anything after that. I know I didn’t go to the hospital because my mom reassured me that it wasn’t that serious, but for a 6 year old it was very serious. My brother never apologized, but I could tell by the look on his face that he was sorry. Even though it’s still imbedded in my foot, I don’t usually feel pain. Every once in a while it will ache, but not to the point where I need to go to the hospital for it. It’s in my foot pretty deep, but if you look closely you can see it; a light grey circle underneath my skin just inches above my bone.
I was 6 years old and my brother was 11, it was a normal day in the Gomez family. My mom was at work and my dad was watching T.V. with our baby sister. My brother and I were irritating each other like always… then darkness. I remember we were sitting on the kitchen tile floor throwing stuff back and forth to each other occasionally looking at the T.V. in the other room. We were throwing balls, toys, erasers; just about anything that was in reach.
Then…..
I was sitting on one foot with my leg bent under me, and my other leg bent up with my right foot flat on the ground. The outside of my right foot was facing my brother. I was waiting for him to grab something to toss at me, so I decided to turn my head around at the T.V. where
my dad and sister were sitting on the couch playing. In a split second I heard my brother yell my name, it sounded urgent so I whipped my head around.
I saw my brothers face frozen in shock, not moving a muscle. His eyes were looking down at the floor in front of me. I quickly looked to see a sharp, pointed, princess covered pencil gliding towards me. It was just a few inches away now, I looked at the path of the pencil and where it was headed. My tiny, bare foot was in contact with this sharp, pointy pink pencil. Then absolute darkness…
I don’t remember anything after that. I know I didn’t go to the hospital because my mom reassured me that it wasn’t that serious, but for a 6 year old it was very serious. My brother never apologized, but I could tell by the look on his face that he was sorry. Even though it’s still imbedded in my foot, I don’t usually feel pain. Every once in a while it will ache, but not to the point where I need to go to the hospital for it. It’s in my foot pretty deep, but if you look closely you can see it; a light grey circle underneath my skin just inches above my bone.