bullying

bullying

Many think that Christmas is about getting, flaunting them everywhere they go. I did too at one Christmas a year ago. So, thirteen year old me got up Christmas morning and opened my gifts I got scarves, gloves , some pretty outfits. I opened my last few gifts. As I opened them I just knew they had to be shoes I opened the first one, no shoes,second ones, no shoes, third I just knew it had to be shoes.When I quickly got that last gift open, they were not what I hoped for. As I faked my excitement I could not hold in the tears. So, I ran up stairs so quickly I proceeded to burst into tears and bawl. Later I came out of my room still feeling down but not to where I did not wanna have fun on Christmas Day. But when I got out of my room my mom could tell I had been crying. So she asked me what was wrong. I couldn’t lie to her, so I said that I wanted these other shoes that are so popular everybody has them, but I didn’t get them so im upset. She then proceeded to tell me something that made me more wise today. She told me that she went went out of town trying to get me the shoes I wanted but nobody had them they were all out. She told me how ungrateful I was acting. Tears started running down her face as she ran into her room and slammed the door. The guilt I felt was just terrible. I realized that Christmas is not about getting the gifts, its about giving and being happy. I didn’t need anything for Christmas. I just needed love and compassion. Its not ok to be ungrateful if someone is bending over backwards for you. I’m so glad she told me what she had told me cause I didn’t feel like was wrong. I never knew how much my mom goes through for me and my siblings. Actually, Christmas isn’t really a holiday, family is always suppesed to care about eachother ,give things to eachother and love eachother. Family is always supposed to get together and just love, live, and laugh. I’m just grateful for caring and loving parents. Without caring parents , I would not have...

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