Hurricane Wilma Narrative

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1. Driving to the Keys in a foggy morning. 2. Inside the house bathroom during hurricane Wilma. 3. Looking up to the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro 4. Sitting in front of a blank canvas in a Sunday afternoon. 5. Walking around China Town in San Francisco, CA 6. Reading for the third time one of my favorite books in an airplane going to Madrid 7. Learning to knit with my grandmother. 8. First visit to Natural History Museum in Washington DC. 9. Stuck in traffic for 5 hours in downtown Miami 10. My oldest kid first day of school. Inside the house bathroom during hurricane Wilma It was the week of my daughter’s birthday, when the winds of hurricane Wilma landed close to the area where we lived. My husband was in California, and I was alone

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