Personal Narrative: A Time To Ski

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A Time To Ski One warm, sunny summer day, my family and I went to Tennessee. When we arrived in Tennessee, we went straight to the lake and got our boat. Our boat is a Mastercraft speedboat, it pulls many skiers and tubers on it. When we got in the boat, we went out on the lake. The lake was very dark blue in color and it was sparkling and shimmering with little tiny waves. When we got far enough out in the lake, my mom decided that she was going to ski. My mom is a very good skier, and I admire her for it. While she was in the water putting on her skies, I was in the boat ready to watch her. My mom was ready to ski, then she yelled,“In gear!”
I got super excited. Then she screamed, ”Hit it!”
I was ready to watch her ski. She held the rope handle and the boat pulled my mom up onto the water, I was very intrigued. Considering I was only 5 at the time and everything my mom did amazed me. As she was skiing, I thought to myself that maybe, just maybe, I could learn to ski just like her.
Once she was done skiing I told her, “Mom, can I learn to ski today?” She replied, “Yes, of course you can, but we will have to take you to an island on the lake that you can start skiing off of.” She also told me,”You know, that when you start to learn how to ski, you have to ski off of an island then, the real challenge is getting up from the water.” I was in …show more content…

I was ecstatic. I was very proud of myself and knew the fear in me disappeared. I couldn’t believe it; I was skiing! I enjoyed every second of it. I also knew that skiing was a lot of hard work. Then, I felt my hands get tired. I started to panic because I had never skied and I didn’t know what to do when I was done. So, I looked over at my dad in the boat and he showed me how to make the “cut” signal. I did as he showed me and as the boat was slowing down, I began to sink. I let go of the rope handle, and I was very proud of

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