Tyler's Memoir

== = An Angel is Born = = = I could feel the cool, gentle breeze brush against my face. All the stars were gleaming in the night sky because they, too, knew what miracle of the world had happened. My dad and I slowly trotted our way to the front desk. The sound of our feet tapping on the smooth cold floor echoed in a harmony of chimes around the lime green marbled room. I could hear the majestic water trickle down into a pool. “Room 387, second floor in the children's section,” said the lady in a peaceful, mellow tone. We began walking down a long, narrow hallway. When we first started for the room I had a sense of concern, I was not sure how to handle having an Angelman syndrome brother. Never being able to talk with him or truly being able to spend time with him. We stopped for a moment and I played a motion sensor harp and even though the discordant, uneven sound echoed in the room my dad still listened. The moon light dazzled into the dim lighted room. We began heading towards the elevator, not knowing what was about to come. At the time I didn't even know that this would be the true start of my life. We got out of the elevator and looked around the endless rows of doors, looking at the different numbers and then we found it, a door labeled 387. We walked in and I knew at that moment a true Angel had been born. I looked at my brother gleaming, crystal clear eyes and I could feel all the worry and doubt leave my body and you were filled with love and hope. This day was the start of a new era and this was a day that will truly never leave my mind.

= Douglass fir Mayhem = = = = = The cold, numb feeling of my hands and feet was unbearable. I begged my parents to hurry up, luckily my parents took their time or I would have missed the events to come.What looked like another average Christmas tree getting netted and ready to go on a roof of a car was not as it seemed. As I listened to the prickly sharp leaves of the pine tree clatter against the wall of the netting capsule. I suddenly hear a stop. At first I thought the tree was pulled through when suddenly I see the tree stuck in the capsule. Two men placing their feet against the outside of the capsule looking as if they were in mid air savagely trying to the tree free of the capsule. I could hear their heavy breathing and grunting echo into the pine forest. They sadly failed in trying to pull this bulgy, thick tree out of the capsule. They tried once more with the help from a man pushing on one side while the others pulled. Once again you could hear their countless grunting and heavy breathing, however now a playful band of laughter also joins the choirs of sounds. Still no luck in realising this feisty tree. The men asked the family in a calm tone if they can the tree out. However the family could not bear the sight of their beloved tree perishing and begged for them to try again. Now with four men pulling and two men pushing they try again. The tree begins to budge, but does not appear close to coming out. Suddenly, a whoosh of air rings by as a darkened figure leaps in the air and pushes the tree out with ravaging bang. The clatter of the tree branches filled the air along with the sound of cheering and applause. Not knowing at the time however throughout this event, I had not noticed the cold numb feeling of my hands and feet were gone, and if it was not for my parents I would have never have experienced this event.