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Essay About My Birthday

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It was now my 12th birthday and I was so excited because I was going to have a huge party at the Kosher Deli restaurant. I woke up early, got breakfast and took a shower, we would have to get to the restaurant early so that we could set everything up. Once in my dress, I went over my speech as my mother did my hair. I had worked on the speech all week so that I would get it just right. Earlier that week, my family and I had gone to a lot of stores to pick up flowers and dress clothes. Finding the right dress took a little longer than I thought, but getting the flowers were simple. Everyone had gone into the store and my mom and I went to the back to pick out the roses. I picked out the purple ones that were slightly opened. Afterward, we …show more content…

They had lots of foods from Israel. The store had candies, wines, kosher meats, and some things for the holidays like dreidels and Shabbos candles.
After a while, the guests started to show up and sit where they were told. My father took pictures of me with all the guests. Once everyone was there, people started making their speeches. At first, I was calm, but then It was my turn to make a speech. My speech talked about my "journey to adulthood" and my ideas of how to help the world once I finish my studies. I was so nervous, that during my speech my sister, who had also made a speech, had to come up twice to tell me to be louder! I was a little choked up after my parent's speech telling me how much they cared and how proud of me they were. Once I finished, the guests all applauded and I was very happy and only slightly nervous.
After I sat down people uncovered the food and we ate. After that, my Mother picked up a box with purple ribbon that she set next to the podium before the party. She hadn't told me what was inside, so I was eager to find out. She had told everyone that there was one thing left to do before cake, and that was to release the butterflies. We all went outside and we were each handed a small clear envelope with two butterflies in it. Everyone ripped open their envelope and the butterflies came out. Some butterflies hung out on the porch table for a little while. Soon, all of them took off for the flower

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