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Geonel Molina

Professor Smith

ENG 101

February 17, 2019

The Most Important Day in my Life

Our life is unpredictable and surprising, you never know what will happen next. We

can’t predict what will happen to us and what the outcome of our future will be. Time flies

so fast, I remember being a kid who was very immature, reckless and not taking life

seriously. It’s hard to tell exactly when or what is the most important day in my life; after

all the reminiscing, I realized that it was the day I met my wife.

I was in the U.S Army and doing missions in Iraq. I remember I would think about

my future wife and what she would look like, and how many kids will I have with her, what

my future is and when will I get married? Those were the thoughts that kept running

through my head during the quiet nights in Baghdad. I would always tell my friends that I

see myself with a hot banging Filipina nurse, that can heal my cold broken heart, and we

would all laugh to it.

Before I met my wife, my life was like a roller coaster ride and even dropped out of

high school. I was hanging around with negative influential crowd that lured me into doing

bad habits. I had my first tattoo, smoked, drinks and partying when I was just the age of 16.

I didn’t care what I did nor what people said to me. I was reckless and from there, my life

went downhill. I was out of control, so my parents sent me back to the Philippines to obtain
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my H.S diploma. After that, I came back to the U.S and decided to join the U.S Army looking

for new fresh start, but I was still that reckless immature kid.

It was the summer of 2016 when I was station in Fort Riley Kansas when my friend

Darren from the Philippines messaged me on Facebook. “May papakilala ako sa’yong babae,

registered nurse and maganda” (“Im going to introduce you this beautiful RN girl”) he said,

and I replied with, “just the way I like it man. Thanks”. Without hesitating, I added her and

messaged her “Hello, good morning beautiful”. I didn’t get an answer for a couple of days,

so I became anxious and asked myself “Am I that ugly?”. Since I was very eager to know her,

I kept pressing the poke button on Facebook, annoying of me, but hey it worked. She

noticed my message and replied, “Do I know you?” like I was a creep or something. I

answered back by introducing myself and saying that I’m a U.S soldier, because I thought it

was a turn on for girls, soldiers serving their country. “I’m just a regular person, living life

to the fullest and is searching for my soulmate.” I said, and she laughed so hard and from

there we clicked. That’s when I knew I sealed the deal!

That year we were in a long-distance relationship, but I decided to fly to the

Philippines to see my future wife. After spending 3 weeks with her I finally asked for her

hand in marriage, but before she said “yes” she told me, “please stop your bad habits, learn

to respect your family and mine, and most of all be mature. Be the funny guy that got me to

message you back in the beginning.” I filed for her fiancée visa and waited nine long months

for her to get here in New York. We got married, and from there I knew I had to step up; be

more responsible, mature and take life more seriously in order to better our future. Now, I

am veteran, having a certificate in Professional Culinary Arts and currently a college

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student majoring in Biotechnology. Who would have thought, a wannabe gangster kid is

now living the best time of his life with his wife full of possibilities.

From my past experiences, I came to realize that meeting my wife was the most

important day of my life my life because from that day on, she taught me that there’s more

to myself than just this immature kid with no direction in life. She made me the person I am

today with full of compassion and a sense of direction in life.

I never really excelled in school but now, I would get good grades than what I

expected. My wife never failed to encourage me to better myself and reach my full

potential. Overall, I can say that I am content to what I have become as a man and a

husband to my wife, and hopefully a striving father for my future children.