It was August 10th 2001. I will never forget watching the police kicking my family and I out of our house. Our neighborhood pulling out lawn chairs just to get a good look at what was happening. I'll never forget the feeling I had in my stomach, knots mixed with butterflies with the feeling I was going to be sick. My brother stared in awe as with everyone else. My brother and I had no idea what was going on, we were just so confused. The police decided to raid our house looking for cash, drugs, and weapons. My parents were into the whole making cable boxes business. A company that we sold some boxes to decided to sale them to a person who used them illegally. The cops found the people who were using them illegally then traced the box back to my parents. The business who used the boxes illegally had cash, drugs, and weapons all over the place, the cops just assumed our house would too. It's a life changing experience when you are kicked out of your house by the police while everyone watches confused. In the end the police didn't find anything in our house. But things will never be the same.
My boyfriend and I had always had our differences and our little fights, hey we were 3 years into our relationship . We had always been close but something always seemed to be in the way of us being closer. In the past I had always had a wall up, I don't like being hurt. So to me it seemed like I was keeping a distance from him to save myself. Then one December night I decided to let his mom give me a hair cut thinking nothing of it. His mom then got a phone call that would change my boyfriend and I's relationship forever. His father had just died. My boyfriend was at swim practice so I found out before he even had a clue. Sitting there in shock I couldn't get the thoughts of what would happen next out of my mind. His mother went and got him from practice as I waiting in their house. When he got home he immediately ran to me and started crying. I didn't konw what to do. I had never experienced someone who needed me to be there for them like this. From that moment on nothing got in the way of us again, I learned that you can't have a wall up all the time you need to let it down when the time is right. When his dad died everything changed, including me. I have learned that when someone needs you, you need to be there for them instead of running away.
5 years ago My family and I took a trip to New York. It was a hectic flight and my brother lost his luggage but it's a trip I'll never forget. When we arrived at that wonderful city it was around 11pm. The city was beautiful, all the lights and people. Even the smell to me was beautiful. The horns of the taxis going from one place to another was like heaven to my ears. The morning after we visited to library, it was amazing. We walked around all New York city, my eyes popping out of my head. When we went to Time Square that night I knew I had to live here. That trip made me realize what I was missing out on in life. Minnesota is just a little to boring for me, I cannot wait to turn 18 and be done with high school so I can finally follow my dreams.
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In response to your second story, death is hard to overcome. I have had several people close to me die. I have had an unlucky share of death that no one person should have to endure. The most difficult to understand is when the physical being of a person lives and walks the earth but the soul had died and gone away. I feel your pain and sorrow. It is alway had to hear about those that have had death knock at their door.
ReplyDeleteI can defiantly relate to your trip to New York. I also would like to move to New York but I think only for a year because I love Minnesota and my family but it would be amazing to live there.
ReplyDeleteOpening up to someone is difficult for a lot of people. And for many, it takes more than that, even, to do it! My best friend of four years still doesn't tell me everything, she still hides so much from me. You know, she trusts me, but she doesn't tell me things. Kyle and I are trying to change that, but it'll take a while yet. At least another few years, because she doesn't want to change. That's the kicker. You have to WANT change, and admit that you DO have a wall up.
ReplyDeleteGrade: 5.5/10
ReplyDeleteMistakes:
• In several cases you connect sentences by a comma rather than have them stand on their own. Either break them into two sentences or connect with a semicolon. Example: In the past I had always had a wall up, I don't like being hurt.
• Spell out numbers under 10: three, five
• Date in AP Style is Aug. 10, 2001
• Proper name is New York City
• Misspelled word: know