Personal Narrative: The Unconventional Friendship

The Unconventional Friendship 7 hours and 39 minutes, a lifetime away. Most people in Cary, North Carolina do not know the luxury of living in the same place for 15 years. Living in the same place for that long may not sound appealing to all people, but when you are surrounded by loving friends and family, good schools, and a great town, it can be a quite a special environment. I grew up in a small town slightly Southeast of Columbus, Ohio. I spent my years there getting a good education, while making strong friendships. I didn’t realize how good my life was at the time. My father had always wanted to live in North Carolina, so when he was accepted for a job here I immediately knew we had to move. In the beginning, there was excitement about

I knew I was going back to Ohio right before the start of school, so I remained hopeful. Little did I know that the end of that summer would also be the end of my happiness for a long time. Everyday seemed to get worse. My friends stayed in contact, but they were busy with school, so I refrained from bothering them constantly. School started out as not being too terrible, but within the first months I knew how bad things were going to be. The schools were significantly different from my previous ones. I was blessed to have had so many educational opportunities and good schooling in Ohio, so I couldn’t help the fact that I noticed how bad my new school system was. I tried to keep in mind that it could be much worse, but it seemed so horrible. I felt worse everyday. I had never experienced that kind of sadness and stress in my entire life. I used to be an extremely gifted student, but after moving I felt worthless. Everything about me had changed. I was physically and emotionally drained. I would sleep for fourteen hours at a time, and still look as if I hadn’t slept in weeks. The worst part about the situation was that none of my friends could even start to understand what I was feeling. I don’t blame them at all for this, because no one can truly realize what someone is going through until they go through it too. They tried,

We hadn’t been friends as long as my other friends and I had been, but we created a strong friendship in a short couple of years. She had also spent her whole life in Ohio, but her dad decided to move her and her mother out to Arizona with him during the spring of 2017. Maggie started out optimistic like I was, but soon realized how bad it was going to be. The situation was too familiar. I was able to relate to all of her problems, and we felt as if we were living the same life. I felt terrible that someone was going through what I went through, but it ended up being the best thing that has happened for both of us. We were able to create a support system for each other that no one else could have possibly done. Our other friends were able to better understand how rough of a time we were having, after seeing us both experience the same things. Someone was finally walking in my shoes, and it was the best remedy for my