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Personal Narrative: Get Ready For School

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I woke up bright and early to get ready for school. Ugh, why does school have to be so early, I thought as I looked at my alarm clock that read 6:45 a.m. I layed in bed until 7am. Then got ready for school. As my siblings, my mom, and I ate breakfast, I had realized that my mom didn’t make her daily phone call to my dad, who leaves the house every morning at 4:30. I began to wonder why she didn’t call him because she calls him every morning no matter what. I excused myself from the table and went to brush my teeth. Shortly after, my sister came into the bathroom and we talked about how strange it was that my mom didn’t call my dad. We were in denial and thought that our parents would never separate. As we made up more and more excuses, we …show more content…

It was fun, but I had always wished that we would go back to being one big happy family. Eventually I got exactly what I wished for. I wasn’t happy about my mom splitting up with her boyfriend, but I wasn’t complaining either. My parents really got back together when my dad had invited all of us to a vacation to virginia with his best friend. My parents always say that they don’t know how they got back together after those 6 months apart, but my siblings and I know that the exact reason is because of that wonderful vacation. From those 6 months in my life, I learned that not everyone or everything is perfect. People don’t always stay together, and families aren’t always complete. There isn’t always a mother or a father figure around to raise you and watch you grow old. Not everything in life is perfect. In Fact, nothing in life is perfect at all. Life can be so easy, or just as hard as it gets, but no matter what, it all depends on you. How you handle the situation, determines the outcome. How you spend your days, reflects on your future. It’s all up to you, to work hard and never stop until you’ve reached the end. The last moment where everything plays out and everything ends up being

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