Narrative Essay

Personal Narrative

Significant Event in my Life

            It was the summer in between my fourth and fifth grade year, and I was not happy. I thought I had it all figured out and was only a couple of soccer goals and gold medals away from being one of the most popular girls in school;  I even had the cutest boy in school eyeing me. Then the big news, we were moving from our farm, to a house in town the worst possible torture a country girl like me could ask for.

It’ll be fun they said. “It’ll be a new start they said”. Well I had a completely different idea of what life in town would be like with neighbors only yards away and on all sides with no hills, no cows and, even worse, no horses. The only bright side, the YMCA was only two blocks away, and they had a new indoor pool with a new swim team where I could go and dazzle the new swimmers with my rad skills.

            I joined the swim team, the YMCA’s soccer team, and softball team, everything to stay busy that summer and try to make friends. I made one friend in particular who had a lasting impact on my life and changed my life forever and made me the person who I am today. Her name is Cassie Cron, and she lived right behind me across my one acre lawn, the city drainage ditch and then her yard. We were friends right from the start because she enjoyed all the things I did, and even better, was an only child, so her house was a welcome relief from my two younger brothers.

            Cassie had a lasting impact on my life mainly because she was a friend to me when others were not. We had so much in common; we both loved Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, video games, and four wheelers, as well as the two grandsons of the elderly couple across from her house who came down every summer. Soon after I moved there, we were inseparable and cussing like sailors. Cassie and I spent the whole summer swimming in her pool and racing boys on four wheelers and go-carts.

            Although Cassie taught me many bad things, like cussing, she taught me a lot of good things as well like how to stay true to myself and to be nice to other people while at the same time standing up for yourself; we looked after the nerds because we thought it was our job. I’ll never forget my first day of school at Seymour. I was terrified and gone were the days of staying up late watching Star Wars movies and getting up early to go ride four wheelers. I was in that period of time where I dressed more like a boy than a girl. I even wanted to be a boy, which was another side effect of Cassie, but it wasn’t that bad as everyone has went through those stages.

            I went into my home room and sat in my assigned sea. I was the first one to school and no one was there yet. The next person to come into the room was a little boy in a camo hoody with the hood up who small and very quiet and he looked sad. Well thanks to Cassie, had the nerve to talk to this kid who was depressed and had hardly any friends. Thanks to the confidence I gained from Cassie, I was able to become friends with another one of the most important people in my life, my childhood friend Tyler. We were friends long after Cassie and I stopped being so. Tyler and I did everything together and one day started going out for a short time even though we stuck to being friends.

            I guess what I am trying to say is that is that Cassie taught me so many things, and we were friends for a very long time. Never underestimate the power of a childhood friend, the power of Star Wars, and a fascination for the outside. Cassie has probably had the most impact on my life with the exception of my parents and Jesus. Cassie laid the ground basis for who I am today during the age when we are all vulnerable to what we watch and what we listen to. She taught me how to fight, to stand up for myself, and to put everything I have into whatever I am doing. She was truly wise for her years as she is only two years older than I am.

            I guess I have her parents to thank for raising someone as strong as Cassie, though Cassie and I had a falling out around my sophomore year when I learned you can’t be as brusque as her and still expect people to like you and believe that you do in fact like boys, and she stopped participating in sports. We still speak to each other every once and awhile and I run into her at Wal-Mart sometimes. But I owe who I am today to Cassie Cron as she basically made me who I am, and so far I have no complaints!