A Mountainous Change
How would you define a life changing experience? Every person has one, but what characteristics make one simple event into something so drastically important? There are no limits as to what could be a person's life changing moment. Traveling the world could change a person's life, but so could reading a book. For me, I neither read a book nor traveled the world; I simply moved. When I was seven years old my parents decided spontaneously to move away from our home in Toronto, to Calgary, Alberta. You could say this drastic change taught me a lot about life.
It all started one December evening when my parents came up to me and my sister’s room for a little chat. They began by explaining that we were moving to Alberta. I thought it was a prank at first, I mean it couldn't be true, could it? That was miles away, far from all my family and friends. There was no way they were serious about leaving everyone behind. However, the more they explained the details, the sooner I began to realize that this indeed was not a joke. …show more content…
I was excited! I mean how could I not be? I was moving to Alberta, a place where you could see the gorgeous Rocky Mountains from your backyard, smell crisp pine air the moment you wake up. Moving to Alberta would be a drastic change from Toronto, the busiest city in Canada. I was used to having everything I needed within 5 minutes of walking distance, but that would change the moment I moved. On the other hand, I was devastated. I was adapted to Toronto and everything that came with it. Not to mention I wouldn't see my friends ever again, or that I would only see my family once a year, if at
How would you define a life changing experience? Every person has one, but what characteristics make one simple event into something so drastically important? There are no limits as to what could be a person's life changing moment. Traveling the world could change a person's life, but so could reading a book. For me, I neither read a book nor traveled the world; I simply moved. When I was seven years old my parents decided spontaneously to move away from our home in Toronto, to Calgary, Alberta. You could say this drastic change taught me a lot about life.
It all started one December evening when my parents came up to me and my sister’s room for a little chat. They began by explaining that we were moving to Alberta. I thought it was a prank at first, I mean it couldn't be true, could it? That was miles away, far from all my family and friends. There was no way they were serious about leaving everyone behind. However, the more they explained the details, the sooner I began to realize that this indeed was not a joke. …show more content…
I was excited! I mean how could I not be? I was moving to Alberta, a place where you could see the gorgeous Rocky Mountains from your backyard, smell crisp pine air the moment you wake up. Moving to Alberta would be a drastic change from Toronto, the busiest city in Canada. I was used to having everything I needed within 5 minutes of walking distance, but that would change the moment I moved. On the other hand, I was devastated. I was adapted to Toronto and everything that came with it. Not to mention I wouldn't see my friends ever again, or that I would only see my family once a year, if at