Personal Narrative-A Twisted Perception

A Twisted Perception As I came home from church, I climbed in bed to rest my sore body from a strenuous two weeks of band camp. I reminisced on the countless moments of elation that it brought me. It was the first activity I participated in to commence my senior year of high school. I envisaged that this would finally be my year! Unexpectedly, my mother’s voice interrupted my thoughts. “Shannon!” exclaimed my mother. The intensity of her voice made me unsettled, so I bounced out of bed and walked towards the other end of our house to her room. Quietly, I walked over to the side of the bed where she was relaxing. She glanced up at me and sneezed. I presumed her allergies had once again renewed, and I confirmed my assumption as she proceeded to tell me why she called me to her room. “I need you to run to the store for me,” she said softly. “These allergies are trying to turn into something more and I don’t need that. The list is on the nightstand.” I grabbed …show more content…
Promptly, I questioned why the car was still passing me, only to realize I could see the truck but they could not. My body stiffened with clenched fists grasping the steering wheel, braving myself for the imminent catastrophe I was set out for. Abruptly, the passing car swerved uncontrollably, leading me to realize the driver noticed the truck a few yards ahead. Without more than a second to respond and to avoid the car from striking mine, I jolted the steering wheel to the right ramming into a deep roadside watercourse. Consequently, my right arm struck the middle console while the rest of my body sprung towards the dashboard. After the car impacted a cemented fixture, the car jumped and landed in my neighbor’s driveway two houses down. I slammed on the breaks and hurriedly put the car in park, anxiously wondering if the accident was