Personal Narrative: Life Is Just Like That Too

On a saturday morning I was on a drive with my parents. We drove through Connecticut and made our way into New York. Rain drizzled down on to the dry soil and the dry roads we were on. Looking at the trees and noticing how the rain was hitting the trees so gracefully, I had a epiphany. Just sitting there in the back seat with my parents in the front and my brother next to me I spoke to my father, “It’s interesting how depending on what you are focused on, what you see changes.” To the ten year old me he responded, “Life is just like that too, depending on your perspective, what you see changes completely.” We drove on into the forest where the rain had refused to stop. Even though few years have passed since this seemingly non important chat with my father, when I’m in a car during a rainstorm I 'm remind of the words he spoke to me. Back then, …show more content…
Being two years older than me, our age difference was small enough for us to be close, but the difference was also great enough for her to have dominance over me. Whenever I needed help with schoolwork she would be the first for me to approach. To me, she was the greatest tutor one could ask for. Although she was very kind, if I were to do something wrong, she would reprimand me more than anyone else. Unlike school, at home she explained in detail on what something is and why something is the way it is. Thanks to her help in my middle school years, my foundation for subjects like history and sciences were able to help me achieve high grades later in high school. Her strict rules taught me to be a better person, ranging from simple table rules to personal interactions. She was also my mentor in terms of sports. She encouraged me when I wanted to quit, and told me that I will never get better if I quit every time something gets difficult. With her encouragement, I kept on attending taekwondo, and by the time I was 14 I got my second degree black