Narrative Essay About Moving Essay

Moving is difficult; everything is new and everyone is a stranger. I had moved six times in the past five years, but none impacted my life as much as moving to Kentucky did. My parents, approximately one year, after my freshman year at high school, before coming to a conclusion, planned to move elsewhere; working two jobs, twelve hours a day, was miserable, and their incomes were fully spent on mortgage, electricity, medical and vehicle insurance, and vehicle maintenance; my mother was studying, striving to become a nurse, and my father working to pay for her education. Living in Virginia, for over five years, and working every single day in those five years was not how they wanted to live; mortgage, along with electricity, and vehicle maintenance …show more content…
I was spoiled to say the least; my parents would be gone, to work, from dawn to dusk, and I would be home alone after school everyday, and I often went to bed before either of them arrived home. There were little to no instances where I could build my relationship with my them; no time to share an activity, conversation, or a meal together. To me, it did not matter, but to them, it did. They would only see me once every now and then but never for over five to ten minutes even when they were free; I often left for my friend's house to play video games, never realizing how important their rare, free moments were. They repetitively asked me to think about their decision throughout my sophomore high school year, but I rarely did because I rarely saw them at home and shrugged their proposal off as if it did not matter. However, during the summer, after my sophomore year, my parents, without my consent because they knew I would once again refuse, packed up all assets and prepared to move. Without any option but to accept the inevitable, I followed as I did not want to be left