Personal Narrative Essay About Car Rides

Car rides can kill. Car rides can kill people, happiness, and fences. I learned they could kill fences the hard way-I watched my best friend demolish one with a tan minivan in the middle of nowhere the day we were scheduled to drive across three states to get home. Next to no apology was given by Emma, the guilty driver, to the owners of the poor fence. This was one of many eventful car rides that took place between Illinois and Colorado this summer. “You know, the sunset is a lot prettier here than it is in Illinois. I promise you that the skies are ten times more colorful,” said my mom, glancing back at me from the admittedly magnificent sky and raising her eyebrows. “Just saying.” I responded, “Maybe, but you know what they have …show more content…
My parents discussed moving to Colorado every time we left, and it had always worn off by the second week home. I knew it would this time too, even though they were getting increasingly excited about the schools near Denver and discussing what renovations they could make for the house we just bought to be worth more. Slowly but surely, the prediction that the love for Colorado would pass was proved wrong. Suddenly, our floors were done, the house was getting fixed more every weekend, and my parents were asking around for potential buyers. One day, I got a slap in the face when I realized they really weren’t joking. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment I found out we were definitely moving, but I do remember a specific car ride with my mom. She was going on about the weather and view and greatness of the state of Colorado, and it clicked that everything was real. It was like a crushing blow to me, with the air going out of my lungs, my brain unable to process any of it. I wasn’t going to be able to change anything. I would leave my friends. My boyfriend. My dad and stepmom. To some, this may not even seem like a big deal-those with more time in the world usually put small things like friends and people into the divisions that their brains label non issues, because we meet new people all the time. To me, though, this was the biggest deal in the world.