Personal Narrative: A New Life By Nicholas Sparks

They say it was the calmest night they had felt in ages, but I did not notice. Every time she was around I felt a constant fire burning inside of me I couldn’t put out. Until that night, the night the fire died, and I have never felt it again. It seemed as if it was like a Nicholas Sparks movie, but this ending is all too far from being happy. This ending is not the beginning of a new life, and it is not a miracle. This ending, is just that. An ending.

It was a cold December night, and the love of my life, Issi, was in the passenger seat singing along to her favorite song. The roads were icy, and I could tell she was scared, but she knew she could trust me. We had just had the most wonderful two year anniversary dinner, and we were on our way to her house. As soon as we turned the corner, and she sang her favorite line, “I hope my kids will visit once or twice a month,” the car slid. The roads soon became our biggest enemies, and the song dwindled into the background. Neither of us made a noise, and all I could hear was her heart speeding up to its limits.

Just like that, Issi was gone. I couldn 't hear her heart anymore, in fact, I …show more content…
It was the biggest contradiction I have ever known to be true. The saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you 're going to get,” is a quote I have seemed to find meaning in. That night still lays in the back of my mind, and the nostalgia is still very present. I guess sometimes bad things happen to good people. Sometimes bad and scary experiences make you realize that life is all too short, and to not take anything for granted. To live to your full ability, even when it feels impossible, even when it feels so unfair that you have to keep going like this didn’t happen. Well, life isn’t fair to anyone, and that is what makes it fair to all of us. Although this is true, I haven’t driven