Personal Narrative: I Am Grateful For Insulin

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First, I am thankful for Insulin. I am thankful for insulin because 4 years ago on my brothers 18th birthday i found out that my body didn't make it anymore. Insulin is great because it keeps you alive and steadies out your blood sugars.
Secondly, I am thankful for Friends. My friends are great because they are just as weird as i am and they accept that. We all have our different quirks about us so that is why we are such great friends. There was this one time we were driving down spook rode in Brandon and we put a doughnut on the antenna of the car. We did this because we heard that if you did that the “ghosts” are supposed to take it off the car. Oddly enough we were on the road going faster than we should have then slammed the brakes on

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