Personal Narrative-I Believe In Not Giving Up

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I believe in not giving up
During this century I heard so many stories of people giving up. I use to believe that.. People always tell me ‘no its cuz you don’t understand’.
No I do understand! They don’t know that there are way worse situations than they have and they're still fighting to get to the top. I was one of them. When I was around the age of 7 I had an accident. I must admit it was a really dumb way to get hurt. Well it didn’t hurt but it did scare me since I couldn’t walk. It all started on a trampoline and as always we jump up and down without no worry. And since I didn’t think before I act somehow I ended up with my knee dislocated. It stood out so badly that it looked like it was going to rip my skin. My dad thought I was over
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I practiced day and night to walk better again but my efforts went to waste. The next day When I came back to school everyone looked at me in a weird way. All because of how I walked. Even during P.E. I had troubles running, which , not to brag but was a very fast runner. You could say I was the 3rd fastest in the class but now I’m in last.
One day I was running out of hope and people never noticed me. Well it was never different because apparently I have an R.B.F. and I was unapproachable. I wouldn’t blame them because people with R.B.F’s look all stuck up and look like jerks.
The second summer came and we all went to Mexico once more to visit my grandma and my great grandma. We met new friends during many parties which i’m guilty of. But something caught my attention. It was a boy, he looked around 15 years old at the time. He was crimpled but he seemed not to care, he just enjoyed the party. I couldn't keep my eyes off him I didn’t know why. Later that night I kept thinking. Minute after minute I came to realize that it was never the end for me so I stood up and started to run in the backyard. All day I was practicing and because of that practice I became better at walking and running. Sure I look weird running but that didn’t stop me from

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