Personal Narrative: I Leave The Amish

“Tell me more about english life,” I pled. As we sat by the river, my friend Levi began to tell me about the amazing restaurants, movies, and the exciting English life of the twenty-first century. I was mostly intrigued by the clothing and fashion that did not exist at all in my town. I longed to leave the Amish community. The more I learned more about what I was missing, the more I realized I had to escape this dreadful town of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
I am the daughter of John Beiler, one of the districts preachers and my mother Miriam. There are seven kids in our family Jedidiah, Eliza, me, Isaac, Rebecca, Louisa, and Irene. People think we are the quintessential Amish family, but I'm sure everyone else, like me, has their rebellious secrets. They all have dark hair and dark eyes, and I, of course, am the odd one …show more content…
He is a 31 year old farmer and is very nice but incredibly boring. Before I met Levi, I made the decision to be baptized in the Amish community last year. I'm getting old, and I knew I would have to get married soon because my old order Amish parents were pressuring me. When Philip asked me if I wanted to court him I said yes because I felt it was the right thing to do.
“You should be getting home about now,” said Levi. “Your family will be waking up”.
I thanked him and began running home. Levi is so wonderful and interesting. He is our milk delivery boy, and is always around the neighborhood. I have been meeting up with him early in most mornings to dream about English life. He is the only person who knows my secret wish to leave the amish. He is also a big secret; I could not have anyone find out I was spending time with another man. We are just friends but I feel guilty because I might like him more than Philip. Being with Philip would be the easy choice. We could have the life and Amish family that I am supposed to have, but I am inexplainably drawn to