Personal Narrative: Just Another Statistic

Just Another Statistic

We had just graduated, I was 18 and she was 17. Life felt great, we didn’t have much just a simple kind of love and a special bond. In our last year of High School we found out what we were going to be doing for the rest of our lives and how we were gonna work it out. We had clear what we wanted and how we were gonna work it out. Now that the time has come we are ready to start a new chapter in our lives, but we have no idea where to begin and it all seems impossible. Despite all odds, were determined that we will persevere and stick together no matter what happens these next four years. All we know is she is heading north to Chico State to pursue her dream of having a career in criminal justice and I’m headed south …show more content…
The past year being separated by soccer and only seeing each other two days a week really brought us closer together and it gave us a little taste of what life was going to be like in the next four years after high school. We had a big talk wrote down our plans and made a promise to each other that we would be true to our promise and our plans. As a hopeful and excited teenage couple we didn’t really see the whole picture all we saw was the pretty parts of our situation and the only sacrifice was going to be that we would not be able to see each other as often as we would like to. The first year was really tough, there were lots of tears and emotions but we thought we were really gonna work it out. We were ready to prove to the world that long distance relationships do work out. All it takes is commitment, sacrifice and dedication. Everything was working perfectly and one day after practice on our third year she calls me and says “I don’t think we are gonna make it.” She explained her reasons and I was left in shock, like an idiot I acted based off my emotions. I was so in love and focused on this girl that I made the decision that would give my life a 360 degree