Personal Narrative: Memories Of A Lifetime

Memories of a Lifetime
All it took was five seconds. Five short seconds to watch my life flash before my eyes. As I saw that teen lying on that stretcher, that eventually turned into her deathbed, my own life flashed before my eyes. As the nurse opened the door to take the medications needed I saw one of the most gruesome scenes in my entire life. A teen laying on a stretcher hanging on to her life with all the strength she had. She had just been in a head on collision while she was driving to school. Everyone says your life flashes before your eyes when you have a near death experience. I don’t believe that. In five short seconds, from the time the door opened until it closed in my face, I must’ve remembered hundreds of things that I had experienced growing up. I couldn’t think of anything more but my family.
I remembered always wanting to play softball with one of my …show more content…
Oh, the crazy memories that crossed my mind at this moment, but one stood out more to me. I am the youngest of four girls; therefore I was always tagging along with them. I remembered having to get three drunk girls out of chilies as they yelled to the bartender “I’ll have one of you on a plate…. Naked!” But that was not my biggest challenge yet. The challenge was always having to get them in the house without my parents waking up and noticing how intoxicated they were. It was never, and continues to never be, a dull moment when the four of us get together. Even though I saved their butts many times my sisters are my best friend. They taught me to always defend myself and to never let anyone put me down. That no matter what they would always be there and would always stick together no matter what the situation was. I couldn’t have a stronger bond with anyone like the one I have with all three of them. I would definitely be pretty lost without them. Although I hold most of my memories about my parents and sisters, I also hold some of my most treasured memories I have with my