Personal Narrative: My Life Before Bourbon

Over the course of the last four years, my life has experienced some pretty drastic changes. I know that everyone is bound to make little changes here and there over the course of four years. However, with the exception of a very few things, my life is the polar opposite of the way that it used to be, thanks to my son, Bourbon. I knew things would be different, but I had no idea just how different, and although he was not planned, I truly believe that God’s timing was perfect. Life before Bourbon was filled with selfishness to say the least. I had no job or even the slightest sense of responsibility. My parents had always spoiled me, giving me everything I ever wanted or needed, paying all my bills and giving me money I whenever asked for it. In fact, the only time I spent at home was normally when I was asking for something. I spent most of time is bars, at parties or shopping, devoting most of my time to what I thought were my friends. My life revolved around me and what everyone else around me was doing. …show more content…
At this point in my life, everything I do is for Bourbon. I go to work in order to show him the importance of being independent, I am working so hard to get my degree to show him that you can do anything with hard work, perseverance and patience, and every time I go in a store I find myself no longer looking at things for me but shopping around for things for him. He taught me that his life is more important than the irrelevant things that I used to hold so