Personal Narrative: Putting Your Loved Ones In Pain

Putting your loved ones in danger is one of the most selfish and terrifying things that you can do. Whether intentional or not, it is still a scary situation for yourself and the person who could potentially be harmed. If harm is inflicted, the feeling of guilt is inevitable. That gut-wrenching feeling is stuck inside of you, even when everyone tells you that it will be okay. I experienced this about 6 years ago when I was in fourth grade. My youngest brother, Owen, was born when I was in third grade. From the very second I met him, I could tell that he was going to be a high maintenance child. He was always extremely hyper and curious, never a good combination. He wanted to know everything about everything and that often got him into quite a bit of trouble. Sometimes it was just harmless trouble, but other times he ended up with a scraped knee or couple bruises. I will never forget one time in particular when Owen got himself into some serious trouble, and it was partly my fault. One Saturday afternoon, my family was lounging around watching A Series of Unfortunate Events and cleaning the house while I was painting my nails. I remember sitting in a big recliner chair with the open nail polish remover bottle sitting on a …show more content…
The next thing I knew, Owen was choking, my mom was yelling at me, and everyone was freaking out. He had tipped the bottle over while trying to see what it was and ended up drinking a good amount of the nail polish remover. If you have ever smelled nail polish remover, you know that it is something you do not want to put into your mouth, let alone get a huge gulp of. The first thing that went through my mind was “Oh my gosh I killed Owen.” Even though I had no idea what the effects of consuming nail polish remover were, I convinced myself that Owen was going to die and it was all my