Personal Narrative: The Decision That Changed My Life

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Register to read the introduction… Not me I chose Tyler, Tx and the stress of taking care of my mom, sister and helping with my 15 month old nephew. When you're nineteen years old and have all this responsibility to make money, go to school full time and still try to live a young adult life is unfortunate.How would you like it if one day your life got turned upside down by one decision you made, or you felt you were forced to make ? I had the difficult decision of coming to Tyler, Tx with my mom or going to Issaquah, WA with my dad. Having to chose between two parents and two different lives is a giant stress ball with no relief. Which life would you choose easy, but thousands of miles from family ,or work school and everything else but happiness ? …show more content…
I would live with my step mom, dad and three younger step brothers. I would go to school full time, and work a part time job if i wanted.I wouldn’t have to worry about whether or not the bills are getting paid or my family has food for the week like i do now. The stress free environment there would be a blessing. I could solely focus on school make friends, go and do as i please. i wouldn't have to worry about anything but school and of course myself. I always wonder and regret why I chose not to go but i chose this. I live with this everyday of my life and although it gets hard i deal with it, because life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Living in Washington would have been a challenging life, but i never choose the easy way out. Everything has its down points being that i would be away from watching my nephew grow every single day and his first birthday.I would have missed my mom's surgery and her life changing decision. I would of missed so much that it would have been an even bigger regret moving than

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