Reflective Essay: The Story Of Savannah's Wheelchairs

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It was fall and Savannah had just started a new year at Mrs.May’s boarding school for girls, she had been going to this school for 3 years. She had one friend, and her name was Flow. Savannah knew she didn’t have many friends because she was in a wheelchair, but being in a wheelchair didn’t mean she was stupid, or weird. Savannah was nice and looked like all the other girls, she had wavy blonde hair pulled up in a pony tail and big green eyes. Another thing Savannah knew was Violet did not like her and did not want anyone to be friends with her. Violet had long brown hair with strips of purple dyed in her hair, she had a big gang of followers that all called Savannah names and made sure nobody talked to her. Flow was the only one who had ever …show more content…
She decided she didn’t have enough time to get out of the chair and push it so she started wheeling her way down the path as fast as she could.
She managed to get the wheelchair back into Savannah’s room without anybody noticing her. She went to bed her heart still beating very very fast.
The next morning as Violet woke up, she realized her hands felt like they were burning. She looked down her hands were covered in blisters. She also looked at her feet they were bruised and had scratches all over them. That’s when it hit her, she was mean. This hit her very hard. She was so so mean, being in a wheelchair was hard enough. Her friends were mean to, why had they been so mean she thought to herself.
Violet walked down the hallway to the cafeteria for breakfast and to talk to Savannah. She saw savannah sitting alone, while Flow was getting they’re breakfast’s. Violet walked over and began talking “Listen… um I know I um haven’t been very nice…” She started hesitantly “ I know that being in a wheelchair is hard enough without me bugging you.” by this time Flow was back. Flow leaned into hear what was going on. Violet kept talking “I just wanted to let you know that I’m sorry for everything I have done and if you guys want to come sit with me anytime you

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