Personal Narrative: A Moment Like This Essay

A Moment Like This

Our mind will remember certain events throughout our lives. These events can either be good or bad moments. Your mind will remember these memories because it was either a very fun or relaxing point in time or a very sad part that changed it all. The reason we remember certain memories is because those certain events made us feel emotion. These emotions could be mad, sad, happy, and even a feeling of embarrassment. For example, everybody remembers a time when they were hardly criticized or when they were having a good time with their buddies. Many people don’t like a certain memory coming up because this memory hurt them and will make them relive that moment again, but sometimes a good memory can make you smile. In a memoir written by N. Scott Momaday called The Way to Rainy Mountain, he remembers a fair amount of great memories that his grandmother told him. He remembers the good times when his grandmother named Aho used to tell …show more content…
In this case, I would like to go back to my childhood dog. I remember this memory very distinctly because of the fact that this was my very first dog. I was always happy to be able to play with someone when I was alone or sad. Fun began as soon as I first laid my eyes on her. We decided to call her Lady because my parents allowed me to choose her name. Everyday, when I arrived home from school, I would finish up all of my homework and get right to playing with her. Unfortunately, this all came to an end when we were forced to put her down by the vet. This is the other side that I remember of Lady. This event changed my life, I was very sad and had nothing to look forward to when I arrived home from school. The thing about memories is you only remember the good moments and the bad moments. Nothing in between is stored in your mind. Any feeling of distress or joy will make an impact and you will remember these moments for the rest of your