Personal Narrative: Turbulence In My Life

"Turbulence is a life force. Let 's love turbulence and use it for change." (Anonymous) When I first came upon this quote it kind of made me rethink a lot of my past experiences and how I handled them and what good it did for me in the end. Lots of people go through "rocky roads" in their lives, whether they 're depressed, a rebellious teenager, or have something in their life that sets them up for some kind of "turbulence." Usually that "turbulence" in your life makes you realize you need to change something about your lifestyle, or maybe it 's something you can 't control, but have to learn to accept. Life is full of ups and downs, and those downs, hopefully make you a stronger person in the end and you can hopefully change for the better …show more content…
2 years went by after my mom 's death before my dad decided to get remarried to one of his ex high school crushes. For awhile it was really hard for my sister to accept her into our lives as our "step-mom" and we were really disrespectful at first and it was just a bad situation from the start, but we 're still living with it to this day. I had to learn to just go with the flow for a while and just wait around to see the outcome of this disaster. The worst part about this situation wasn 't that they got married, it was that my dad NEVER once asked my sister and I our opinions or concerns about this marriage. But on the bright side, things are a lot better now because almost everyone is happy with everything now. "Every bad thing turns into a good thing in the end...It 's a matter of patience.. just wait for the right moment.." (Anonymous) I could have just sat around and been a problem in my family, but I chose to be the bigger person and accept what was happening in my life and it 's made me a better person to this