Personal Narrative: I Ll Be Upward

“We’ll be OK” he said. We promised each other. We said it often. It became our mantra. “We’ll be OK. We WILL be OK” but, would we? In the back of my mind I questioned it. I debated our ability to continue our relationship with so many miles between us. Five hundred thirty-seven miles, 8 hours and 5 minutes from his doorstep in La Crosse, Wisconsin to mine in Topeka, Kansas. All this travel time, all these miles did not even take into account pausing for essentials of life like food, gas, or even so much as a bathroom break or leg stretch. How would we be able to do it? Was it even possible or for that matter realistic? Were we even being reasonable to presume any relationship, much less our relationship could persevere and thrive with the distance and time my moving to another city and state was going to put us through. I struggled with my decision. I ran through different scenarios. How could I make this work to stay closer to him. To my home, my family and yet step away from some of the groups of people I had befriended but, were toxic to …show more content…
He, is Jordan. He is tall and thin, with the muscular build of a football and baseball player both of which he participated in at Coe College as well as high school, although I did not know him during his high school years. A transfer student from Coe College to University of Wisconsin - La Crosse for his major. in Recreation Therapy. We literally met at a stoplight while I was driving around with my friends. I lived in La Crosse and the girls and I were looking for something to do. He was a current student at Coe and had come up to my hometown with a group of his guy friends just driving around as well. We talked at a stop light and he and his friends followed my friends and me to a local restaurant. The rest, they say is history. We subsequently began dating. The distance to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa