Personal Essay about Moving

             I can still remember that day. If you asked me, I thought the world was coming to a blazing end. Well, at least my world. It was a very humid and hot summer afternoon. Unusually warm for New England, it was the type of weather found in the deep south of our country. It was quite a coincidence actually; since this was the type of weather I would have to be used to. After all here I was on my way down to the south moving to Kentucky.
             It was a slightly a year before when I was first told by my parents that we would be moving. At first I didn't believe them. I thought, "What kind of sick joke is this? "But after a few minutes I realized they were serious. More serious questions came popping into my mind. Why would we move? What about my friends? Who is going to buy this junky house? These were all questions that initially ran through my jumbled mind. My parents refused to answer my questions however. This got me extremely angry. How could they force such a change in my life and ignore my questions? My parents were being cruel, not because they were making me move but because they were completely ignoring my feelings and questions. My opinions and feelings meant nothing to them because they made the choice on their own. I was a kid and didn't know anything; just a kid expected to just go along with the whole thing being as quiet as a mouse.
             After a few weeks of ignoring my questions, my parents finally were ready to answer my questions. It was a big time for me. The nervousness set in. I would finally get to hear some answers on why all this was going on. I threw myself onto the couch. The cushions sank in as my body plopped itself onto them. I sat there eagerly waiting for my parents to finally give me an answer. It was my time to ask them exactly why we were moving. I starred at my mother and my father expecting some very reasonable and significant response. "We are moving to make life better for you two ...

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