Personal Narrative: Moving Away

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When I was 11 years old, my father abandoned me. It felt like there was a heave on my shoulders everywhere I would go. I needed to extricate my thoughts, and free my mind. I needed to become euphoric, and think happy thoughts. Every time I tried to be happy something would find a way to make me sad. Like for an example, I tried out for the basketball team. I didn't even get to do it because we had to move. Move miles away from everything. My grandparents, my friends, my memories. Here is the worst part, 3 months after we moved my mom got shot. She didn't make it. She had left me too. Then I was all alone, miles away from where everything I knew. I was lost, didn't have anywhere to go, I didn't have any money for food. Let alone clothes. I tried to call my grandparents but no one answered. …show more content…
Then I remembered my mom had a safe, so I turned the house up side down to find the key. I remembered it had a brunneous color, and it was bigger than the average key. When I found it there was only $600 left in the safe. I needed to find a job. So I started walking dogs, I got about 60$ out of that. I started mowing, and selling stuff we still had laying around the house. I only had a month before I knew I was going to get evicted. It was a good thing mama had just paid the bills. I only spent $2.50 a day, and that was for dinner. I would eat at the soup kitchen for lunch. I had made 400$ dollars, and with my moms money I had $1,000 total. You would never believe what changed my life at this very moment. I got a full ride scholarship to Harvard. I was only 15 years old now. You may be wondering where I was staying, I was staying with my teacher Miss. Mounty. I had done it, I will be able to stay on campus. I have enough money to last me for a while, and in 22 days I will be able to get a real

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