Personal Narrative: How Pop Culture Changed My Life
Everyone grows out of things as we age into teen or adult years. No longer do we watch children's shows or ride our bikes with training wheels. Even the music groups we once adored, whom plagued our walls with their posters have been lost in our growth. Now we watch mature themed shows and ride our bikes without the thought of tipping over. The walls in the bedroom are covered in new obsessions, shaping to the current pop culture. I have been through these phases, just like anybody else, however, I find myself experiencing this more often than not. My family has always moved, whether it be in Ohio or all the way to Florida. During my elementary school year in Ohio, my parents sadly divorced. The split caused my brother and me to move so that
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Well I didn’t truly believe that until I met Stevi. She is the complete opposite of me. She is outgoing, strong, courageous, and a rebel, while I define myself as a shy, quiet-natured, and simply, normal rule follower. We started our friendship that first day in third grade and continued it on until sixth grade. Those three years were filled with adventure and thankfully no depressing moments. That was until my mom told me the news, which changed my life forever. My mother received a job in Florida, 1,130 miles away from my best friend. We were both devastated and yet again, I hoped we could stay in contact. But unlike before in my life our friendship had a different outcome, that is because I visited her and my father every summer and winter …show more content…
Yet again, I wait for another best friend to come along. Don’t get me wrong! Stevi and Miranda are still to this day my best friends, but it’s hard for us to have that close relationship we used to have. The distance can be overcome easily through texting, but it’s hard to personally connect through a device. Nothing could ever replace the moments and the relationship I had with past friends, nevertheless, I still seek to gain more friends to have the same experience with. As they say “You can never have too many
Well I didn’t truly believe that until I met Stevi. She is the complete opposite of me. She is outgoing, strong, courageous, and a rebel, while I define myself as a shy, quiet-natured, and simply, normal rule follower. We started our friendship that first day in third grade and continued it on until sixth grade. Those three years were filled with adventure and thankfully no depressing moments. That was until my mom told me the news, which changed my life forever. My mother received a job in Florida, 1,130 miles away from my best friend. We were both devastated and yet again, I hoped we could stay in contact. But unlike before in my life our friendship had a different outcome, that is because I visited her and my father every summer and winter …show more content…
Yet again, I wait for another best friend to come along. Don’t get me wrong! Stevi and Miranda are still to this day my best friends, but it’s hard for us to have that close relationship we used to have. The distance can be overcome easily through texting, but it’s hard to personally connect through a device. Nothing could ever replace the moments and the relationship I had with past friends, nevertheless, I still seek to gain more friends to have the same experience with. As they say “You can never have too many