Personal Narrative: The A Team

“The A Team” a song written by Ed Sheeran in 2011 after he visited a homeless shelter and heard a story from one female, she was a prostitute addicted to cocaine and had become homeless. Her story inspired him to write the song and quickly became top ten songs in numerous countries and nominated for the Grammy’s “Song of the Year” in 2012. I recalled listening to the song when I was in eighth grade, and one verse had a great impact on me. “The worse things in life come free to us” hit me like a truck and tears flowed out of my eyes. Prior to the first encounter of the song, I had experience dramatic changes in my life. My best friend had moved back to Brazil, I transferred schools, and the economy was still affecting my family. Unfortunately for me I was coping with these circumstances at the age of 12. Transferring and losing my best friend was difficult but then my parents had lost our house and our lifestyle was modified. Peachtree Charter Middle School was the worst decision my parents had made for me. I was bullied when I had transferred and I had no friends. The one friend I had at Peachtree was Allison, and she had transferred into a different school. I spent most of my middle school experience trying to survive the
As an insecure middle schooler I never felt like someone could understand me. Listening to Ed Sheeran singing the exact words I felt was a game changer. It reminded me that if I wanted a better situation than I was in, I needed to change my attitude towards my problems. Those words helped me melt the snow that was causing the snowball effect. Changing my attitude has made me appreciate the situations I am in instead of dreading them. Without the complications of life we can’t grow and learn causing us to be machines and not humans. “The worse things in life come free to us” thankfully because then we would have no journeys, stories, or a purpose to