Personal Narrative: The Text That Changed My Life

I just finished my volleyball game, and my team won, I walked outside the gym to see my best friend standing there telling me I did awesome, we hugged said goodbye to each other and I left for home. I then went outside to watch my neighbors kids for four hours, then went inside and played Wii with my dad. That’s when it all changed. I looked at my IPhone 3GS and read the most devastating text I had ever received from my best friend, “Taylor, you need to change who you are, no one likes you…” This text lengthened and explained how come no one liked me. This one text had changed my life forever. Once this storm hit, I knew I was in for a bumpy ride. I quickly ran downstairs and showed my mom the text she had sent me. My mom was furious and my sister was curious. They were outraged once they had fully read it. I sat there crying asking my mom what I could have possibly done wrong. I was only 12. My mom took my phone away for a few days to help me calm down, thankfully it was a three day weekend, but sadly I cried every day of
My teacher ran after me and asked me if I was okay and if I wanted her to talk to someone for me. I looked at her and replied assertively that I didn’t need help, but I wanted to move seats since I sat right next to her. She moved me next to someone who I never really talked to, she was a new girl in 8th grade and I was only in 7th. She was smiling and asked me how my day was and if I was alright and needed anything. She was very kind and cared a lot about how I was. The entire time we were not singing we were talking about our lives. We became good friends. Sadly, she did not have my lunch. I ended up searching for someone I knew at lunch instead of sitting at my old table. I saw an old friend from elementary school and asked her if I could sit with her, she said yes and we began to catch up on old times. We rekindled our friendship and I grew happy