As a child, I played with toys inside the house and outside the house. When it was nice enough to go outside and play, I would knock on my neighbor’s door and play with them for the whole day. When dinner time came around and it became dark outside, I knew it was time for me to go back inside. Going outside to play was a blast. My friends and I would ride bikes, makeup games with anything we had, and sometimes went to the tennis courts with all the kids in the neighborhood and have a big kickball game. When we made up games, we were using our heads and not relying on the computer to give us feedback on what we should be doing.The kickball game would happen every weekend, so we all knew to be there. We all became very close even though I did not go to the same school as them or even though we are all different ages. Nothing mattered to us back then. The only worry was if it was going to rain and we would not be able to play outside. We were kids who should be having fun and not putting our face into …show more content…
Everyone goes through rough times including my own. When I was a baby, I fell down the stairs and suffered a concussion and cracking my head open. It was a very traumatizing event for my mother, considering she was home alone with my older sister. She was only five at the time so she could not do much. This event shaped my family to become stronger. Even though I was young at the time, it still impacts my life. It makes me stronger as well. When I was five years old, my cousin was in a serious car accident with his friends. They were on their way to baseball practice in his friend’s new BMW. At the age of sixteen, speed was the main priority. The driver lost control and hit the car on the other side of the street. All three friends in the car passed away, including my cousin. He was only sixteen and had a lot more living to do. This as also given me strength to become the person I am. I know not to take life for granted and to live it to the