My Story : The Story Of My Life

I remember starting my freshman year and looking around at my friend group and recognizing the lack of support I had. Due to the fact that my parents didn’t trust me, I didn’t have a social life besides going to school. At the end of my freshman year, I was spiralling out of control. It felt like no one was on my side and they were all just sitting around waiting for me to fuck up. It was around the end of my freshman year that I started seeing the guidance counselor at school. His name was Mr. McKenzie and I liked him. After meeting with Mr. McKenzie

I started making new friends, such as Veronica Cadieu, and decided to give my fourth grade love another shot. Fifth grade was full of drama, and there was no time for a serious relationship so that did not last long. Before I knew it, 6th grade was approaching! At this time my best friend was Sydney Whitten and an editing app called Picnic. This was the year I really started to focus on my grades and try to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. A friend of mine, Luke Lockart, and I shared the same career path, or so we thought, and went a little to overboard with planning our futures. We made business cards and slogans, mine was Kerstan Troyer the American Lawyer, and we even planned to live in New York together and start a business. 7th grade is a time I am not the fondest of. This is when I became boy crazy. Especially over one boy who will remain unmentioned. Also, this was the year I got to play on my first school basketball team! I loved basketball and all the best friends I made along with the

I was born in Newark Ohio, with my twin brother Christian. My step sister Gia was four years old when I was born, and my step brother Cole was eight years older than me. My dad worked at Ricord car dealership, and my mom did too. A few weeks after my brother and I were born she stopped working and stayed at home. When I was three my family moved to licking valley. My mom started helping out at the church so my family got a babysitter named Lisa. My earliest memory I have is playing outside with my brother Christian while Lisa was watching us. At first, it was hard not having my mom with us all of the time but we got used to it. On Sundays my family would all go to church together after church was over we would have family dinner and play games.

Ever since I was little my life has been changed. It all started when I was 8 and woke up to my parents fighting. They were throwing things at each other, calling each other names, and hitting and pushing each other around. I went outside of my room to go to the bathroom and saw my birth mother, Katie, laying in the floor with a pool of blood by her head. As soon as i saw this I went back to my room and pretended that i never saw anything. I tried to go to sleep, but I found that unbearable. The next morning I was getting ready for school and I noticed that my birth mother wasn't there. It was then at the moment that I realized that she was never coming back. I continued on with my day and when i get home later that day my father wanted to

Life after that became hectic with traveling to see my dad all the time and being away from everyone outside my immediate family members. I had to learn how to balance. I couldn’t always do everything I wanted. I can’t play all the sports I want, be with family, have a social life, and get good grades all at the same time. I had to learn how to prioritize and I did. I now know the point where I have to separate myself to get work done, or when to take a break to be with my family. Though the circumstances aren’t ideal, I have

On December 29th, 1999, I was born in New Albany, Mississippi. I have a sister who is two years older than me, and a brother who is three years younger than me. When I was still a baby we moved to Maumelle, Arkansas because my dad got a job at a church there. I loved living there but when I six my siblings and I were told that we were going to move. The church where my dad worked at was closing down because they didn’t have enough money or members to keep it open. We found a new church fairly quickly and have lived here ever since. I was in first grade at the time. I was super excited because I had my own room, I didn’t have to wear uniforms at my new school, and my new house had stairs. For some reason when I was seven I had a major obsession with houses that had stairs. I told my parents that in the new house I wanted stairs and a pool. Sadly I didn’t get the pool and honestly I’m still upset about it.

My feature story was written as a personal experience piece and slightly a lifestyle piece. I chose the topic of long distance relationships because it’s near and dear to my heart considering I am currently in one and have been for over a year. Another topic I thought I would write about was a how-to plan a trip to Florida. In order to get information and quotes, I used my own experience and my boyfriend, Thomas, for quotes, as well as my mom and what she said to me in the past. My piece exemplifies a “feature story” by being about a personal experience with short quotes and multiple pictures to catch the reader’s attention. Mostly all parts of my writing worked well. Trying not to get too personal was hard. My best thing about my article is

I was born in Platteville, Wisconsin November, 17, 2003 at 8:58 a.m. After I was born my mom and dad went back to Dubuque Iowa. I was the first girl in the family. When I was a baby I had very bad asthma and I would be in and out of the hospital but at the end I was a good baby and also my big brother was there to help with me. When I was 3 years old I became a big sister her name is Starr. My first word was no. When I was 4 year old I went to preschool. I didn’t have a lot of friends. Believe or not I was very

In kindergarten I had the best teachers in the world. Mrs. Madden and Ms. Belcher I will never forget those two. It was my first day at Hodges Elementary I cried my butt off but they made me feel welcome anyway. Ms. Belcher is now what we call an old family friend whenever I need her she's always there even when I don't half of the time. I can always count on her for anything. Also in elementary school I found my best friend for life. While Middle School on the other hand wasn't such a walk in the park for me. Throughout elementary I was with the people that I had known for years but walking into middle school was nothing like those days. I was now surrounded by kids that I had never seen before from different middle schools throughout the district. Yeah I had many rough days but I seem to make it through with the help of my family and friends. Sixth grade what's the hardest year for me because my best friend left to stay with her dad in Alabama but she returned my seventh grade

7th grade came and went after the little ceremony before the funeral of my grandpa. I held extreme anger to the workers. They didn’t let us go to his actual funeral, using school as an excuse. The saddest part was when anything related with death broke me down. By the end of 7th grade, we were allowed home. That’s when I came to Derby. My 8th grade year here in Derby has been the highlight of my school years by far. I met amazing teachers, and got friends who I never thought I could have. My attitude has been raised higher and I was able to clear my head and learn more than I have. My year hear in Derby Middle School has been filled with laughter and happiness. Of course there were some downers, but not

was born on January 18th 1999 in Chicago Illinois . The most morbid thing about my birth is I was told I didn’t cry after my arrival to the land of the living. I guess that set up my parents for the strange kid I would turn out to be.I spent my early years in illinois in a two story house with a big beautiful fence that wasn’t white believe. Just like most people my childhood is a blur overall.However I will say this I had a sad childhood not in the way that most people did.I was alone as a kid. By my own choice. I had friends at school but outside of school never talked to them. While other kids were playing outside I was in my second story room playing on my Game Cube. As a kid I thought that’s what you did but in reality I was a loner. The thing I remember the most

The voice in my head, normally so calm and controlled, was screaming at me to run. That was exactly what was going through my five year old mind when I walked around the hallway corner to see my mother being beat to her death by my biological father, Brax Magnus. As I tried so hard to stay and defend my mom, I could not help but panic and so I ran. I ran so far until I seen a small gas station. I went inside to find a phone, but realized I did not know who to call. The cashier, seeing that I was crying and looked panic, walked over to me.

To some, four years seems like a long time, but for me the past four years have flown by. In these quick four years, so much has changed and yet so much is exactly the same. You still go to school with most of the same people. You walk into the same familiar building and say hello to most of the same teachers. During these four years I have lost some friends, but I have gained real ones, which is one of the most important things to me. My outlook on life has changed. I have become a more open and understanding person and I have learned many valuable life lessons. I have made many great memories and I have learned to appreciate everything I have because nothing is permanent. My journey through high school is like a plane ride. It takes off freshman year and I go on a long, and sometimes bumpy, journey to get to my final destination. Even though in many ways I am still the same person as the one that walked through those school doors as a freshman, I have also changed in order to try to become the best version of myself and get to my final destination.

Then came 5th grade, I made a friend, she was cute and fun and made me smile. My parents were finally able to breathe, as they knew my life was getting better.

People don’t realize the sad truth that I’ve been holding on for and secretly suffering with most of my life. People seem to see me as a girl that is naturally bubbly, happy, and outgoing. This was a way for me to hide my real emotions in the time when my depression and anxiety were major factors impacting my self-esteem, just a couple of years ago. So, yes, I admit it -- I was a victim of depression and anxiety. My anxiety has been occurring ever since I was a toddler. My usual anxious behavior would be when I would easily get nervous, wouldn’t talk that well in order to be understood, would go through emotional meltdowns at times, and so forth. My depression however, seem to connect a lot with my anxiety because of my meltdowns and it would easily bring my self-esteem down. One interesting fact about my depression is that it got extreme when I was in middle school. Many events in that time of my life made me feel absolutely worthless inside.