Personal Narrative: A Happy Place

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

I, Deputy Gough received a call reference a white Ford truck driving in the Gamester trailer court all over the roadway. Upon my arrival I spoke with David Vore and Jennifer Vore. Jennifer Stated that Randy was the driver of the white Ford truck that said, “All Good Construction.” David and Jennifer both stated that they saw the truck drive through the yard hitting a slow child at play sign and the stop sign.

This past year, I have been apart of Naperville Central’s brand new Special Spaces club. When my friend approached me and asked me to join, I agreed even though I had no clue what I was involving myself in. In retrospective, I can honestly say that becoming a part of Special Spaces has been one of the most meaningful, fun, and fulfilling experiences I have had in high school.

In 2025, I will be twenty-nine years old and hopefully married. I will be married to my significant other of ten years Earnest Palmer III, who is a dentist. I would have been recently graduating with a bachelor’s in Culinary Arts and trying to plan to open my own restaurant, BubbaD’s Eateries. Knowing my big headed husband of mine, I probably had a baby then and trying to have another baby. Hopefully, by then Earnest will get rid of the idea naming our son, King. We will be living in the suburbs near New York City but working in the city. Being a woman with great memory, I probably wrote a memoir about my crazy life and trying to sell it to a publisher. If none of the publishers wants to publish my memoir, I will probably sell it the Lifetime

I feel so happy and warm laying on the beach because it just radiates positivity. I constantly look around and see such bright, radiant colors of beach umbrellas, and you can hear children's laughter as they boogie board the beautiful blue waves back to shore. The beach is just a little getaway, and for me, it's like therapy.

You know that moment when you’re trying to reach the toilet paper but can't quite, then fall and kill yourself on a pumpkin? Yeah I know that feeling… it’s not good. It all started one very normalish day at 1065 Fitzgerald Ave.

The environment i was raised in was a diverse environment.The people who had shaped me

A Utopia should be a place where everyone feels safe, a place where there is no hatred, no crime , no discouragement, disapproval, or judgement. Everyone should be equal. No one should have to be put into a catagory depending on their popularity, their wealth, their race or even their looks. Everyone has their role and no one should be considered not important. Everyone is truly happy. This is how I want my Utopia to be.

My first snowboarding lesson, some 10 years ago, saw me clinging to my snowboarding instructor on a Remarkables bunny hill, sinking my nails into his jacket sleeves as if he was trying to escape. His parting words to me are still memorable to this day. “You are not cut out for this, you have no confidence, and you are too scared”. That was it for me. I refused to accept that and if they weren’t going to help me learn, I would figure it out for myself. I was determined.

“It was the perfect day. The sun was shining, the wind was light and I couldn 't have been happier. How could I have not been happy. I had a great day of school with all my friends, my mom bought me lunch and I was just on my way to the comic book store. It was a 6 year old 's dream. I was skipping down the sidewalk, holding my mom’s hand when I noticed a weird man in the alleyway. “Want some free comics?” he begrudgingly asked, and being the idiotic 6 year old I was, I let go of my mother’s hand and ran towards him.

My feet ache, I feel as though I have been running for hours. My breathing comes out in very short spurts and I have trouble to bring myself back to my feet. I am able to hear it. The other set of footsteps that ring after my own. Right behind me. Go! My head screams the thought, but I am unable to move at all. I have made it to the third floor so far, with the footsteps trailing behind me. I have nowhere to run to? Is there a safe place? The footsteps getting louder and louder they are coming up the staircase so I open the door that is behind my back forcefully swinging it with the last piece of energy I have after running up all the stairs. The freezing metal door pressed on my hands is the safest form of protection. "Angela!" I stand up,

My uncle picked me up and I left the place I grew up. I left my family, my friends, and my two dogs and moved to Colorado to live with my dad and his family. This affected me terribly because my grades dropped. If it wasn’t for my first year in Paramount and taking Game Development at Warren Tech, I would’ve had less than a 2.667 GPA. During this whole time, I isolated myself and stayed in my room, playing video games as an escape. I met my two best friends during this time, John and Triston who kept my head up during my many breakdowns. Thank god for my Dad because he kept trying to get me out of my shell for the 3 years I was in high school. By the time I finally started accepting what happened, I graduated high school. I didn’t know what

The aspects that are easiest for me to express be the happiness and positive voice I have during the first scene and last scene. Having a positive attitude all the time makes it easier to communicate with the others through out this process. I think it is easy express my emotions in my hostile and angry voice as I play the guard during the second scene. Being the north Witch is easy because I play a woman and I am already a woman, so I don’t have to change the way I walk or talk. For me being able to play a man is really fun and interesting, but it is not always easy, because I am not used walking and talking like a different

Utopia ‘ahhh’ … I was told it was the land of the free, the place where anything was possible no matter where you were from or who you were. I had once stupidly thought that it would’ve been possible for a man like me, a man with skin darker than most and a family without a spare penny, to do the impossible. To achieve a better life. To save my family from poverty. A man once told me that I cannot succeed in life until I want to succeed as much as I want to breathe.

Happiness, true happiness comes in different shapes and sizes, and what makes me happy may not be the same for everyone else. Furthermore, the pursuit of happiness is essential. Moreover, the constitution declares that happiness is an inalienable right and people continuously regard it among their utmost imperative pursuits (Etkin & Mogilner, 2016). Therefore, what can give my life satisfaction and happiness? On my list of things that could make me happy would be a stable marriage, good health, high energy level and adequate income (Manning, Curtis, McMillen & Attenweiler, 2011). Currently, I am not married, I have been in a relationship for seven years, but I believe being in a stable marriage is critical. Although we raise our children together and do things that married couples do there is still something missing. Studies have shown that married couples have a higher level of commitment and well-being than cohabiting couples (Vanassche, Swicegood & Matthijs, 2013). However, we both have discussed the possibility and both of us are in agreement on waiting. Nonetheless, in my recipe for happiness, this is an essential ingredient. Obviously, good health for me and my family is the main ingredient. Without good health, everything else seems to fall apart. Positively, a high energy level is a key ingredient to me because it would allow me to keep up with the children and grandchildren while