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Personal Narrative: Insane

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I had never thought about someone who could be considered “crazy” or “insane” living in my neighborhood, especially somebody who was younger than me. Until I had a personal encounter with that very person, it had definitely not occurred to me. It was about two months until the fifth grade school year had ended, my last year of elementary school, and something bigger than I could have ever imagined at the time happened to me and a small group of my friends. My life was forever changed on this day, and my peaceful life would no longer be so secluded.
My friends and I had been walking next to the prettier of the twin ponds when the incident happened. The pond had been reflecting the sun’s calming glow and the fountain were flowing perfectly in …show more content…

I started my morning routine just as I do any other day. Afterward, I left for school, as usual, I got a ride from my mom to the back of the school and I simply walked down the blacktopped path. As I arrived at school the doors weren’t opened yet so I found a group of friends to pass the time with. No more than five minutes later the large glass front doors to the school unlocked. My group of friends and I entered the building as we went in our own directions. My class was the farthest away so I had to walk down the off-white cinder block halls on my own, but I was also the farthest away from Luke. The rest of the day went by as usual and then I was on my way home. My mom came home from work early so she could pick me up, I of course accepted the ride mainly because I wanted to get home quicker. When I arrived at home I started on my regular homework and I worked until I had all of it completed on my bluish-gray countertop in my kitchen. When I completed my homework I decided to go back to my room and relax. I woke up an hour later not even realizing that I had dozed off in the first place. I decided to go back into the kitchen and eat dinner, it was a day that my family wouldn’t eat dinner together because my parents did not make anything. I heated myself up some leftover pasta in the microwave above our stove top and I ate it willingly because I was the one who had originally made it for dinner. After I finished my plate of …show more content…

My dad told me that I did good and that I held up well. So I walked back up to my room and went to sleep until the next morning. I awoke and my morning and the school day went just as the day before and I walked home and nothing terrible happened along the way. For the next week to week and a half I was asked questions at school about what had happened, I still am not quite sure how they found out. I avoided questions and changed topics every single time, and to this day I still only solemnly talk about it.
This had really been one of the moments in life when you realize, “Wow, I never would have thought that this could happen to me.” But that’s just it, I would never have thought, and now that have that god-awful memory in your head, you almost never learn to let it go. I know it sure took me a long while to let go. It took me even longer to fully grasp the real meaning of true evil and how terrible things can happen so easily to everyday people. So I guess what you and I can both learn from this is, be careful… Especially in places, you don’t expect

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