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Moving Out On My Own Essay

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People often hear or maybe seen on the news of houses being broken into. We do our best to protect ourselves and our families from the unenviable happening. We have locks, we purchase alarm systems and other forms of defense to keep strangers out and our possessions in. When I woke up on Tuesday, April 6th, 2011, I never imagined someone would come inside of my home and ramble through my things and take from me whatever they wanted. If I could have seen into the future, I would attempt to change the minds of the guys who broke into my apartment. Moving out on my own was a very scary task. I finally made up my mind to obtain a place for my daughter and myself; I was twenty five years old. Previously, I was living with my mother and father …show more content…

It was only a ten minute drive to our new location. I picked the town of Selma because I was not ready to switch my daughter’s school. So I still would be able to take her to school every day just as I did before we moved. My aunt gave me a gently used couch, and of course, I rented a bedroom suite and television from one of the local rental places. My daughter had a bed and a dresser in her new room, now we were all set for our new place. She was so excited to have her own room; we previously slept in the same room from her birth. Pink curtains, a pink fuzzy throw rug and a purple comforter, all were her choices for her brand new room. She took her box and unpacked her clothes, and she hung them up neatly in her new closet. The rest she neatly placed them in her clean white dresser. This was a room fit for a princess, my …show more content…

My daughter immediately began packing her stuff; she was going back to her Nana’s house. After packing what I felt was important and securing the backdoor as well as we could, we left and went back to my mom’s house. The next day I called the owner and told him I was moving back home. I felt defeated and taken advantage of. Not taken advantage of by the owner, but just in general, by life. I asked the two neighbors closest to me if they had notice anyone around my place the day before, but no one saw anything. The elderly man that was normally sitting outside by his fence was at the hospital with his wife all day. The male who lived directly next door stated he worked all night so he was sleeping the majority of the day. So we packed what was left of our items and just like that we were back home, back in my childhood room. We were going back to where we felt secure and protected. It was a short experience, but it showed me how looks can be deceiving and sometimes we don’t always make the right choices at the right time. I felt so vulnerable, but at the same time I felt I was meant to go through that situation so that I could appreciate what I had. It wasn’t about being an adult or being on my own, but being able to protect what I loved and cared the most about. I loved my shoes, especially my Nike Air Jordan’s to be

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