The Toughest Decision of My Life Essay -- Personal Narrative Writing

The Toughest Decision of My Life People are often asked the question, If I could go bandaging in time, what would Ichange? But have you ever really thought about the answer to that question? Whatwould you change or what would you keep the equal? Accius, a character from Medea,said, Change rules all things. (II 118) I never realized how true this would be. When Ilook back in life, there are galore(postnominal) things that I would change, but there is one decision thatI am very thankful that I made. That was the decision to continue living with mygrandparents and not to move in with my mother. It was a normal afternoon after school when I returned to my house after a busy solar day in sixth grade. My granddaddy was busy preparing dinner in anticipation of mygrandmother coming home from work. Soon my real mom came by to have a serious news about something. I had no idea that this something would be one of thehardest decisions I would ever have to cast off in my life. My real mom h ad just gotten anew apartment that had enough bedrooms that I could live there. It had never crossed mymind that moving in with her was the question with which she was going to confront me.Soon the case came out when Mom said, Sade, how would you like to come and livewith me from now on? This remark was the beginning of one of the hardest times in mylife. I knew I had to make the right decision as Sophocles says, Decide not rashly. Thedecision made, can never be recalled. (Oedipus Rex 314) I was faced with the first choice of staying with my mother in her new home. Herhome was in a location outside the limits of my school zone so I would have to startattending a diametric school... ...that Iever made. In the years that followed, my mom continued moving around and having offand on jobs. I would have never had a persistent home and would be who knows where bynow. I am now seventeen years old and dont regret a single day spent in mygrandparents house. They have cared for me like no one else could and I am verythankful for that. My mother and I have become close-set(prenominal) than ever and we have a veryhappy relationship with each other. As Thomas Adams said, What we obtain cheaplywe esteem too lightly it is preciosity which gives everything its value. (Sermons 14) Works Cited Adams, Thomas. Sermons. From the McMillan book of Quotes, Maxims, and Famous Phrases, 1948.Euripides, the Medea. Trans Philip Vellacott, London Penguin Books, 1977.Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. Logan, Iowa The Perfection Form Company. NDP.