A Trip To Hawaii Narrative Essay
As my mom backed out of the garage I just thought about how this trip to my dad’s this time will be. Looking in the backseat to make sure my phone charger, headphones, homework textbooks, laptop and clothes were all there so my mom wouldn’t complain about making that long trip twice. As we get on the high-way with late Friday night traffic I sit back and see all the fast food places, outlet malls , the billboards that say “Trip to Hawaii Just $180”. I have made this trip countless times for over 5 years. My parent’s separation motivated me to get even closer with my siblings and to never fall apart trying to make things always seem normal even though they weren’t.
I never wanted to get in the car first few times we done this so many times and it still seemed like it happened yesterday. Sometimes I felt angry at them for doing this to us but everything happens for a reason. Moving us back and forth trying to make it seem like nothing really changed because we saw them often. We just didn’t see them together that was the problem. Just thinking about how dad would start asking us how we were doing in school and sports. Staring at the car in front of us seeing the little family sticker in the …show more content…
No one was talking most of the time so I could think clearly I just heard the breeze coming through the window as we pass each sign on the highway. I started figuring myself over the years during these 2 hour trips. Realizing how much this all has made me grow. I kept healthy relationships with everyone and a healthy relationship with myself. Every good grade I got made me know I wasn’t falling apart no matter how bad things were. I always thought to myself what do I need to fix, how will I win next weeks game, and what do I need to do to better my technique, Even though it felt like I didn’t have what a perfect home is usually called, me working hard in school and towards my future kept me together it was home to
I never wanted to get in the car first few times we done this so many times and it still seemed like it happened yesterday. Sometimes I felt angry at them for doing this to us but everything happens for a reason. Moving us back and forth trying to make it seem like nothing really changed because we saw them often. We just didn’t see them together that was the problem. Just thinking about how dad would start asking us how we were doing in school and sports. Staring at the car in front of us seeing the little family sticker in the …show more content…
No one was talking most of the time so I could think clearly I just heard the breeze coming through the window as we pass each sign on the highway. I started figuring myself over the years during these 2 hour trips. Realizing how much this all has made me grow. I kept healthy relationships with everyone and a healthy relationship with myself. Every good grade I got made me know I wasn’t falling apart no matter how bad things were. I always thought to myself what do I need to fix, how will I win next weeks game, and what do I need to do to better my technique, Even though it felt like I didn’t have what a perfect home is usually called, me working hard in school and towards my future kept me together it was home to