JENNIFER
PERIOD 6



My Journey

Every morning I wake up and I get fed
My diaper is changed and I am placed in my crib
I cry and cry and I don’t let my parents’ go to sleep
They come to me and rock me back and forth until I do go to sleep
Everything is given to me
I have security
I have comfort
I get everything, you see?


I can walk now
I have friends to play with
I recently got my first bike
My dad took off the training wheels
I ride it everyday
Today I fell and I hurt my knee
I cried and I cried and my parents were there to pick me up and comfort me


It is my last year of middle school
I have a crush on two boys
I’ve already had my first boyfriend
We made out everyday under the 200 building
I really liked him up until he broke up with me
I was sad but my “friends” cheered me up
They offered me marijuana but I wouldn’t want to accept
But they kept on offering and I eventually gave in
I liked it and I wanted more
I got more friends
More guys liked me and thought I was cool
My parents didn’t know about this
They thought I was innocent


High school came along and I didn’t want to smoke anymore
I realized that they were not my real friends
I realized that I was hiding what I was doing from my parents
My parents who did everything for me
My parents who were there for me
When I was sad or when I was hurt
This is how I turned out to be???
Did they deserve this after all they had done for me???
Now I am a senior in high and graduation is soon
I’ve the high school drama experience
I’ve had the influential friends
I’ve had the bad grades
I’ve had the good grades
I’ve been through a lot
But I know my parent’s have always been there for me