There are certain events in people's lives that change them forever. There can be

an occurrence that can make someone learn from their mistakes, or realize that they take

things for granted. Whatever it may be, it changes the path of life the person is going in.

In the next essay, I will share with you the event that changed my life forever.

As a child growing up, I didn't have too many friends. My parents thought that

our neighborhood was too rough for a little child to be running up and down the block, so

they kept me inside most of the time. However, as I grew older they let me out more. I

began going out and meeting people on my block. The first friend I had, was my then

Blades and I were inseparable. Everywhere he went I went, everything he did I

did. When I got into trouble with other kids in the neighborhood, he was the first person

to get involved and vice versa. He was a brother to me, and I would do anything for him.

We shared a bond that I thought could never be broken, but soon things were about to

I was a smart alec kind of kid, and I usually made fun of people until they cried.

It seems cruel, but kids will be kids. The kids on the

memory by not putting away his killer, but I didn't want anyone else dying because of

everyone and they would retaliate with jokes of their own. One night things got out of

at home, and all because I wanted to be funny. The only problem was there wasn't

close to me were dying, one every year. I couldn't stop the pain from getting to me,

Blades' death brought nothing but doom to my life. After his death, I was in too

began telling me that I needed to quit, before it was too late. However, in my eyes it was

I never really grew up, in the fact that I never stopped my immature behavior. I

on good terms as it was, so he decided to try to teach me a lesson. While all my friends

Blades was my best friend, my brother, my everything in a time when I had no

anybody laughing anymore. My life, which people said was filled with potential, became

do so would be a complete lie. One event can indeed affect your entire life if you let it,

and I ducked behind everything we could. I thought we all had made it safely, but one of

knew what would happen if we came forward and ratted out someone in the

all of us. After about an hour of hiding in a dark stairwell, we came out and ran home.

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)