A Get Away to Sarasota
"Your room looks so empty. It's so quiet around here now that your gone, I can't stand it", my Grandmother told me while we were talking on the phone. "I know. I miss it down there, but it'sgood to be back home", I replied. I had missed Sarasota, my grandparents, all my new friends, and the beach. It was only five minutes from the house! As much as I missed all that, it didn't make up for my feeling of being "home". I moved down to Sarasota the second quarter of my Sophmore year in January. I had been getting into trouble, making unwise decisions, making my relationship with my mom really tense.One day, after yet another arguement over the "choice" of my friends and my disobedience, she suggested that I move down to Sarasota and live with my grandparents for the rest of the school year. I agreed and was kind of happy to get away. I said goodbye to my friends, packed the things in my room and headed down South. That was a decision that changed my life. Living down in Sarasota was hard at first. Adjusting took longer than I thought. I enrolled at Riverview High School and making new friends wasn't easy. Between my not wanting to even try to make new friends and my trying to hang on to the f
was best for me. I had great things to waiting for me in Sarasota. Being a cheerleader was some-thing I had really wanted, my friends in the youth group and at school, the church I went to and school, and meeting people in the youth group of my grandparents church. I eventually became After tryouts, the coaches posted the list outside the gym doors over the weekend to be viewed onthe following Monday. My friend, Rebecca, and I couldn't stand the waiting and drove to the so embarrassed. Kris made what I thought was a big deal into a funny little thing. We ended up driving to the nearest gas station and buying a box of safety pins where Kris pinned the back of As the end of the year was approaching, I didn't know whether or not I was going to go back
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Approximate Word count = 1633
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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