Personal Narrative: We Are Moving

“We are moving,” my parents stated. The end of school year of 2010 and I was in the sixth grade, how could this be happening? My parents sat me and my older brother and sister down and told us the news. We were called into the living room and the three of us sat on the large, brown, leather couch. My parents stood in front of us. All at once I had felt heartbroken. Everything would be so much different.
This was so upsetting, I remember going directly to my room. I had light pink walls and blue carpet. I began to think about all of the friends and family that I would be leaving behind. No way would I get to see them anymore considering I was moving 420 miles away. Wilmington, Illinois (population of 5,000 people) was my home, everyone I knew

It was such a downgrade to go from my nice, modern home to this ancient place. Our new house was at least 100 years old. Everything in it was hideous. Wallpaper covered every wall in the house. And of course, the wallpaper had horrible flowers and awful colors all around. I definitely did not like our new house.
No one ever wants to be the “new kid.” We moved to our new home towards the end of the summer, just in time to start the school year from the beginning. The first day meeting everyone was extremely awkward. There was only one school in the whole town. The school consisted of kindergarten all the way up to twelfth grade, there was about 150 students total. My old school consisted of about 150 students for each class. How could I attend a school so small?
There were ten other students in my class and they were friendly, but I did not know any of them. There was a tall and skinny, blonde girl named Haleigh who was so kind to me. She introduced herself to me and told me the names of all the other students in the

The journey at Pattonsburg was coming to an end and I would decide what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be in the future. Of course, I decided to attend Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville about an hour away with my friend Haleigh. Choosing what I wanted for a career was the tough part.
After plenty of thinking, I eventually decided that I wanted to spend my life in Pattonsburg. I plan to be an Elementary teacher in the small town of Pattonsburg, Missouri. I love the community and I want to spend my career being able to give back to the younger generations that will come through.
When I heard the news that I had to move away from all of my friends and family, I was horrified. It seemed like my life would be over. However, after just a short time in Pattonsburg, I realized that this is where I was meant to be. I am so excited to finish up college and head back to Pattonsburg and teach the younger generations. The small town community is something I will never want to give up. Pattonsburg became my forever