The Importance Of Change In Life

Things happen for a reason. That seems to be the answer to people who ask why there has been a drastic change in their life. Change is something human beings have to endure at a point in their life. Some changes can be miniscule, such as in Jennifer Schwind-Pawlak article, “The Thrill of Victory ...The Agony of Parents”, where she talks about the first time she experienced a change on how she felt for her mother after a soccer game. Schwind vividly remembers being ashamed by her mother's behavior, but as an adult reflecting on the situation, she sees it as a learning experience of the reassurance of her mother's love towards her. In other cases change can impact the path in which life goes. At the moment the change that afflicted me was the move from California to Michigan, however when reflecting on the experience there was something that there wasn't there before.
My parents had fiddled with the idea for the entire summer and it seemed as if it was the time to take the plunge in the stagnant issue of moving. It’s not like it had been as surprise that the move was coming; yet it seemed too soon. California was the only place that was known as home, it was so familiar that it was near impossible to be living somewhere else. One thing that has to be kept in mind when making a drastic lifestyle change is the packing. The packing seemed endless, piles and piles of useless belongings that at one point were so important, now lined the bottomless pit of a dumpster. The last night before the move was an incredibly difficult one and not how I expected it. All of the family that had accompanied me since birth came to say their tearful goodbyes. Of course there was crying involved from my part, but I never knew I could cry so much. For so...

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...nd the short summers. She finally explained that she had seen a radical change in the family. In California it was always work and more work and there was never a time to unwind with the family. Once we came to Michigan we were dependent on each other and had been united more than we ever were in California. She also knew that California would have made us turn to gang, drug and alcohol abuse as many of our family members had resorted for their own lives. This truly made me reflect on how my life would have been if California were still our home. My life would have been filled with negative surroundings and bad influences, I genuinely believe that I would not have finished high school or even gone to college. The relationship between my mom and my is better than it has ever been and has made me embrace the change while being united as a family.