Personal Narrative: Moving To Georgia

Have you ever had to leave behind almost everything that you loved, and go somewhere new, and try new things? I have, and that’s something that’s still happening today. This is about my experience moving from Georgia, to Columbia, South Carolina. But before I even lived in Georgia, I lived in a small town in Virginia. Now looking back on it, I’m glad that our family left Virginia, because in Georgia, and now South Carolina, there’s so much more opportunity for success. But at the time it was very difficult, because that was all I knew. But that’s the reason I have hope for moving to Columbia. But I had to leave behind a whole lot of stuff in Georgia, and now it’s like I have to work really hard to get back what I once had. I had a lot of things going on before I moved here to Columbia. I was trying to

But sometimes the process of moving seems like it takes forever. We had chosen 2 houses before we chose the one we’re in now. The 1st one was sold before we could buy it, and the 2cd was too far away from everything, like school, church, and just town in general. So we chose a new construction in forest acres, about 5 or 10 minutes from about everything. But it was still being built when we were ready to move into the area, so we had to get a 3 month lease on an apartment in Wildwood. The reason we had to go wildwood was because we already had plans to stay in that apartment for a couple of months, while our #2 choice was getting some renovations done. But finally the day came, when we were ready to move into the new house. By then me and my sisters had made friends, and were adjusting well. And let me tell you that moving into that house, where we had our OWN space, was glorious. By this point we’re moved in, and we’re adjusting well. But making friends, and trying to learn at a new school was a whole different kind of