Personal Narrative: My Car

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As many material objects in my life have come and go, having left only faint and insignificant memories, one thing I still hold dear to my heart is my car. I have driven it to the darkest places I've been, and have had some of the happiest moments of my life in it. I've lived my full adult life in my 2001 Acura, when I look at it I see something different than others do. I see something very special, I see good stories and I see bad stories, and above all that, I see that it is mine. When I was just turning 17, I was surprised to come home one day to my dads new truck sitting in the driveway. He had been talking about gifting his Acura to me when the day comes for him to move on. I was beside myself with joy, knowing that I now had a car

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