Personal Narrative: The Event That Changed My Life

One event that changed me forever is breaking my back, but it gave me a more positive and thankful perspective of the world that will influence my decisions for the rest of my life. This event made me realize how lucky I am and how much worse the situation could have been.
Five years ago, spring was arriving and the weather was beginning to feel like summer again after a long cold winter. My best friend, Taylen, and my brother, Elliot, and I, decided to celebrate the warm weather by going out to jump on the trampoline. After Taylen began showing off her skills she had learned in gymnastics, I couldn’t fight the urge to try out this back flip. She gave me a short lesson, and I began to hurl my body backwards over and over, fail after fail, until I finally did it. I felt a rush of accomplishment and pride take over as I attempted what would be my final backflip. A combination of jumping too high, and waiting too late to flip over caused instantaneous disaster. My body plummeted to the trampoline head first, and when it hit I

I told them "I'm fine," and made my way to the couch where I quickly realized that I was not able to sit down. I attempted to lay down next but didn’t because I was afraid I would not be able to get back up. Judging from my tense body, my shaky breath, and the sweat rolling off of me, Ali decided to call a friend and ask where they should take me for my injury. In the heat of the moment, an unintelligent decision was made to take me to a local chiropractor in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. I felt as if I were in the waiting room for hours while my dad filled out paperwork. Quickly after they x-rayed me and diagnosed me with a pinched nerve, they began popping my back. They advised me to ice my back every hour and sent me