Essay About Mistakes

It is often said you learn most from the mistakes you make. You learn what you did was wrong, and usually suffer the unerring consequences. Last summer I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I spent the night at someone’s house I wasn’t supposed to and lied about it to my parents. I had been going to this person’s house for a while, maybe 3 or 4 months, and every time I would lie about where I was going. I am still not sure why I felt the need to lie, maybe I was scared about what they would think. Parents can sometimes be the most judgmental people in our lives and no one wants to feel like they have been a disappointment. I remember the night so clear, I do not think I will ever forget it. I had been over at this persons house for a

So you could have continued lying to us?” I quietly went upstairs to take a shower, thinking I could wash everything away. Maybe it was because it was the first time I had been alone in a while, or maybe it was because I had realized what I had done, but I completely lost control of myself. I couldn’t stop crying. I couldn’t breathe. I felt like I was dying. The guilt was taking its toll. This continued for the rest of the evening. I remember around 8 my mom came in and noticed how upset I still was. I was trying to tell her how guilty I felt but I could not really talk. She told me that she and my dad loved me very much and they always would, this was just a mere bump in the road. I did not see it that way though. I saw what a terrible person I had become and what a horrendous, irreversible thing I had done. Through the tears and guilt I think also realized how much I was loved. I woke up the next morning hoping it had all been an awful nightmare. It felt like a nightmare. I knew there was nothing I could do to make it right, except move forward. For the next few months, my thoughts were consumed with the mistake that I had made. The guilt was literally eating me alive. I wasn’t