Personal Experience Essay

For the 22 years that I have been on this earth, there is one thing that I have definitely learned so far: Just when things finally seem to be going your way, life slaps you in the face with a sock full of quarters! What makes me say such a dreadful thing? What happened to my family and me last year is the greatest testament to this opinion. I guess I should start from the beginning …

…own bathroom. But they say that whatever does not kill you makes you stronger and I believe this experience did this for me. Life is finally going my way again: I have a roof over my head, food on the table, and I am back in school. Now I wait for life to once again attempt my derailment, or, at least, for that damn sock full of quarters to slap me down again! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**