Memoir Essay

I have had some tough times in my life that have changed me as a person. They have been mostly bad, but also good. My first time that I had trouble with was when my dog died.

Her name was Midnight. She was a black lab, always hyper, and she always was excited. We got her when she was about one. She was the craziest dog ever but she was still the best thing that ever happened to me. When she was two, she got pregnant and had puppies. I was in second grade at the time and it was the middle of winter.

There were thirteen to be exact, except that seven died. My sister, Gabby, and I named them all. We were always playing with them and never got tired of them. Once they were old enough, we started to give them away. It was hard for us because we loved them so much, we just couldn't handle it, but, we gave them all away, except one. It's name was Squeaky; you can imagine why. We couldn't get anyone to take it, so one day my dad brought it to the local Animal Shelter. That was hard for me because we saw him be born and grow up so much.

A year later, Midnight died. My dad said that he went inside to go get something and when he came back, he found her on the road dead. I was so mad that I didn't know what to think or do anything. I was so heart broken that for a month I didn't talk to anyone unless I had to at school or to my parents. It took me about a year to regain my confidence and then we got a new dog.

The second thing that happened to me was that I went to a new school. I was in fourth grade and I was getting tired of people picking on me. My parents knew about this and they were trying to do something about it. Finally, they thought of something.

We were at the supper table and all of a sudden my mom tells us that my parents were tying to get us into a Christian school. I didn't know what to think at first. When I thought about it, I figured that it would be good for me to go to a different school. When it was closer to school being over, my mom brought me over to Prinsburg to visit the kids that would be in my class next year. It was weird right when I walked in. No lockers, there was verses written on the wall, and there were pianos in the rooms. I forgot that it was a Christian school, not a public school.

The next year, I was in Prinsburg school. At first, I missed my friends and I wanted to go back, then I started to get use to it. I thought it was still weird not to have lockers, but I got used to it. It was hard for me to learn because the grading scale was harder, I never learned what they were reviewing, and I didn't know anyone. I got through fifth grade and I made friends and I was excited to go back the next year.

I learned over the years that if you let people or things go, in the long run, you will get them back, or you will get something like it. I have had some events that have changed me and made me who I am today. I know that I am going to have more events that will change me to be more like what I will be when I get older.