This month I have been facing one of the hardest challenges
in my life so far. Since the beginning
of my junior year in high school I was in a serious relationship. My boyfriend and I did everything together,
and I mean everything. Before I had my
license he would pick me up after track practice, and we would hangout almost
every day after school. He would help me
with my homework and make sure I was keeping up with school. We went to his senior prom and both my junior
and senior prom together. This past
summer we started getting into arguments all the time, I just thought nothing
of it. I thought all relationships went
through rough times and that it would make us stronger. It started getting worse though, over time it
wasn't us getting into little arguments, it was him taking out his personal
problems on me. When something went
wrong with his family he would get angry and be grumpy around me for no
reason. Even though I knew it wasn't
right of him I stayed quiet and just dealt with everything all the time. One day in the beginning of this month things
got really bad, instead of staying quiet like I usually did, I finally stood up
for myself.
I had to be persistent and stay strong even though it was
really hard, and it still is. Even
though I still think about it all the time I know I made the right decision by
ending things. A relationship is both
people working together equally. I
should have realized earlier that I didn't have to put up with all the arguments
and mood swings. Even though I went
through a horrible experience that I haven’t gotten over yet, I don’t regret
anything. I think that facing this
challenge in my life has taught me a lot about myself. I can’t just let people walk all over me; I
had to learn how to stand up for myself.
As I continue to face this challenge I just keep trying to remember how
much of a better person I am becoming by going through all of this. The best thing I can do right now is forgive
him and move on, I need to use this challenge as a learning experience rather
than think of it as a mistake.
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