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Tears are warmer than the atmosphere...
Contributed by: Danielle O'Neill on 6/18/2007

"I am 19 years of age and I am still young as a child."

The Year was 2003, I was then 15 years old, standing at my grandfather's furneral. Listening to the priest talk, made me realize how life is short and one day your surrounded by worryless childhood moments and the next your 71 years old fighting for your life. I guess this is where all the childhood moments disappeared, Looking back I could've never imagined what the following years had in store, Nor would I change anything.

This is My story adapting to change that lies in tomorrow. Finding courage in life's sorrows, Letting go of what's not meant to be, Becoming me and having faith. All of the things I have learned while growing into myself these past four years. My mission is to inspire somebody to live life as only themselves.

Shortly after my grandfather passed, my family moved in with my grandmother, his widower. We sold our five-acre ranch house which laid on the out skirts of Rockford, IL. I spent all my life in the place I considered heaven.

Moving in with my grandmother put some sacrifies on my parents, My mom in fact was struggling to let go of the idea that was we'd have to sell our horses which made things harder.

I didn't realize how much I'd miss living there until later down in the road, Not just me but the whole family looked at it like a change for the better, At the time the same thought was in each of our minds. And it was a change for the better....

I was entering high school that fall . Thomas Jefferson High, which brought me to some of the most dearest life long friends. It even brought me to my first true Love which at the time I didnt realize he was going to be my first love, until down the road.

That year flew by, I turned 16 in March, Easter came and we made a trip to Colorado, Knowing our expectations were house hunting, We found one within the week we were visiting, We decided to move that June after school finished.

For the most part we were all excited to be moving west, The hardest thing was leaving all that we knew behind. I had a tough last day of school, I didnt want to leave my friends and everything I knew was all that I was leaving, It was like starting new in a place we weren't familar with , not knowing what to expect I went with the flow. I wasn't fond of packing my life in a box and moving 1000 miles away, When I was just getting used to the idea of growing up...

(I will countine to write and add things so it's not the end)


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Danielle O'Neill

Golden , CO

Danielle O'Neill has posted 4 stories and 0 comments since joining on 4/26/2007. Danielle O'Neill 's average story rating is 5.
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