I Fall Out Of Innocence Essay

I fell. I fell out of innocence. I fell out of childhood. I fell out of sanity. But I didn't fall willingly, I was pushed. I was pushed by the life the I had chosen for myself. I was pushed by the want to look up to my oldest sibling. I was pushed by the need to have a mother, a protector, a friend. I was pushed by a gust of wind, and just like God intended me to, I fell off the balcony, BACKWARDS, into my sister’s arms.

I tell people I don't drink, which is true! I don't drink...often. But for a few months of my junior year of college, I found myself drinking a lot more, trying to mask the pain and confusion I was feeling. I didn't tell others about it for fear of judgement, although I did have a brief hypocritical spat with a my sorority

Did this really happened to me? And the answer is yes! We go to movies and peer at the screen as the words "based on a true story" fly across. Well this book is my movie and it's based on my true story. It is an account of my life, through my eyes as a child, delivered through my fingertips as an

I actually didn't even know I'd fallen asleep until I woke up to hysteria. Dishes clattered as they hit the ground. Walls being struck, made booming sounds like thunder. Screams of "I can't believe you!" rang out.

I tiptoed out of my room only to see, my mother throwing things at July. I see him ducking every dish, as my mother lands every blow in between. He takes the hits as he tries to apologize in between breaths.

I never thought a woman should hit a man, because I would never want a man to hit a woman. I also thought I'd never hit a man, until I came to blows with my college boyfriend. As I landed every punch to his face he shook me trying to get me to calm down, but the damage was done. My anger had gotten the best of me. Although we've moved on for the situation I still regret that moment. I knew for sure after that incident I had lost the love of my