Personal Narrative Essay

For almost my entire life, I have lived happily in Ethiopia with my parents, my sisters and my brothers. Because my dad is extremely religious, I started practicing Christianity at an early age. My father took the whole family to church services almost every day. He was very strict and all of his rules are Bible-based. He read the Bible aloud to us and everything was related to God’s word. He made us read the Bible again and again. Our dad was always telling us, “No sex before marriage”, which is biblically right. We were always mindful of the Bible’s teachings, which helped me deal with the emotional and physical trauma of when my ex-boyfriend raped me.
I remember the day that I met my boyfriend in Ethiopia. We were coming back from a church program with my little sister. I was asking her where we can get some water to drink because we were thirsty. Suddenly, a man gave me a cup of water. I was surprised by the fast service that he gave me. I said to myself, “He must be an angel” because he magically knew what we needed although we had not told him. I asked myself how he knew that I needed the water. I took and shared it with my sister. I was fifteen when I met the guy after he gave us the cup of water who later became my first boyfriend. We started dating each other and he was a

Then I went to his house, he started keeping pushing himself on me which I was not like it. He started kissing my neck, touching between my legs, etc. I was starting scared of him. I was telling him to stop, but he keeps pushing me in bed. (Oh God, I really do not want to remember that day at all.). I got confused, I was not sure that he was trying to rap me. He made me feel pressured. I was crying and tried to push of me, but he would not stop. He was stronger and heavier. He was not even listening to me. Finally, he rapped me and after he did what he want to did, he simply left me on the floor and went out of the