Personal Narrative: My First Car

Have we ever had something that we really loved, then one day it was taken away just like that? Well, that was me with my first car, a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT. That car to me was my dream starting car. I felt so cool when I drove around as well as caught people’s attention when I drove around town. Then, one tragic day I was in an accident while driving home from school four days after my seventeenth birthday. I have never been more afraid until my wreck happened that day. I was driving home and one moment everything was fine, then the next minute I was upside down in a ditch. At first, I did not realize what had happened because when I looked around, everything was dark and I did not see anything until I was out of my car. When I got out

My parents pushed me every day after to try and drive again. They did not want me to become like my older brother, who was also in a severe wreck when he was my age. He gave up driving for almost two years afterward. He was afraid to make the same mistake. To be honest, when I started driving on my own again, I was worried constantly about making the same mistake of losing my concentration while on the road. My parents reassured me since then that if I believe in my own capabilities that I will not make the same mistake twice. Honestly, that has helped me so much in life, just being able to believe in myself and not doubt

Before my wreck happened, I believe that I was too cautious. I tried too hard to drive perfectly, and, in turn, I think that made my mistakes I made more noticeable and made me overcorrect to fix them. Before my wreck one major mistake I kept making was that I tended to drift to the edge of the road when I would lose my concentration even for a second. Now when I drive I am still cautious, but I don’t focus on being perfect when I drive. I know I’m going to make errors; I just have to learn from the mistakes when they happen and find ways to correct them before they ever happen