Endings to my Intros

1.) I guess there are some things in life I will never understand.
You learn something new every day. There are a lot of things in life that don’t make sense to me and probably never will. For example, I don’t understand why material goods are so important to people, why people do things that are illegal, or how people can fall in and out of love so easily. One thing that will never make sense to me is why people put others down just to make themselves feel better. Hopefully, people forget and move on when someone insults them. However, this is not always the case.


2.) Things like that don’t usually happen to people like me.
When, I saw my mother’s eyes filled with tears, I knew something was wrong. We lost a classmate when we were only in second grade. It is hard to say goodbye to your friend especially someone your age when you are only eight. He had a brain tumor. At the time I was confused and didn’t really understand what was happening. Not until several years later did it affect me. He used to say, “I can’t wait until tomorrow because it is a new day.” We wore bracelets as a reminder that every day is a gift and life is precious.


3.) Why are some people perfect at everything they do?
I know nobody is perfect, but some people are pretty close. Being the middle child in my family, I have always been compared to my older sister, Juliette, and my younger brother T.J. They are intelligent, sweet, friendly, athletic, and outgoing. I always hear, “Gen, why do you have to be so difficult? It seems like everything just comes easy to them. It can be frustrating, but I have worked so much harder in life because of them.


4.) I can’t believe she just did that! Slamming the door on my face, after all I did for her.
I went to school with her since I was six. We use to be friends. Something changed though. I’m not sure when or what happened, but things were different. I played soccer with her and I helped her with her school work. I even helped her get into the high school she wanted. This didn’t matter anymore. She thought I was a terrible person who didn’t have anything better to do with my time then to insult her. When I attempted to apologize, “I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding, I hope….” I heard a slam, and she never let me finish. I’ve seen her since then, but things will never be the same between us.


5.)“We did it!” No one thought we were good enough. It only took three minutes to prove them wrong.
Many people would argue that cheerleading is easy and anyone can do it. That is not true. Our cheerleading team practiced for four months two hours every night. Our coaches would scream every practice to smile more, jump higher, sharper motions, and cheer louder. We cheered for every football game, but the competitions were what we looked forward to. It was a chance to show everyone what we could do. We have all been kicked in the face, fallen on our heads, and cheered until we were blue in the face. Our hard work paid off, when I heard everyone scream, “We did it!” We were national champions.