Life Gone Wrong

by Alisha

I've lived a very good life; lived all over the world and I was okay with that. I liked moving around alot. Then one day my family moved to Alabama and I loved it there. I lived there for three years and had everything you could ever ask for. I had amazing friends and everyone in my school liked me The only problem in my life was that my house was not quite the place I wanted to call home. I was involved in an amazing church group that was full of people who were always there for me. Then one day my parents told me that we were going to move to Tennessee a week after school let out. At first I didn't think much of it, but after a while I realized all the things I was losing. A little while after we moved to Tennessee I became extremely depressed, I had no friends, I felt as though my parents just didn't care about me anymore, and nothing was going right, so I began cutting myself. It became extremely bad to the point where I would make myself bleed at church and I didn't care who knew it. Then my family decided to move to a different church and one Sunday the pastor was preaching about people having hard times and how God was always there and at that moment I realized that I had to forget about all that was wrong and love God and he would help me. I ran from the auditorium into the bathroom with tears running down my face. I gave my life to Christ and even though I still have many problems, especially with my parents, I have been so much happier and don't worry so much. It's easy for me to remember God is with me because every time I look at my wrist, and see those scars, I am reminded of a hard time that I pulled through. That's my story.