In life, there will always be times when you go through hard things. Sometimes you can look back at why you were upset and realize maybe it wasn’t so bad after all. My first memory of this was on my first day of kindergarten. I was so excited to start kindergarten and be like my brothers since they were already in school. The excitement intensified as I got ready to go, but when we got to the school it all changed. A wave of nervousness washed over me as I walked through the door of the school. The realization had finally hit, I would be by myself.
As I walked into the classroom, the teachers greeted me and welcomed me to their class. I immediately felt overwhelmed by all of the people and attention focused on me. Before this day, I had never spent a long time away from my parents and I didn’t know how to handle it. After a few minutes, my teacher escorted me into another room to try and calm me down while other teachers talked to my parents. When she led me back into the classroom, my parents were gone.
By this point, all I wanted to do was go home but that wasn’t an option. My teacher told me that it was time for breakfast and they put us in a line to go to the cafeteria. As we walked down the sidewalk, I saw my mom’s car pulling out of the parking lot. Seeing this just upset me even more, and I tried to go to her car and the teacher pulled me away. After a little bit, I finally calmed down and started to embrace it and have fun with my classmates. By the end of the day, I had realized maybe school wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.
Looking back now, it seems a little foolish to be that upset over something as simple as school, but 4-year-old me didn’t think so. It was so hard but it was well worth it. I made lifelong friends in that class and I would do it all over again if I could. That was the day that I learned, that maybe I should try something before I decide to hate it. Everyone has hard days but sometimes those days turn out to be one of the best days of your life. Difficult days happen to everyone, but how you handle it is up to you.