POW#2 ~ Hard Lesson Learned

      Snap. Head up. Snap. Turn. Snap. The officer then told me I could sit. I walked to my chair with my head down in shame. I knew that this picture would be in my records forever and I could never take it back. It was the end and it was a begining.
     All pictures are of a memory of some kind. They are taken to capture a happy memory in a snap shot. However, the moment that is captured, which is described in the above paragraph, is not of a happy one. It is one of shame, grief, and disappointment. The picture that I am describing is of a picture that was taken at JDC. I was ordered to go there after charges were pressed against me for phone harassment. I knew right before that picture was taken that I would always hate that picture and I came to regret my actions.
     This picture was the end of my old life. The life of foolishness and carelessness and being impulsive. My new life was starting. A life of responsibility, thinking and hard work. I had a decision to make. I could either let this picture destroy my life or I could let it build my life anew. So, from that moment on I decided that that moment would not be my down fall but it would be my rise to responsibility and success. Now in my life I have great friends and family that support me. My grades in school are fabulous and my life is great. I have decided that from now on all the snap shots in my life will be of success and happiness, and that is how my life will go.