• It was a saturday night. Cold, wet, and the smell of polution in the air. I decided to take a shortcut home since i had a lot of homework to catch up on after cathcing the flu. when i was home it was the same typical routine. My dad would ask me where i was then he would argue with my mom. They were drunks. I went upstairs and my dad came up and scared me so i turned and punched him in reflex. Well my dad, being drunk, jumped on me. I couldn't breathe. My neighbor saw through the window. She quickly called 911. The cops arrived and started asking questions. I told him the truth and tried not to be scared. The cops took away my dad for the night. Meanwhile, my mom was sleeping on the back porch. She can sleep through a bomb when she is drunk. I was crying in my room thinking of how unfair it is that all my friends don't have to deal with things like this on a saturday night. I began to question God. I begged him to make my life easier. I Hated my life. Absoulutely hated it. I didn't want to be alive. I fell asleep. When i woke up my mom wasn't drunk for a change. But she was pissed when she heard about last night. We had to go to court. While we were there they began questioning my dad. He was lying like I meant nothing to him. When he bagan to get caught on his lying he pulled out a gun and aimed right at me. He pulled the trigger and i felt my heart stop. I heard screams. Everything was black. I opened my eyes and there was my mom lying in front of me bleeding. She jumped in front of the bullet for me. Then i saw my dad get jumped on and beaten. I realized that life was everything. It feels so good when you wake up every morning knowing that you can live to see another day. You see the blue skies and thank God. I was sent to a adoption center. I didn't care. I realized that without life there was nothing. It is amazing how life feels after you almost die but live. This is my story to all those kids out there who have ever hated there lives. Enjoy what you can of life. Appreciate it. It is a gift. That is why today is called present