Help Out Of Thin Air

CHAPTER 1

     It seems funny that when I was sixteen I thought I had my life figured out. I didnt seem to have any questions unanwsered and everything fell into place. As the days went by I didnt seem to realize that the day my life would change forever was coming and it was coming very fast. Everyone knows there is no point in trying to slow down or stop time although ill admit for a little while I tried. It started on my eighteenth birthday. Just like every other year I was excited that it was my birthday and I was of coure thinking about what I might get as gifts. The fact is though that this birthday as I would very soon find out was very different from not only my past birthdays but also any other birthday I would ever have in my life. The biggiest reason is that I was of course going to be considered an "adult". Now I do understand that this though could be and more than likely is frightening to anyone for any number of different reasons. For me it was the fact that I was now an adult and yet I had no idea what direction my life was going in. I had no clue what was coming next or if I had control over any of it. I also started to wonder if I was ever going to be able to gain control somehow if I did not already have it. Well now I am 22 and feel that I have the best control over my life and its direction that I have ever had and am very happy about being able to say that.