Never Make the Same Mistake Twice
Latisha Tucker
Everest College

Short Narrative Essay: Never Make the Same Mistake Twice
I have had to learn the hard way of what my parents meant when they used to always tell me to never make the same mistake twice. I did not figure out what they were truly saying to me until I started my own life and began to make an endless number of mistakes. I learned from life’s experiences that the only way you could truly live up to this saying is when you make a complete transformation from your old ways.

My life took some tremendous turns in March of 1997 when I gave birth to my first born son. I was only a child myself so I was completely clueless about what was going on in my life at the time. This was the moment when I had to make a decision to change my life for the better simply because I had a child to take care of. It was so hard for me to believe that I was a junior in high school and seventeen years old ,holding a newborn baby in my arms at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Everything that I once knew changed and all I wanted to focus on was being a better person for my child. I wasn’t a bad person but I made bad choices that I always ended up suffering the consequences for.
When I arrived home from the hospital I immediately started going through a metamorphosis. My dedication was fully directed towards my mother for being so supportive and for assisting me and equipping me with what I needed to be successful as a teen parent and as a high school student. I was fully committed to making a difference in my life as well as the life of others. I went to parenting groups for young women , I volunteered at homeless shelters for pregnant teens that didn’t have any family or assistance from anyone, and I preached sermons to my friends so that they would make better decisions that would prevent them from experiencing all of the things that I had encountered.
My interest in being compassionate gave me the courage to stand up for what is right and to turn away from the world of always trying to be cool. I learned at a very early age that following the wrong crowd is detrimental to having a good life. I didn’t want to do the things I used to do because I became a different person when I had my son. I grew up and I figured out that being a parent may have been my blessing in disguise.

There was no more sneaking out and going to parties, no more cheating and skipping school, no more ling and playing games, no more bad grades and most of all no more boys until I knew I was ready to date. I must have made a thousand mistakes since then but it was only as time with by and as life continued to happen, I gained an understanding about what my parents were saying. Mistakes are lessons, they teach us how to get things right. It is completely up to us to learn from them and if we don’t, we fail to receive the blessings from the lessons. True change only happens when we as individuals decide to let go of the things that are holding us back and keeping us down.

Now that I am older I know why it is so vital to be mindful of what my mistakes are teaching me. Consequences are inevitable weather they are good or bad that is why it is so important to be careful in this life. The same bad choices causes us to end up with the same bad results out of life and until we are ready to face the real truth in our hearts about why things are the way they are and why do we continuously fail at everything we do, it is only then that we open up our eyes and decide to “Never Make the Same Mistake Twice.”