My Experience of Freedom

I am always used to doing what I have been told. Today, I am still like that. Now that I am getting older, I am starting to realize that I am being controlled with everything around me by power. Freedom has been very limited to me since two summer’s ago. The summer before my junior year was the best summer I had ever experienced.

At the end of June, I went on a 6 night 7 day Carnival Cruise with my sister’s Girl Scout troop. It was a small all girl’s trip, which made it even better. It was hard for me to concentrate on my finals because I was so excited, being that it was my first cruise. We traveled to Key West, Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Grand Cayman Islands. As a person, I am very insecure, quiet and shy. Going on this cruise was an eye opener because I really got a sense of being independent on a huge crew ship. My mom encouraged us to explore and take advantage of the certain activities on the boat each night. One night, I decided to go down to the teen club, and had an interesting encounter. I met a guy from North Carolina. He was 17 I was 16. I was really shy, skeptical and quiet because I did not know anything about him. He was really nice and chill. The more he opened up to me, I felt more comfortable to tell him about myself. From then on, my nights on the ship were so much fun. My mom did not know anything about the things we did together. Normally, there are always voices inside of me scared to take risks and be happy. I was certainly happy being with him. During those moments, I felt comfortable, and did not have to think about whether I wanted to do certain activities that took me out of my comfort zone with him. I felt free because my mother and the power she had were not controlling me. Happiness was looking down on me every night. I had the best time on that cruise. The whole experience in general (destination stops,cruise, night/day) was worthwhile. It was one vacation I will never forget because my heart and mind felt free.