A Promise Means Everything

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A Promise means everything; but once it’s broken, sorry means nothing. Making a promise to someone is a very precious thing. We all do it for one reason in life; we don’t want to let anyone down. We all want to have that feeling of being trusted and having honesty and making a commitment when making a promise. So once we make a promise, we have to do whatever it takes to keep that promise because if we break it once we say sorry it has no meaning anymore. Then, people have that guilty feeling because they let that person down and they cannot make up for it no matter how hard they try. A promise means everything, but once they’re broken, sorry means nothing. The first promise anyone ever makes is the most important because no one’s been hurt yet. The first promise I ever made was to my best friend, Atrayana Donohoe. Everything about her had something special; the way she talked, the way she smiled, the way she walked, and how athletic she was. However, last year she found out her and her mom were going to move to Lincoln, Nebraska. I remember the sadness in her eyes and how broken she was when she had come to my house to tell me what was happening. At first I thought she was joking, but I realized it was reality and it was going to happen sooner than we had expected. She was going to leave the week that school had ended in May. The day she came over to say goodbye, I remember we just sat in my room and we cried. Right before she left I promised her that I would never replace her because she was my best friend and I chose her. I will admit, it has been a very tough year without her. But I will keep my promise to her always. When it comes to making a promise, there is a struggle sometimes to keeping that promise depending on what it is. I may not have ever broken a promise to anyone, but I have experienced getting numerous promises broken. It is tough to deal
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