AM lit: Describe a time when someone’s words had a lasting impact on you.

 I think a time where the words left an impact was when me, my dad, my older brother, and my step-brother were on a drive towards Florida. I remember that mid way there one of us brought a topic not too sensible but it escalated towards one. I remember that things got so heated that for a whole hour the ride felt in complete silence. I remember that we stopped at a gas station and while I was at the gas pump my dad pulled me aside and told me why was I such an arrogant and selfish person, I asked him why was he saying that and he replied to me that while I was giving my opinion my two brothers were embarrassed for what I was saying. Now I realize that he was right. I was 12 at the time that this happened.


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