A Wet Change

An embarrassing moment that has changed my life was an event that everyone experiences and has to deal with sometime in their life. It is a moment that I have not shared with anyone, and I feel it is the right time that I share the moment to someone. The moment will never be forgotten, and will always stay with me for the rest of my life.

The embarrassing moment that has happened to me was when I was a little boy and had gone on a trip with my family to Disney World. This was a trip that my family and I planned every year and has stopped since this incident has happened. Me and my dad split up from the rest of my family and went out looking around Disney World for some new and exciting events. As we walked and walked until I could not feel my feet anymore, my dad and I stopped for a minute to catch our breath. By the time I was ready to go, we met up with the rest of my family and decided to go home. As we walked toward the exit to Disney World my father asked if I wanted to race him to the car. I nodded excited and wanted to beat my father in a little rat race on foot. We glared at each other with an icy smirk as if we knew who was going to win. My mom yells “GO.” And we were off. My father jolted out ahead of me as I was left in the dust by my father’s footprints in the dirt. As I slowed down to catch my breath, I noticed I was all by myself with no one I knew around me. Random people walked by as I stood what felt like naked in a crowd of strangers I have never seen before. My heart dropped as if I had skipped a heart beat and my body was gong to shut down. I felt like I would never be found again and I was to be left for the killing in this World of Disney. I started walking back towards where I had thought we started the race, but in the end, everything looked the same. I felt embarrassed with all the kids and their parents around with nothing to worry about. And here I was, little Mikey all alone, lost in Disney Land.

About a half hour later, I found myself sitting on a bench hoping to see a family member walk by and pick me up. I was scared I would never make it out alive or even see my family again. As I grew tired of walking around, something from my heart told me to get up and start walking. As I made my way towards the food stands, I glanced in the distance to see to my surprise that my family was walked around asking people if they had seen me. I ran as fast as I could towards them to reassure them that I was alright. They hugged me with such love and passion I could barely keep my cool and I burst out in tears. I felt the warm comfort of my mother’s arms, and as they hugged me I felt a warm stream of liquid run down my leg and thought to myself “Oh No!” As my family back away from me, they could see the dark peepee trail down the middle of my pants. As I blushed with such embarrassment, they hugged me tighter then ever and said “Don’t worry Mikey, it happens to the best of us.” With that in mind, I thought nothing of it and was happy that I found my family and didn’t care what happened just as long as I was safe.

The lesson I learned from this was that never be ashamed of something that you know happens to everyone. If you do get embarrassed, then don’t worry about what happened and don’t let anyone tell you what to do or how to do it. Everyone goes through some of the same things and this is something that everyone goes through. You have to learn how to deal with it and have some pride in yourself.