Radio Script: Story of your life

Written By: Dara Harris

Growing up in Las Vegas I always viewed life as a fairytale. Though things weren’t

always perfect, as in fairytales, I always had a positive outlook throughout all of my situations.

When I turned five my father decided to start a church so that swiftly became a part of my life

everyday.As I got older I started to see how much time owning a church takes away from the

time I spent with my parents. Not to say they weren’t around but the majority of their time was

spent at church or assisting different members with their needs. When I started middle school my

brother was sentenced to prison and this trembling endeavor took a huge toll on my life. I started

to not care as much about school and I cared less about the extracurricular activities I was

involved in.

During this time I lived a sort of rebellious lifestyle, I cared less about my priorities and

more about things that could’ve landed me in jail truthfully. Luckily, my godmother was there to

help assist in raising me. It was worth the long lectures and punches because she helped me go

back to my thoughts when I was younger. Life is a fairytale and with any situation there is a way

for that problem to be handled. Adding on to my parents heartache was not on the agenda but of

course along the way of my rebelliousness, everything caught up to me and I did that without

even realizing it.When reality hit me again I started to get back to how I was before, I started

cheering again and I even joined Black Student Union this allowed me to do more on and off my

high school campus. Throughout high school I was faced with many racial adversities. I was in a

predominatly white school that cared more about what sounded good rather than putting forth

that action. I didn’t let anyone affect me though, I came to this school for a fresh start amd that is
exactly how I wanted to keep it. So as a fairytale I started to find different ways to shut them up

without doing much, I did so in my academics and my athleticism.

After high school ended truthfully I really didn’t want to start school right away, I wanted

to have somewhat of a gap year to where I could travel and just breathe a bit before. Fortunately,

I didn’t take that break coming into Lane in 2019 widened my horizons in ways I didn’t expect.

In both good and bad ways I learned I am built for anything even when I feel defeated it’s

something greater for me. I now see myself as an introvert extrovert, I enjoy my own company

usually. I am one that likes my peace and anytime I feel like it’s being interrupted I immediately

shut down which is something I am working one because that isn’t a way for folks to get through

life. I now also see myself better than I was a year ago because I have different business revenues

and I finally see what I possibly want to do in my career.