So I have been through so many difficult situations. I think one that immediately comes to mind is the one time me and my friends got lost. We were at the beach and we were alone because we went on holiday just me and my three best friends. So we didn’t have any parents or trust adults around and Didn’t know anyone else because we were away and like I guess it was like three or four hours away from home So we couldn’t just pull our parents and be like please come pick us up. We don’t know how to get back home and Our phone were also not fully charged and that’s because we have been out all day at the beach and and our phones like many else. When they are, no, they are out in the sun for too many hours, then the battery just goes down. And so we couldn’t even look up on Google Maps or something to a possible way to go back home. go back home and so me being the mom of the group I am always the one that tries and do everything. I went into a couple of restaurants and bars to ask for directions and we walked around for a bit of time and then we found a bus stop but the difficulties don’t stop here because there was not a time schedule for this bus stop and so we had to wait for every single bus that came and I just asked the driver where it went, if it would bring us any closer to our to our house and everything and finally we found one, we got back home and we were, I was a bit, we were very tired because it was like 11 in the evening and we’ve been out since like 7 or 8 in the morning so we were all very tired we were very hungry because we had a little at all and I just felt so relieved to be back at home without being robbed or without finding anyone that would harm us.
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So I have been through many difficult situations. I think one that immediately comes to mind is the time my friends and I got lost. We were at the beach and we were alone because we went on holiday, just me and my three best friends. We didn't have any parents or trusted adults around and didn't know anyone else because we were away, and I guess it was like three or four hours away from home. So we couldn't just call our parents and say, please come pick us up, we don't know how to get back home. Our phones were also not fully charged because we had been out all day at the beach, and our phones, like many others, when they are out in the sun for too many hours, the battery just goes down. So we couldn't even look up on Google Maps or something to find a possible way to get back home. Being the responsible one in the group, I went into a couple of restaurants and bars to ask for directions. We walked around for a bit and then found a bus stop, but the difficulties didn't stop there because there was no timetable for this bus stop. We had to wait for every single bus that came, and I asked the driver where it went, if it would bring us any closer to our home. Finally, we found one, and we got back home. We were very tired because it was like 11 in the evening and we had been out since around 7 or 8 in the morning. We were also very hungry because we had eaten very little. I felt so relieved to be back home without being robbed or encountering anyone who would harm us.
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