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My mom, just like most moms has been with me for my whole life. Her birthday is November 22 and she fifty years old but looks like she’s high thirty’s. My mom and be have been extremely close for as long as I can remember. We have a bind where I can almost tell her anything. I picked to type this essay on my mom because I look up to her and she’s a strong, good person. When my mom and dad were still together my mom was someone, but I don’t think it was herself. When my dad left a few years ago my mom was sad, but she would rarely show it. My mom didn’t let herself go off a cliff, she didn’t just give up. She became someone else then she was before. She was stronger, and she learned who she was. She turned a sad situation into something better, and I really admire …show more content…
My dad was a good dad, he’s a navy seal, so I wouldn’t see him that much. I just remember being afraid of him. I was always just close to my mom, and my brother was more close to my dad. About 4 years ago my dad came back from one of his deployments. He was not the same at all, he was kind of quiet. Me and my mom also found a girl key chain that was clearly not my moms. But What happened was my dad told us the next day or so that he was leaving, He packed up his truck and drove off. I was kind of shocked but I didn’t really process the whole thing so I didn’t care much. So my dad filled a divorce and gave my mom trouble. We were forced to sell our house, and we went from there. My dad actually cheated on my mom and had a baby. This was pretty recent and it just keeps getting me angrier at my dad. Why would he leave me to be with another family? I have a crazy pile of emotions just building up inside me. I am learning to heal from what my dad has done to me and my family. I have to continue to be strong and I know I will be happy again. I don’t think that it will ever be the same with me and my
I never knew my father. I knew of him course, but whenever I asked my mom about it, the story was condensed to something along the lines of
When my dad and mom met, my mom was only 19 and already had my sister Melody at 17. My dad fell in love with Melody and my mom. He liked my mom so much he lied about his age, he was only 17, but he told her he was 18. About a year later of them dating, my mom got pregnant with me. At that point my parents were gang bangers and did not have jobs. They were barely surviving. Not until about when my mom was 8 months pregnant with me, then my dad realized he was about to be a dad. His eyes opened up because he realized I was going to be his first child. He knew that he was a loser, with no job so he decided to get off his butt and work. Since he had been in jail many, many times, he could not get a job, so he joined the army.
So our lives carried on, the usual family sort of crap, until my stepfather died. We weren’t even tol...
Something that I have learned after overcoming this battle is that life is very unpredictable and it is up to the individual to rise above and choose the right path. This excerpt from the poem “Recovery” by Maya Angelou has given me encouragement and inspiration to move on with my life and become the best person that I can be: “A last love, proper in conclusion, should snip the wings forbidding further flight. But I now reft of that confusion, am lifted up and speeding towards the light.” I live by these words everyday because they motivate me to succeed and overcome the impossible.
I was fourteen years old when my life suddenly took a turn for the worse and I felt that everything I worked so hard for unexpectedly vanished. I had to become an adult at the tender age of fourteen. My mother divorced my biological father when I was two years old, so I never had a father. A young child growing up without a father is tough. I often was confused and wondered why I had to bring my grandfather to the father/daughter dance. There was an occurrence of immoral behavior that happened in my household. These depraved occurrences were often neglected. The first incident was at the beach, then my little sisters’ birthday party, and all the other times were overlooked.
I was awful young enough to not fully be aware of the entire situation. What I did know was that I didn’t want to move into a new house, attend a new school, and definitely not live without my dad. Adapting to my new and different surroundings was very hard for me. I was upset with my dad for his actions because he was the cause of all the changes. I was mainly angry with my mom though for her decision. To my eight year old self, I felt as if it wasn’t fair. I was her precious girl and entire world and I knew she would do anything to see my happy. For that particular reason was why i couldn 't comprehend her decision. I wasn 't happy with the outcome, I hoped she would forgive him and we could be a family
Throughout my life my mom has always been selfless and generous- especially when it came to her children and grandchildren… ever putting her self last! SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING… Unlike my sister, I was the one that gave my parents their grey hair… It took me longer than most to mature, and the truth is- that’s putting it mildly. Yet through all the ups and downs, and all the times I would end up disappointing her expectations of me, one thing NEVER
We walked inside, the broken down trailor and just started to get into pajamas and there was headlights in the driveway. I panicked and hid. My cousin yelled, “Krissy, Krissy, it’s my mommy!,” I said, “HIDE!!!!!,” because I was not going back to that tyrannical mother of mine.
Now I don’t want to dive right in and tell you what happened right away, but first I want to give you a little background information. My parents divorced when I was ten years old and after that day my mother was never the same person again. I still love her with all of my heart but I desperately miss the mother she once was for me. I can still remember her and my father carrying me and my little brother up to bed and saying a prayer as they tucked us in for the night. That was so long ago and she is no longer that person.
My parents did not discuss their reasons for the divorce with me, they didn't have to, and I knew the reasons. I had lived the reasons for as long as I was old enough to remember. The arguments, the name calling, the accusations, the past threats to move out. I was well aware of the reasons. Although there was never any physical violence there was enough screa...
My father was always there for me, whether I wanted him to be or not. Most of the time, as an adolescent trying to claim my independence, I saw this as a problem. Looking back I now realize it was a problem every child needs, having a loving father. As hard as I tried to fight it, my dad instilled in me the good values and work ethic to be an honest and responsible member of society. He taught me how to be a good husband. He taught me how to be a good father. He taught me how to be a man. It has been 18 years since my father’s death, and I am still learning from the memories I have of him.
By the time our mom died I wasn't on the best of terms with mom or the rest of my family.
I am very grateful that she helped me how to ride a bike. My first bike was a blue Schwin. I loved that bike from the time it had training wheels to the time I got a new one. We started with the bike in the bike yard and mom would run either beside or behind me holding on and helping me keep my balance. When she let go I would fall and gets all kind of bruises then she would be mad that she let and I got hurt because of it. I eventually got better and we moved out to the street in front of the house, I loved how it felt to ride the bike on the pavement.
...; I like to believe that I've accepted my self-induced isolation from her with grace, but I must admit that I do hold the hope of bridging the gap between my mother and I. I also hold the hope of amending myself for all the times I've knowingly and purposefully hurt her. Although she is not a god, as I originally assumed, she is a good woman. She has raised me, sheltered me, and loved me for over seventeen years without asking for more than casual chores in return. I believe that the greatest compliment I could ever give my mother is to grow up to be exactly what she wants me to be. I want to make her happy. My gift to her will be my success in life, so that when she's old and gray, and she's knitting me a hideous sweater in her creaky rocking chair, she can sigh, and mumble to herself, "Wow, it was worth it."
he tried to hide his fear, I knew he was afraid when my father would go on a