Personal Narrative Essay: Growing Up As A Daddy's Girl

Growing up, I was truly a Daddy’s girl. Whatever I wanted, I basically got from my father. I grew up with Dogs, a Cat, Birds, Hamsters, and even rabbits. One day my parents and I were pulling out of the parking lot of Walmart. I looked across the street and I saw a poster that read “Free Kittens!” I immediately asked my dad to turn around so we can at least see the kittens. We make it to the other side of the street where the sign is and I looked into a bucket and there were 3 kittens left. Instantly, the orange and brown cat caught my eye because he was whining constantly. I told my father that I wanted that particular kitten and he told me no because we already had a dog and a bird at the time. Then I urgently started begging and pleading for him to let me bring it home. I even said things like, “I promise I will take care of him and feed him every day.” I’ll even help more around

I wasn’t allowed to go out to the football games or mall and hang out with my friends. That finally changed when I reached my eighth grade year of middle school. I wanted to go to one of the high schools’ rival game with my friends. I asked my dad and of course he told me I couldn’t go. As usual, I became sad and went inside the house. He later came inside and he said, “I’ll give you one chance to see if you will be obedient. I will let you go to the game but I will be there watching you. You better be on your best behavior because this is your first chance so don’t blow it!” I then got dressed and we went to the football game. Once I was there, I did exactly as my father said. The whole game I was standing up by the fence watching it and talking to my friends. When the game was over and we were on the way home, my dad told me I was on my best behavior and that after tonight he would start letting me go more places. I was so ecstatic and even if he wasn’t there I would have still been