Saved by Love
Where is my mother? Why isn’t my mother in this room where she should belong which is with me? Waah, waah, I want to see my mother! I don’t like being here with you!
These were the sounds of a kindergartner in a state of shock when he found himself alone with a man who claimed to be his father. If you really want to know the truth, it was me. My cry of insanity happened on many different occasions, but why? At least, I didn’t have to face the trials that other children have to face when their parents are going through a divorce. My parents were never married. I was a child that was born out of wedlock, but I was fortunate to receive love and nourishment from both of my parents.
I was born on October 14, 1979 in Kissimmee, FL to a nineteen-year-old mother out of wedlock. My mother (Cynthia Hutchinson) and I have had a tight bond ever since that day. My father (Ricky Williams) didn’t set sight on me until a year later. We haven’t had the best of father-son relationships because of that fact, but he has raised me to be great young man.
To make up for that lost time and show that he cared he tried on numerous occasions to drive from Tampa and spend time with me. Sometimes he even attempted to take me back to Tampa and spend time with his wife. At the time, I was not allowing it to be done, profusely denying him the right to be involved in his child’s life. My feelings toward him were extremely bitter and they showed no respect for him. Also, I loved my mother too much to be away from her and that one-year of separation from my father drastically changed my thoughts toward him. When he finally showed his face to me all I saw was a stranger. Was I being selfish? My mind was constantly telling me, "No."
Displays of my grief had been showed on numerous occasions. After being told the story a few times, my mother took me to visit my father at a hotel one weekend on the beach. At this particular moment my mother wasn’t thinking very clearly and left my father and I in the room alone while she ran down to the hotel lobby; fortunately I had been taking a nap.
In this essay, the author
- Asks, why isn't my mother in this room where she should belong which is with me?
- Narrates how a kindergartner's cry of insanity happened on many occasions, but why? they didn't have to face the trials that other children face when their parents are going through divorce.
- Narrates how they were born on october 14, 1979 in kissimmee, fl to a nineteen-year-old mother out of wedlock. their father, ricky williams, raised them to be great young men.
- Narrates how their feelings toward their father were bitter and they showed no respect for him. they loved their mother too much to be away from her and that one-year of separation drastically changed their thoughts toward them.
- Narrates how their mother left their father and they in the room alone while she ran down to the hotel lobby. they threw their clothing over the balcony to show their discomfort.
- Narrates how a second incident outside of their apartment door probably had awakened the entire apartment complex. their father had driven an hour and half to bring them back to the west coast. numerous attempts to get them in the car of this man had failed.
- Narrates how their year of absence brought out the anger in school as well. they recall that they were being chased by a teacher for something wrong they had done.
- Opines that children lacking their parents, especially the father, miss out on a proper form of discipline.
- Explains that divorce affects children in school, social life, and tendencies of violence. according to vandamme and schwartz, there were higher motivation scores among elementary school children whose parents were divorced than those who were married.
- Explains that divorce can bring out the worst in one’s inner-self as well as any other thing. a meta-analysis found that the difference between children of divorced parents and those in non-divorced families was larger for conduct problems.
- Explains that they had much hatred for their father and displayed it when he came around and in school as well. but they were saved by a man who was my father.
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