Personal Narrative Essay: Overcoming The Struggle In My Family

In today 's generation many kids live without one or both of their biological parents. It can be a struggle only having one parent. Kids must overcome this struggle no matter how hard it may seem. My struggle has been unique for myself and my family, I have been misled many times during my childhood, how I have dealt with it in recent years and what I have learned in my struggle. As a six year old girl it can be hard to bear the fact that you have no one to turn to. I have struggled with so many things, but I have struggled with this the most. My parents Jeana and Terry got divorced when I was four, however I do not really remember it. The thing I struggled the most with is not being able to see my mom, because she was the only woman figure I had, to teach me how to put on makeup, to do my hair, just to be a girl in general. Eventually, I got used to the struggle and learned to be strong by having my aunt and cousin guide me through the things I needed a female figure for.

My mom got married to another man. When she got married, her husband Joe did not want her to have anything to do with me and my brothers. It was so long ago that I do not remember much, but there is one thing I remember really well. My grandma Dilli, who had short dark hair and always a sweetheart, invited my brothers and I, and my mom and her husband to dinner. My grandma 's house smelled like food, there were old couches that were white and red and had flowers on them in the living room, a downstairs, a tan wall, and such a beautiful