Essay On My Life Event

I have been sitting here in the quiet thinking about the question being asked of me, “Please describe an event or experience in your life and how it will influence your academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University?” The one event that has influenced everything I do in my life would be the day that I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. From that day forward I became a new person. Let me begin by sharing my testimony. My childhood was not filled with glorious memories or unforgettable adventures, nor was it filled with indescribable pain. I had an average childhood, or at least that is the way I remember it. I am the oldest of four siblings. I have a twin sister and two brothers. When my sister and I were 3 years old, and our brother 10 months old, our mother died of cancer. My dad

In that day and time that was an incredible task for my father. Some young men would have suggested that other members in the family step into the parenting role. Not my father. He was a hard headed, proud, very determined man. My father had suffered many tragedies in his life. He nearly lost his life twice during the two tours he served in Vietnam, and then he faced raising children alone after the death of my mother. These events left him with unimaginable scars both physically and mentally. My dad was not a perfect father, he always told us “We were his children and he did what needed to be done.” My dad became an alcoholic at a very young age. He was a disabled American Veteran struggling to provide for his children. Please don’t misunderstand me, I am not making excuses for his behavior, I am just telling things the way I saw them as a child. My dad was a great man as long as he was sober. He was the most kind and giving man in the world. When he began to drink his personality changed completely. As a child I didn’t understand this. I just learned to deal with it. We were raised