A Defining Moment

"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." ( Marry Shelly, Frankenstein) it hits me, there is a sudden warmth that spreads throughout my face. My muscles tense up as if ready for another blow, except I'm not, I never will be. I feel weak as she kicks me again, except this time right in the chest, the air escapes my lungs, now I feel nothing. She's drunk again, I can't stop her, however I can hear talking through the ringing in my ears. Out of the corner of my eye I see a tall woman, she has deep blue eyes along with a caring face, nevertheless she looks uneasy. She turns and glares at my mom. " What do you think you're doing!" She yells "... That is no way to treat your child! are you out of your mind?" My mom, shouts back at the woman as best she can. She can treat me, however she wants, it is none of her business, she explains. Through the tears in my eyes, I look at this strange woman as well as back at my mother. The woman shakes her head, turns,and gets off the train. As soon as she leaves the tears start to cascade off my cheeks. My mom tells me to stop crying and kicks me again. It's never been okay to cry, however sometimes I can't stop myself from crying anyway. There is something about emotion that has always had a way of making my mother more angry. She says something In between the strikes to my side, although I can't seem to understand what it is. Moments later the woman is back, I get a small tinge of hope as I look
People ask me if getting taken away from my mother has changed who I am or taught me anything. My response to them is usually "I don't know" or "maybe" and sometimes even "No" because most of the time I don't want to want to deal with answering them. However I do in fact believe that it has changed me. Having your surroundings and the people who are in your life change so abruptly has made me experience failure in ways I never even thought