At the time truth changed for me, I was 12 years old. I had already went through twelve years of my life, believing my mother was supposed to protect me from anyone threatening harm to me. That truth entirely changed when she was the one that threatened to harm me. I was crushed, but at the moment it was happening, I didn't have time to process my emotions. It wasn't until after, I had a chance to process what had occurred, and I realized my truth about her had changed.
I then no longer viewed her as my "mom" . I began just viewing her as my mother. Meaning, she gave birth to me, but I didn't consider her as a …show more content…
With my mother now completely out of "the picture", I had to begin taking on entirely new responsibilities. Helping my brothers out with homework, getting them ready for school in the morning, and helping my dad with more housework, became new normalities for me. Before, I mainly let dad help them with their homework, I had let dad dressed them each morning and I focused getting myself ready, and I rarely did housework. With the court drama, and all the other stress that came along with the incident, I figured my dad didn't need added on stress, so I began taking on extra responsibilities.Truth changed because before my role was just being a daughter to my dad and a sister to my brothers, now I am a helping hand and a daughter to my father and a caretaker and a sister to my