Major Life Events That Affected My Life

People often do not realize that the events that go on in their lives impact them in a big way. Some events can be major while some can be something as small as having a verbal disagreement with one of your co-workers. Either way, any small or large event that happens in your life ultimately reflects how you decide things for yourself or how you view certain problems. So many people are in this world, and every single one of them have gone or will go through a major life event that will affect their development; including me. One major life event that I feel affected my development was the absence of my father from my life from around six years old. It affected me in the sense that I never got to know what a father’s presence throughout my life felt like and it made me feel isolated from society.
The first reason as to why not having a father around affected me was because I never knew what it was like to have a father around to witness my growth and success. A father is usually around to witness their daughter grow into a woman, see her cross the stage at her high school graduation and graduating college earning her master’s and walking her down the aisle when she is getting married.
And it also made me understand how other people that grew up without a father feel like and that it’s not a norm but it does happen more often than I used to think it did. Having both parents in your life is essential because they are the ones that help you build your foundation of the person you want to become. Also, in this generation, mass media is something that is everywhere now and not only does it effect this generation’s views but it will affect their children as