One moment can change a lifetime

“One moment can change a lifetime” “Everything happens for a reason.” This universal quote has been heard all across the world and has been said for centuries. There could be many meaning for this quote, but there is always one key word that is related to all, and that is change. Change occurs throughout one’s life, even without notice. Rather these changes are for the worst or the best, these changes gives you a new perspective in your life. It helps you open your eyes to what you could not see before and it keeps you thinking. It helps you answer questions and shows what you have done wrong in the past. Change helps you. The change that helped me was the death of my grandfather. Due to the death of my grandfather it helped me to realize that I was living my life blind in my culture, religion, and through his death I found myself.
Being born and growing up in a huge Hindu, Guyanese family pays its toll on an individual. Growing up, the first things I learned were family and that god came first. My entire family is extremely family oriented, especially my grandparents. Every weekend we would have tons of family over for dinner and there would be loud music, people conversing, and kids running around. How I dreaded it. I always thought my family was weird for how they acted. The school that I attended when I was living in New York City was a diverse school of mostly Guyanese, Black, and Hispanic. At that school I fit in perfectly, because those students have similar families as I did. They could have related to the crazy family stories. But this all changed when I moved to Florida in the fourth grade. In the school I was attending in Florida, I was the only Hindu girl in the entire school. I was the odd ball in class and it made me feel so isolated. I could not relate to anyone and vice versa. My family was the complete opposite of my friend’s family, and I hated it. We were so much different, coming from total different backgrounds. In that time of my life I