Personal Narrative: Defining Moments

I'm only sixteen years old and even though that sounds like a lot of years, it really isn't. But within those few years that I have been alive a few things have really developed me through defining moments. My first defining moment was when my mom got sick. I was seven years old and just got home from a vacation to mexico with family and couldn't find my mom anywhere throughout the house. I was told that my mom was sick and had to live in the hospital for a little while. My mom ended up having to stay in the hospital for a couple months and I remember having to adjust to home life without my mom. My mom used to make me dinner every night and play with me and read me bedtime stories and suddenly she wasn't there anymore. That was a defining moment because that was the first time I have ever had to learn to adjust to change and learn independence. Even though that was a difficult time for me it truly benefitted me as a person.
The second defining moment in my life is when my mom and dad (step dad) got married. I remember my mom came into my room and told me that my dad had just proposed and I just remember being so happy and excited because I liked him so much and I wanted him to be my mom's new husband and my new dad. Just a few months later we went to Jamaica and had the most
beautiful happy wedding. That was a defining moment for me because it was the beginning of my new life and my new family and it truly completes me, my life went from just my mom, my brother and I to a full family and i couldn't have dreamed of something better.
The third defining moment in my life is when I was diagnosed with depression.
This happened at the end of grade 9 and i was mortified. I couldn't believe it had a family and friends and a boyfriend and even though i didn't have a perfect life but i did have a really good one. I felt selfish for constantly feeling sad and low, I had so much but it just felt like I was never happy. This moment is one of the most defining moments because it's helped develop me as a person. Not just depression but learning the skills to cope with it and learning to be a more positive person and even though it still affects me i've learned to use those skills everyday to make myself a stronger
person.
These have all been important and defining moments in my life that have not only have these moments shaped me as a person but they have prepared me for future defining moments in my life such as University ,marriage, children and many other moments.