Personal Narrative: Looking Up

Looking Up “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little bit of each other everywhere”-Unknown. Growing up as a child was never really a tough thing for me. I came from a solid family with nothing but the normal issues that would come between us. My 2 brothers were always there to nag me about everything, then of course tell on me when I did something wrong. When I would get told on they would always run to my Dad, who always made the punishment a lot worse, but for good reason. My brothers were both “mommy’s boys” growing up, but me, no way, I was a “daddy’s boy”. My dad taught me the value of respect and honesty towards everyone. He always told me to put myself in someone else’s shoes and appreciate what
In my household it was more of a “tough love” kind of thing. We had a lot of great times but then there was also some of it that came down too being “tough” and not being a girl. Most of this came from my dad. As a kid I can remember that my dad was always the one who would tell me to “quit crying” or to “straighten up”. Which being a small child, when I would hear that it would just make me cry even more. It was almost as if someone broke my leg and then told me not to cry about it. Well, maybe I over exaggerated that a tiny bit, but it was still all about being tough. Having to really bulk up as a kid in a psychological way was one of the best things for me. I’ve put up with a lot of stress in my life, and being raised like that made it a lot easier on my mind to handle it all and I have my dad to thank for all of
I had a situation where the law got involved and I truly felt like my life was at its lowest point. I was in a situation that I couldn’t seem to find any reasonable thing to try and hold myself together. My mind started to go drift off in the wrong direction and I had came to a point where I had to change my decision making as well as the way I looked at the problems I came in contact with. My dad was the one who really stepped up and told me that he was going to point me in the right direction but that I had to do things on my own and grow up. I know that it sounds like a bad thing to tell a 16 year-old kid but it was what I needed to hear. I truly had to work myself back up and make things happen for myself instead of having someone do things for me. My dad guided me along the way. Telling me where to go and if I went one way how it would change my outcome. My dad gave me a solid base and really helped me figure out what I was truly capable of doing. He showed me that anything is possible with motivation and responsibility. I found myself going out about my daily routine of life with a new perspective. He showed me to look at something that was bad, and find the good in it and work with it. There is always a good side to a situation in anyone’s life, they just have to dig deep and find it, and throughout the