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Personal Narrative: My Life Changing Moments
Have you ever had a moment in your life where you knew nothing will ever be the same again, a moment in your life where you realized, discovered, learned, or became something new? Everyone has one of these moments, for some more unique than others. Not all life changing moments are bad but like most life changing moments you never know when it’s going to actually happen. My Life changing moment unfortunately was bad with a good outcome.
This all began when I was nine years old and my mother sat my brother and I down and said that she lost her job as a nurse. As a child I began to wonder what was going to happen to us and our apartment. My mother was a single parent so her income was the only thing keeping us afloat. Thankfully she was a great

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