Personal Narrative: My Mother's Stroke

Many events over the course of my life have had a large influence on me. The one that has had the greatest effect on me was my mother’s stroke. I came home from school one day and went to my friend’s house. At around six o’clock, my dad picked me up and we went to the car. We questioned him about where our mother was and he said that she was in the hospital. I initially had no reaction, as I did not know how to react to the news. Then I immediately began to worry about whether it would impact our family or if he survived. We drove to the Emergency Room frantically. Once we got there, mom was laying in a hospital bed. She could not speak well and the left side of her body was not moving correctly. This scared everyone in the room until the doctor told us that she would recover in around a month. The doctor explained that a hemorrhage had occurred in her brain: a blood vessel had popped and blood had sprayed onto her brain. This was limiting her functions, but once her brain filtered out the blood, she would be alright. Mom remained in the hospital for three weeks and could not speak for the next two weeks. Throughout this time, I was still able to maintain my life.
My sister and I also had to take care of ourselves from three until about five while our dad was at work. This proved to be a challenge during sixth grade, but we got through it by pulling together and becoming more focused. I had to pay attention to many different things during this time, and it forced me to be more organized. I had to monitor my schoolwork while also managing time with my baseball and basketball games and practices. This made me much more observant of the outside world and what was going on around me. Due to this, I was able to keep my grades up and even improve due to my newfound organization in some