Personal Narrative: Transition From Childhood To Adulthood

In my family we have a tradition of holding a rites of passage for the 13th birthday of any sibling in my family girl or boy. The purpose of the rites of passage is to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood, it also symbolizes for my family being dead to childish things and alive in more adult hood. For boys its learning how to become a True man, for girls its learning how to become a true women. A true man or woman and not what the society calls a "man" or "woman." Four years ago it was my turn to make the transition from childhood to adulthood, but as a 13-year-old boy I didn't have the slightest idea about how to become a man. But what's the best way to learn? From people who have been through it. So I along with my parents
The sun was just beginning to set and my uncle was just finishing up cooking barbecue chicken and steak, with some fresh green vegetables. The stories the ten men shared with me all stuck and I shall remember them forever hopefully, for them to take the time out of there busy schedule having a job,wife, and kids. I truly was touched by there willingness and even more stirred by the specific life stories each one shared.
A few in particular I remember more vividly because of the impact surrounding the story. My uncle Steven Johnson talked with me about being respectful towards women no matter what. He named countless things from opening the door for them to treating them with absolute respect, treat them you would your own mother are his exact words. My uncle had been married to his wife for 34 years and he shared with me all the things that had to happen for the relationship to last and all the things that happen in a marriage. Afterward my older cousin Nick talked to me about time management, and how significant it will be when I grow older and eventually go to college and then out into the “real word” as he put