Personal Narrative It was October 12‚ 2007. A calm and quiet evening and an empty highway lined with trees. Something happened that changed my life forever. I lost someone I loved and will never be the same without him. There was a devastating car accident that cost my father his life. To begin with‚ my parents got a divorce when I was four years old. My father had a fiance for about a year or two after the divorce and was living with her. He had an alcohol problem. After he was coming back from
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of nine‚ I already had lived through my first earthquake in Chile. I had evaded death and lived to tell its story. I had experienced at first hand the trauma of living through one of Mother Nature’s most notorious catastrophes. The earthquake taught me that life is unpredictable and life should be cherished intensely. I was living with my grandmother at that point in my life. It was an ordinary Sunday morning; I was dressing up to go to church with grandma. My aunt Berta had called earlier that morning
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My life has been full of controversy‚ drama‚ violence and lies. It started in my freshman year of high school when I discovered my mother and father had split after 15 years of marriage. My mother and I were sitting in the truck when I noticed my father’s garage key was in cup holder. I’d seen it there many times when my mother kicked my father out of the house but it felt real this time. She turned and told me “he’s not coming back this time” I was relived at first but I finally thought that we
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was how hurt she was and how deep inside‚ she was just like me – allowed to take in an amount of mental damage and pain at a time‚ before falling apart. She started tearing up like I never seen before and she just fell to the ground. She always acted so tough and this was probably the first time I seen her tear up ever since her husband got involved with a plane
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Forrest Gump once said on a park bench‚ “ My mama always said there’s an awful lot you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes‚ where they’re going‚ where they’ve been.” As I get older‚ the more I realize everyone has a story to be heard. However‚ mine cannot be told by the shoes I wear on my feet. It can be told by the way I carry myself through everyday life. At a young age I quickly became accustomed to chaos. My father’s second home was a prison cell‚ and my mother’s first love was drugs. This
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My eyes felt heavy and dry from staring at my phone for so long. I know I should have been studying for my science test‚ but I procrastinated‚ so I continued to keep my dazed eyes glued to the bright screen. When I rarely looked up from my phone‚ I noticed that day was withering away‚ as it was becoming more and more deep into the night‚ with the sun replaced by the moon in the star-filled sky. After just simply turning my neck to my window‚ I felt stiff from staying in the same position‚ being too
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Vietnam War” (Hall xi)‚ a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America culturally by causing mistrust in government. In the 1960s through early ‘70s‚ the Vietnam War changed America
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I am a 34 year old single mother of 2. My life has been good‚ but with all things there have been some challenges. In life everyone has to encounter challenges‚ they make us who we are and often times have say in who we will be. Life altering experiences do not have to be bad all the time it could be passing a test‚ the birth of your children or something simple as your dog getting out of the fence. However‚ for me it was death is the most life altering experience. In transition from childhood to
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words that trembled and traumatized my thoughts. In a flashback‚ I realized I was the same parent-centered child‚ that was raised to obey and not question the parents’ authority. I remember my parents asking “What do you want to be when you grow up?” In response‚ ” I had no clue.” They constantly encouraged me to go to college throughout my high school career. If for some reason I had to stay for my AP class‚ they would motivate me. High school was the time in my life‚ where I had to apply to higher
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Though we didn’t want to go anywhere with Miss Moore our parents would put hairs into some kind of weird shape and crisp up our clothes‚ so we would look presentable to travel with Miss Moore. She would look like she was‚ going to church but she never went. That was one of the reasons why the adults talk about her when she isn’t there. Miss Moore brings us gifts but our parents would be‚ embarrassed to tell her to leave. She’d been to college and was a woman who “ gives back”
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