Divorce-Personal Narrative

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"He is never coming back" I hear her exclaim; The tears rolling down my checks, the burning heat in my throat. She was talking about my dad the one that left my sisters, my mom, and I for a twenty-something year old years ago ; from the age of 5 till now I had clung to the hope that maybe one day he would want to come back, come back to be apart of my life. As I have grown up I now know that this will never become a reality. Some may look at a divorce as a negative thing, but overall I look at it as a positive. I look at it this way, because it has given me a new way to look at family, created stronger bonds with the ones I love, and helped me open my heart to forgive.

When you think of family most would think blood relation

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