How To Write A Personal Narrative Essay

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A few years before I came along my dad was a manager at a restaurant called Shoney’s and at the same place my mom was a waitress there. My mom’s name is Jenni Lynn Bryant and my dad is Timothy Eugene Bryant. My mom and dad did not get along at along at all. They both had ideas on how to run a restaurant and their ideas completely clashed. This feud went on for about six months and eventually my dad asked her out. They moved in together after a few months of dating. They dated for two years and on February 24, 1996 they got married. Two years after that they had me and six years after that they had my little brother Alex.

The amazing guy I get to call dad was born on August 7, 1966. I do not really know my dad’s side of the family that well. I only met
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He is the youngest and has the most problems. Currently he is in prison in Tennessee where my Grandma lives. He found his highschool sweetheart Jessica and they were together for a long time. They were never married but Jessica is still apart of this family. I was there and helped Jessica get read for her and my uncle’s prom.When my parents and I moved to Tybee, Jessica came and lived with us and she took care of me when my parents were working. When I was eight Jessica was pregnant with my cousin Jasmine. I was to young to understand what was going on, but I assume Jessica and my uncle broke up because of his drug problem. I have not seen Jessica and Jasmine since I was nine. The last few years Uncle Michael has been in and out of jail for drugs, but he did have another child named Lily. I do not know anything about her or her mom, and I have never met her. I love my uncle despite everything he has done and I always will. I miss him terribly because I have not seen him since I was thirteen. I do have contact with him because we have been writing letters to each other since he got back in jail in January. It is not the same as talking but it’s still

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