Shawna Pefley: A Short Story

Bright-eyed, and wide smiled Shawna Pefley will laugh until she cries at the most unfunny things. Through the most difficult times, she will surround herself with the most positive thoughts and outlooks in order to excel. She will forgive you no matter how bad you've hurt her, just because she is so loyal to relationships, due to being betrayed in the past. Shawna puts up a strong front, but the longer you dig at the rough, ridged edges the more sincere, passionate, loving person you'll find.
As a child nothing seemed to come easy to Shawna, but she never thought it was out of the norm because that's how it has always been. Her mother started using hard drugs shortly after giving birth to Shawna. When she was around one years old Shawna was …show more content…
Since she can remember, their family has always struggled and stayed in a small home in Everson, Washington. Her mother and father always tried to give her everything she wanted but she was limited in the things she could do because of it. For example Shawna and her sister Anika had a passion for gymnastics and were involved in it for about 3 years, but had no choice other than to quit what they loved because the monthly price was too much for their family. Many times Shawna had to use her birthday and Christmas money to do things that other kids' parents would just pay for them out of pocket. "I always was ashamed and embarrassed about my family being …show more content…
It was a hoax kind of relationship with her dad, Shawna explained to me, and she knew she just had to keep faking it in order for him to give her mother money monthly. I asked Shawna what hurts her most about her parents' divorce and she replied with a few small tears, "I just see those commercials and pictures of women getting married and their father crying and hugging them, and I know when I get married I wont have that. I'll have an awkward father who could ultimately care less about who I'm marrying, and that kills