On a spring evening of 2010 my parents had decided to take my brother, sister, and I with them to the residence of their friends, entailing that we will have a bonfire and we will hang out and have fun for the evening. It had seemed strange that it was such a positive advertisement as no less than a half an hour ago they were scurrying to find us a babysitter. Reluctantly we agree and we enter the car and commence a car-ride.
We arrived at the end of a wooden enclosure to be subject to a house that smelt of liquor and unwashed laundry, surrounded by a lawn battered in cigarette butts and clutter. The house owners consisted of a husband and wife, the husband’s presence was one of poor hygiene and who stood crooked, while the woman was very kind …show more content…
We arrived in the girls room and sat down on the bed. Shortly following was the girl with Kool-Aid and cups, she sat down on her chair across from us and began slowly talking. “I’m sorry.” “They’re idiots.” Between my siblings we quietly look between each other and she begins talking about how her parents actions have negatively impacted her life more than her cerebral palsy, and that their parents have been struggling to pay for her medical needs because of their investments for their own personal gain. She began to tell us that the best thing we could do is never drink and avoid drugs, and that tonight will be very difficult and will not end well. She continued and gave us a very compelling rant that no good can come from their lifestyle and that she hopes we never follow either of our parents parents. She ended the conversation by bringing out her collection of Pokemon Cards, being a massive fan I was again intrigued about how this girl remained so strong and resilient in the face of adversity. After an hour of Pokemon a loud yell erupts from the basement, and out storming is the mother of the girl, her voice filled with anger she scolds her husband, storms from the house, enters her car, and turns it on. After a short while my mother and father, come up to the room where we all subsided in, they informed us we were to leave, we question what is going on and are never answered. Soon enough we follow through with our parent’s desires, and we part ways with the girl, she told us a light-hearted goodbye but her eyes struck with a powerful reinforcement to remind us of what we talked
We arrived at the end of a wooden enclosure to be subject to a house that smelt of liquor and unwashed laundry, surrounded by a lawn battered in cigarette butts and clutter. The house owners consisted of a husband and wife, the husband’s presence was one of poor hygiene and who stood crooked, while the woman was very kind …show more content…
We arrived in the girls room and sat down on the bed. Shortly following was the girl with Kool-Aid and cups, she sat down on her chair across from us and began slowly talking. “I’m sorry.” “They’re idiots.” Between my siblings we quietly look between each other and she begins talking about how her parents actions have negatively impacted her life more than her cerebral palsy, and that their parents have been struggling to pay for her medical needs because of their investments for their own personal gain. She began to tell us that the best thing we could do is never drink and avoid drugs, and that tonight will be very difficult and will not end well. She continued and gave us a very compelling rant that no good can come from their lifestyle and that she hopes we never follow either of our parents parents. She ended the conversation by bringing out her collection of Pokemon Cards, being a massive fan I was again intrigued about how this girl remained so strong and resilient in the face of adversity. After an hour of Pokemon a loud yell erupts from the basement, and out storming is the mother of the girl, her voice filled with anger she scolds her husband, storms from the house, enters her car, and turns it on. After a short while my mother and father, come up to the room where we all subsided in, they informed us we were to leave, we question what is going on and are never answered. Soon enough we follow through with our parent’s desires, and we part ways with the girl, she told us a light-hearted goodbye but her eyes struck with a powerful reinforcement to remind us of what we talked