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My memoir is going to be about a very personal story dealing with my mother. She very smart and independent and has made very proud over the years but she has also had her weak moments. My mom had illness where it was causing her to lose weight and also lose sleep because she was dealing with marriage problems. My mom basically went from 129 pounds to 100 pounds within two or three weeks after being diagnosed. She had to make a hard decision my junior year of high school it was the day before my Georgia writing exam and instead of me taking it she with draw me. I ended having to move to Colorado in the middle of year I had made so many friends but because my dad was mistreating her she had to do what was best for her. You can only image the culture shock once we got farther and farther away from the south. Unfortunately it took a little minute for my mom to find a job just like it took me while to actually have some friends I honestly felt like an outcast. As much as Khalia wanted to resent her mom she knew she couldn’t because, she had been torture enough she finally deserve to have second chance of happiness so, I gave it my best shot for her. She finally got back on her feet and found a job and was able to be her goofy self again which made me happy because my mom was my best friend without her I don’t know where I would …show more content…
My mom had just found her job and my dad was the bread winner. Things started getting stuff it was times when we didn’t know what we going to eat or even have lunch money for school. So once money got super tight so did their marriage. We were used to the finer things in life we hadn’t struggled in while and honestly I don’t think he knew how to take it. So instead of them coming together he pushed her farther and farther away. He stopped calling her beautiful and he replaced those nice words with words I rather not

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