Narrative Essay On Character Development

I was a young boy when it happened, didn 't think too much about it. One of the hardest events of my life occurred when I was about six years of age. I lived in Cary at the time, along with my younger sister, and my mom and dad. My favorite thing to do at the time was play my gaming system, and go to sporting events with my family. Sometimes we would go to Carolina Tar Heels football games, other times we would just go watch a local soccer game. Life was going great, and then one day my life changed. Things didn 't work out between my parents so they split up and I was living with my mom and sister in the house for a period of time. I was too young to know what to expect with my parents getting divorced, it isn 't the most crystal clear memory …show more content…
I think the main trait that I developed is maturity, this process helped me mature as a person because I was faced with a problem in my life that many people don’t ever have to deal with, and some people face it later in life. I had to understand things that were hard for me to understand at such a young age, such as lessons about relationships and why they may not work out. Another character trait I developed is responsibility, I didn’t always have someone watching what I was doing and making sure I was staying out of trouble. My mother had to work a lot so sometimes my sister and I would be home together by ourselves. It was my responsibility and my mother counted on me to stay out of trouble, and often times I would have to look out for my sister and take care of her if she needed anything. Another trait I developed is positivity, I had a positive look on things at most points. Whenever I may have been feeling down or been in a bad mood, I thought to look to the bright side. I often thought to myself that things can only get better, and that is something I still live by today. No matter how much trouble you are going through, things will always get better and life goes