Divorce: A Personal Narrative

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until my mom finally kicked him out. I sat there for the rest of the night and listened to my mom crying until she couldn’t stay up. 1 week later my mom filed a divorce paper and 5 weeks later it was finally. My mom was never ever the same. After it happened she got lost and stopped being mom and started being Abby. It was like one second she was my mom and the other she was stranger.
I have fallen so far from who I was I don't recognize myself anymore. When my family stopped being my family and parents stopped being parents. It was like having food and getting it taken away. It was 1pm, I was sitting in my room with my crispy eyes and hungover from the party last night. I would eat, take a nap then go to a party then start over. At 10 at

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