Divorce-Personal Narrative Analysis

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Ever since three, my life has been filled with multiple circumstances and conflicts that would have broken the majority of other people. From my parent’s bitter divorce, I was forced into a home with a hateful and abusive grandfather. My parents would rekindle their relationship, reunifying my family; This reunifying would be ended by a bloody finale that ruined an intendedly relaxing vacation.
As previously stated, at three, my parents ended their strained relationship in a divorce. I only remember the harsh conclusion of their relationship, as before two I couldn’t remember anything due to my young age. It had been physical, with my father hitting my mother on multiple occasions. This, among multiple other factors, had driven their relationship

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