Mark Flordeliz
Pd 8 Pre-Ib English
Ms Pappafotis
Forgiven
My family was picture perfect, my Mom had a good job, and my Dad was working as well. My sister and I got together well even despite our over 10 year age difference. My parents grew distance between each other after a few years. So my mom and dad’s marriage had been going downhill, and after I had finished my second year of high school, they had divorced. My mom still wanted to give my sister and I a good future so we moved to the US. Life was hectic, my mom juggled jobs daily, and got home late. She met a man and she fell in love. My first reaction to him was refusal, for I had still missed my father in the Philippines. But that refusal grew to a dire hate. The man had no respect …show more content…
The relation between my mom and I had grown better, and my mom’s friend who was like an aunt to me was sick. I went back to Omaha to go visit her in the hospital, and from there my life would …show more content…
“You and I have had wonderful memories, I think you need to make some with those who have been waiting for you,” she answers.
She must have been talking about my relationship with my step dad, and at that moment I understand that all those years of arguing were no good. My pride was too strong and I couldn’t accept him in my life. He just wanted what was best, and I had been arguing with him for the past 10 years. My aunt was right, there was no point in getting mad at him. Especially with our limited time on this Earth.
At that moment as if drawn by fate, my mom, step-dad and little sister enter the room. By then my eyes were tearing up. I couldn’t look straight at my step-dad. I walked straight up to him and hugged him. Speechless, he hugged me back.
I remember that there was a time when my teacher asked me the hardest word to say. One of my classmates said “Honorificabilitudinitatibus” which was the longest word in Shakespearean language. My teacher said that may be correct, but it wasn’t right. See I never really understood the question and thought my teacher was crazy; only in this moment of the hug did I know the answer.
Pd 8 Pre-Ib English
Ms Pappafotis
Forgiven
My family was picture perfect, my Mom had a good job, and my Dad was working as well. My sister and I got together well even despite our over 10 year age difference. My parents grew distance between each other after a few years. So my mom and dad’s marriage had been going downhill, and after I had finished my second year of high school, they had divorced. My mom still wanted to give my sister and I a good future so we moved to the US. Life was hectic, my mom juggled jobs daily, and got home late. She met a man and she fell in love. My first reaction to him was refusal, for I had still missed my father in the Philippines. But that refusal grew to a dire hate. The man had no respect …show more content…
The relation between my mom and I had grown better, and my mom’s friend who was like an aunt to me was sick. I went back to Omaha to go visit her in the hospital, and from there my life would …show more content…
“You and I have had wonderful memories, I think you need to make some with those who have been waiting for you,” she answers.
She must have been talking about my relationship with my step dad, and at that moment I understand that all those years of arguing were no good. My pride was too strong and I couldn’t accept him in my life. He just wanted what was best, and I had been arguing with him for the past 10 years. My aunt was right, there was no point in getting mad at him. Especially with our limited time on this Earth.
At that moment as if drawn by fate, my mom, step-dad and little sister enter the room. By then my eyes were tearing up. I couldn’t look straight at my step-dad. I walked straight up to him and hugged him. Speechless, he hugged me back.
I remember that there was a time when my teacher asked me the hardest word to say. One of my classmates said “Honorificabilitudinitatibus” which was the longest word in Shakespearean language. My teacher said that may be correct, but it wasn’t right. See I never really understood the question and thought my teacher was crazy; only in this moment of the hug did I know the answer.