Personal Narrative: I Can Break A Family

According to Ezra Taft Benson, “do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against a financial storm.” Financial issues can break a family apart, especially when they don’t try to solve their problems as a team. I was first aware of my family’s situation when I was a child. it’s true that I got what I wanted, but sometimes I wanted to have new toys, get new clothes, and live a good life helping my mother out. As a child we have the illusion of having fun and living life to the fullest. For some of the children their illusions come true, but for others they don’t. Like me, as a child I wanted to have everything that my friends had but my parents would tell me no. I would cry to tears and yell. As much as I tried to make them change their …show more content…
It was ICE. They had a warrant for my dad’s arrest. I didn’t fully understand why he was leaving with them, but I still don’t forget that day. There were so many emotions going through my head. My mom insisted for us to do are usual routine. I got my backpack and headed off to school. On the way I started to kick a rock, I didn’t notice it immediately but when I got to school I noticed that I had ripped my sneakers from the side, and you could almost see my toe. Through the whole day I tried to not do anything that will make my sneakers rip more. Later on that day I got home, I told my mom what had happened and she said, “I’m sorry but with what happened this morning I am going to have to pay everything and I don’t think I am going to be able to buy you new shoes till I get another job.” I didn’t want to complicate things by saying that I wanted to get new clothes, that my friends had, so I stayed quite. I went into the garage and looked for a pair of old shoes.” From that day I tried not to ask for money. I cleaned up the house when she went to her other job. I decided to help my mom out by cutting grass around the neighborhood. I started to help her by paying off one of the bills, every