Loss as referring to a death is something everyone in life has to experience sometime within your lifetime. A loss does not have to be a sad time, a loss of love one can be a life change experience. My first encounter of losing someone due to death had a dramatic change in my life. January 25th, 2011 was a day that has changed my life forever. It was not what President Obama was talking about in his State of the Union Address that affected me that night. January 25th, 2011 was the day my step-dad of thirty years passed away in front of my mother's eyes.
Since I could remember John my stepfather has always been around in life. My father left my mother before I could reminder. My father came back into my life when I was around the age of six. …show more content…
He got into recovery and started going to AA meetings. The fighting around the house stopped with John and my mom. Things were peaceful for once in my life. Then something happened to me, I went away for a long period of time in my life. John only came to see me one time when I was away. I can say he was always really respectful when I would call home, and would send me money from time to time. I felt he was doing this out of love and sadness that I was not at home. When I got out after fifteen years of my life gone, things had changed a lot. Me and John got along very well. I think he seen I grew up and had more respect for adults. This was the best times of my life me and John had. He was always really kind and opened up to me when I got out. We engaged in some deep conversations about …show more content…
My mother was there with open arms. Something was different John was not there this time as he always was when I got out. Then the grieving process began, and still plays out to this day. Let me tell you, there is no grieving process behind them walls of pain. To show emotions in prison is a sight of weakness. I have had both my Grandparents pass away while I was incarcerated. The passing on of John my stepfather was the hardest. He seen me as a boy and watch me grow into manhood. John taught me things in life that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Many of the attributes I have today are from John. He was always there through bad times and good times John stood there by my
Since I could remember John my stepfather has always been around in life. My father left my mother before I could reminder. My father came back into my life when I was around the age of six. …show more content…
He got into recovery and started going to AA meetings. The fighting around the house stopped with John and my mom. Things were peaceful for once in my life. Then something happened to me, I went away for a long period of time in my life. John only came to see me one time when I was away. I can say he was always really respectful when I would call home, and would send me money from time to time. I felt he was doing this out of love and sadness that I was not at home. When I got out after fifteen years of my life gone, things had changed a lot. Me and John got along very well. I think he seen I grew up and had more respect for adults. This was the best times of my life me and John had. He was always really kind and opened up to me when I got out. We engaged in some deep conversations about …show more content…
My mother was there with open arms. Something was different John was not there this time as he always was when I got out. Then the grieving process began, and still plays out to this day. Let me tell you, there is no grieving process behind them walls of pain. To show emotions in prison is a sight of weakness. I have had both my Grandparents pass away while I was incarcerated. The passing on of John my stepfather was the hardest. He seen me as a boy and watch me grow into manhood. John taught me things in life that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Many of the attributes I have today are from John. He was always there through bad times and good times John stood there by my