How Perseus Changed My Life

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When something seems so perfect and you are loving every moment, imagine the pain you’d be in if that something was taken before your eyes. Sometimes the sadness you go through seems like it won't end, but then you realize good things can arise from seemingly bad situations. Take this example, a year and a half getting to know three kids and their parents turns to waiting nine months to meet the next child you would fall in love with just as you have the rest of the family. This is just the start to the story about the baby who changed my life. After nine months of helping pick out names, buying cute clothes with her mother, Kim, and babysitting the other kids, Maisy was born. I vividly remember holding maisy for the first time, she was only two days old. She was dressed in a cute pink and white striped onesie that said princess on it. When Kim handed her to me, I was instantly intrigued by the thought that someone could be so tiny. She had the perfect face and her skin was so soft, I was instantly in love with that little baby. I find a slight similarity between the theme of perseus and my story. Focus on Danae, who was the mother of Perseus. Danae was living a …show more content…
He wasn't going to let the child grow up and kill him one day, so he locked Danae and her son in a chest and let it float out sea. To Danae luck a fisherman help her and her son. Perseus grew to be a strong man and him and Danae lived happily. One day King polydectes fell in love with Danae, and wanted to force her into marriage. Perseus would not allow it so him and polydectes made a deal. If Perseus killed medusa and brought back her head, polydectes would leave his mother alone. Perseus knew he had to do this hard task so that his mother would remain happy. Perseus managed to kill Medusa, he saved his mother. She lived a happy life and watched perseus do many great things. She learned that good things come out of bad

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