There can be many days in someone’s life, were one day can change their lives. Sometimes these days are tragic, like a horrific car accident or they can be a positive change, like being at the right place at the right time, and meeting your soulmate. This for me is one of those days that positively changed my life.
My Brother and I were waiting for our Dad to pick us up for his weekend with us in our usual meeting spot. “Tag, your it,” as I tagged my brother. “Children stop running around,” My Mother yells out to us. Just then I saw ahead an old red pick-up truck pulling in. We kissed and hugged our mother goodbye, and my brother and I gathered our backpacks out of the car, and ran out to our dad’s truck. When we jumped in, my dad asked us his usual questions, “How is school going, are you two behaving?” We both relied back with our usual response “Good and yes.” Just as we finish answering we pull onto the freeway.
As time passes I see buildings I’ve never seen before. “Dad where are we going?” I asked. He told us than, that he and Jennifer broke-up a couple of months ago, and he meant a new women from his work that he just moved in with. “She has two boys,” he said. My eyes got blurry and I …show more content…
Pulling into Del Taco, all of us kids got excited because there was a playground. After ordering our food, we all sat outside in the warm sun, so we could play in the playground. Steven her youngest boy said, “Tag, your it,” as he touched my arm and ran into the maze. I raced after the boys in. We played for hours until our parents said it was time to go. I knew then that I liked this family, and over the years we have bonded into a family that is just as strong as the family you are born with. I cherish all of my time I get to spend with them and the past 20 years that we have shared. To this day I remember the first time we meant like it was yesterday. I am very blessed to have this be one of the days that changed my
My Brother and I were waiting for our Dad to pick us up for his weekend with us in our usual meeting spot. “Tag, your it,” as I tagged my brother. “Children stop running around,” My Mother yells out to us. Just then I saw ahead an old red pick-up truck pulling in. We kissed and hugged our mother goodbye, and my brother and I gathered our backpacks out of the car, and ran out to our dad’s truck. When we jumped in, my dad asked us his usual questions, “How is school going, are you two behaving?” We both relied back with our usual response “Good and yes.” Just as we finish answering we pull onto the freeway.
As time passes I see buildings I’ve never seen before. “Dad where are we going?” I asked. He told us than, that he and Jennifer broke-up a couple of months ago, and he meant a new women from his work that he just moved in with. “She has two boys,” he said. My eyes got blurry and I …show more content…
Pulling into Del Taco, all of us kids got excited because there was a playground. After ordering our food, we all sat outside in the warm sun, so we could play in the playground. Steven her youngest boy said, “Tag, your it,” as he touched my arm and ran into the maze. I raced after the boys in. We played for hours until our parents said it was time to go. I knew then that I liked this family, and over the years we have bonded into a family that is just as strong as the family you are born with. I cherish all of my time I get to spend with them and the past 20 years that we have shared. To this day I remember the first time we meant like it was yesterday. I am very blessed to have this be one of the days that changed my