Losing My Father Research Paper

Losing a loved one is hard, and losing a parent is even worse. I lost my dad in 2008, in Yazoo, Mississippi. This was one of the most hardest things I have ever had to go through, and would not wish it upon anyone. My father worked in auto body for the first part of my life. Which was a pretty easy job for him, he had to fix up cars and detail them, and I would go along with him. Toward the middle of my life he started to work on the railroad, which really put a dent on our family. He would be gone for weeks and months at a time traveling around the United States. Due to that it brought complications in my family. My father had bad problems with drinking, and he misused drugs. He would always have a beer in his hand which was causing health problems. Even then we still made the best of every moment that we shared together.
Me and my father used to have many competitions, from eating the most. My mom had just bought a bag of gum, and we shoved …show more content…
I was not even home at the time and was one hour and 45 minutes away at my grandmas. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. I was sleeping, and my cousins woke me up to leave. I had no idea what was going on, and everyone knew it wasn't time for me to leave. So we had gotten in the car and drove to my house where my two aunts, and my grandma were sitting around my mom. They told me that my father had died last night. He had died from the mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs causing him not to wake back up. I honestly couldn't believe it, it became so unreal for me. I had just thought that one of these days he is going to come walking in that front door, but to this day it has not happened. I went through a lot of different depression phases and still do to this day. It is hard knowing that he will never be here again, and it just happened so fast. After that day I have became a total different person on the inside and outside,and I will never get her