Personal Narrative-Changing Relationships

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When I was 4 years old, I remember when my father walked out on our family. I

didn’t understand what was happening. All I knew was that mommy and daddy were

fighting, and I thought it would be okay after a while. That’s how it always ended. They

fought, we went to sleep, and woke up the next morning. This time was different. Very

different.

My family was never perfect. My parents got married in their jeans and flip flops, I

was born really early with a lot of health problems, we moved around a lot because my

father was in the military. The biggest imperfection, was that my parents didn’t love each

other. Fighting happened almost daily, and the “other women” was obviously huge

problem.

That one night, when they started
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Everything was different.

I was lied to about my mom, I was yelled at when I cried because I missed her. I was

a 7 year old being forced to act like an emotionless robot. They were jealous of her. They

were jealous that she go to have my brother and I. They wanted what they couldn’t have.

They wanted us to love them.

When I got back from Alaska, I was a changed person. I had a new perspective on

relationships and how to treat others. While I was there, I was neglected, I had multiple

cuts and bruises from being gripped too hard. I had an ear infection that caused me to

bleed from not being bathed properly. My nails hadn’t been cut in at least 3 weeks and

were covered in dirt. I was afraid that when I did something wrong, I would get hit with a

leather boot. I was afraid to cry because I thought that I would get yelled at. I was always

afraid. As I got older, I started to realize that there are people who are meant to have

children, and that there are people that aren 't. I learned that the story didn 't always go the

way it was told. You didn 't have to meet someone, fall in love, get married and have

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