Personal Narrative: My Reflecting On My Life

This assignment really had me reflecting on my life as I grew up until now. I have never done this so it was an interesting time for me to see how my life could be extremely different. Many people are born with life altering situations and pull through life unaffected, and still grow up with support systems as strong as the one I came from. As I put myself in the shoes of someone with a disability I realized life would have been significantly different for me if I were born with a disability such as being born without arms. This activity really opened my eyes and showed me that people will find a way to make life comfortable no matter what situation god gives you. It is all about how you see your situation. It would be hard at first, but I think I would be able to lead a normal life with a positive attitude. Throughout this paper I will talk about the many phases of life, and how it would be different with a disability. I will go into feelings, situations, and how I will …show more content…
I envisioned stereotypes would most definitely come my way. Even at such a young age, I can imagine the staring already taking place, and this would have affected me in a way that right now I don’t even know if I could wrap my head around. The struggle would start first thing in the morning for me. I shared a room with my younger sister and we had a bunk bed. This would have posed to be a problem since I was on the top bunk. I’m sure this would have been frustrating for me along with having school being a new addition to my life at this point. Packing up my backpack, eating school lunch, playing on the playground would be entirely different if I was born with this certain disability. It would have its limitations, but I would hope that I could see that I can push through any task. Asking for help has always been hard for me, but at some point I would have to come to terms with being accepting to other people