Nearly everyone comes to a point in their life when they realize something vital to life is missing. The thing that makes it all worth it. Happiness. We can choose to take the steps towards happiness or allow ourselves to stay in the same place, in the same miserable state of mind for years. Being able to make choices for your own happiness takes a level of self-confidence and courage that can, at times, seem unobtainable. Occasionally we don 't even realize how unhappy we are until someone or something comes along and reminds us of what we deserve in life. Even the strongest, most confident, and courageous of people may still find certain decisions so difficult it is almost impossible to make up their mind. A major, life changing decision
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One day her seventeen-year-old son, Jarrod, came home and told her that his girlfriend was pregnant. Scott, Tawanna 's husband, had quite a temper and his drinking made it worse. For years he would consume excessive amounts of hard liquor and break antiques Tawanna had collected; many of which had sentimental value. “More than half of the antiques Scott broke during his drunken stupors over the years had been in my family for generations. He never did raise a hand to me though. Knew I’d be likely to make it so he couldn’t get back up.” Upon learning that his only son would be fathering a mixed child, Scott flew into a rage. He did not, in any way whatsoever, approve of interracial couples and to learn that his only son would be fathering a mixed child set him off as nothing had before. Scott promptly disowned Jarrod, kicked him out, and then began destroying as many of his belongings as possible. Tawanna managed to rescue a few items, but this outburst did not sit well with her at all. Knowing that there wasn 't a single thing she could say or do to bring Scott out of this state, she waited it out. “After he did that to Jarrod…I just couldn’t look at him the same way." She had come to the conclusion that if this man could do this to their son he had no place in her life. This did not, however, lead her to pursue
One day her seventeen-year-old son, Jarrod, came home and told her that his girlfriend was pregnant. Scott, Tawanna 's husband, had quite a temper and his drinking made it worse. For years he would consume excessive amounts of hard liquor and break antiques Tawanna had collected; many of which had sentimental value. “More than half of the antiques Scott broke during his drunken stupors over the years had been in my family for generations. He never did raise a hand to me though. Knew I’d be likely to make it so he couldn’t get back up.” Upon learning that his only son would be fathering a mixed child, Scott flew into a rage. He did not, in any way whatsoever, approve of interracial couples and to learn that his only son would be fathering a mixed child set him off as nothing had before. Scott promptly disowned Jarrod, kicked him out, and then began destroying as many of his belongings as possible. Tawanna managed to rescue a few items, but this outburst did not sit well with her at all. Knowing that there wasn 't a single thing she could say or do to bring Scott out of this state, she waited it out. “After he did that to Jarrod…I just couldn’t look at him the same way." She had come to the conclusion that if this man could do this to their son he had no place in her life. This did not, however, lead her to pursue