Narrative Essay On Hakuna Matta

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“Hakuna Matata,” it means no worries. Most of my life I’ve came across a bunch of ruff obstacles. As I struggled with these problems I had only one person I could talk, my uncle. My uncle and I have the same life story. Both our fathers left from our lives, our parents kicked us out, and learned how to be a man. I remember the day my stepdad and I got into a fight. That was the worst day of my life, i left from my house and walk to my friend’s house. As soon as I walked in the house I start to cry. I stayed at my friend’s house for a week then both my stepdad and mom come pick me up from his house. We ended up going to the airport, because I wouldn’t staying with them anymore. I’ll be staying with my aunt and uncle for my senior year. The original plan was too go live with my dad but no-one could get in touch with him or knew where he was. So, I depart from to Kentucky and arrive in Michigan, my uncle was there waiting for me. We grabbed my luggage and walked to the car, as soon as we get in he asked” how you feeling” and I replied back, “good.” …show more content…
My uncle really inspires me; he defeated the stereotype of most people he grew up with, he went to college and he has a nice career. My uncle and I can relate to many things. Without my uncle being in my life I wouldn’t have been able to come to college. I’ve learned a lot from him this past year; he taught me how to be a man and what it’s all about, I learned that if you don’t speak up then everyone will run over you, and whenever someone tries to bring you down you just move past

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