Personal Essay: Everyone Can Be A Biological Parent
Nine months after my father had left to the states so did my …show more content…
Soon enough 4 years had passed and my youngest sister came into the picture. We had a good life a beautiful home in Streamwood I had a beautiful playground and probably the best friends a 4 year old could possibly have. But one day things got hard, My grandfather was dying my father wanted to go to Mexico to say his final goodbyes to his dad to see him one last time. My father was planning to come back home to us this time with my sister, But after 3 unsuccessful tries to come back into the united states my father decided their no point in wasting money we didn 't have, it was pointless to keep trying. My parents didn’t argue or had a horrible break up but the distance was hard to overcome so when I was 4 years old and my younger sister was 3 months old they decided it was best to just go their separate ways. So my younger sister and I stayed with my mom and my older …show more content…
My mom could’ve simply given up, she could’ve gone like every other family who sees it tough and goes and ask for money, for help or she could’ve simply had given up the minute she saw things hard. My mom could’ve been a mother who didn’t care about her kids education, whether they had food on their plates a roof over their head or clothes that fitted them correctly. My mom could’ve been one of those moms who instead of getting a second job she could’ve gone to parties or clubs every weekend. She could’ve neglected us and experience the life she wasn’t able to because she became a wife and mother at a young age. But she didn’t, My siblings and I have been my mom 's first priority since day one. She always made sure my sisters and I had clothes she made sure we had food to eat, My mother gave us the best she could’ve possibly given us. Even if that meant that sometimes she didn 't have enough money to buy clothes for herself or enough money to go and buy herself a cup of coffee before work. And for all those sacrifices my mother did years ago I am forever grateful I have the mom I