Personal Narrative: Coming Home Again

I realize that I have not appreciate things and the loved ones that surround me. I had wasted valuable time and looking back, I wish I could have spent more time with my brother David and my father Adalberto. Since I joined the military my family and I had been distance for several years at a time. The first personal account I choose was “Confluences” by the author Jennifer Sinor. This essay reminds me of my brother David. We spend a mass of time together camping and enjoying the wilderness before I served in the military. We had to cancel a camping trip because I had a short notice deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq. A week away from my departure, I was told that he was violently murdered in Mexico on august 3, 2010. The worst pain I encounter …show more content…
It is strange during the review of this article I was able to relate to Chang-Rae Lee due to the suffering of his loss of his mother of stomach cancer. Several times I complain about my father because he was always dissecting everything I do except when we working on vehicles. His health was diminishing as he was battling pancreas cancer, lung cancer, kidney failure and diabetes. He passes away in June 19, 2013. I realized as we see our loved ones vanish in this world, we as the survivors also suffer and hold deeply in our heart the remorse what else could have we done to make things better and or ease the pain on both …show more content…
This essay was unique because, I notice people disposes eatable food, serviceable items just because they are leaving on an extended vacation or they don’t need them anymore. They can give this perishable food to the less fortunate or they can donate them. I notice that it does not matter what social class you belong too you always have to be humble. Even though he was a dumpster diver he was still showing pride on what he did. When he saw new dumpster diver’s members, he will teach them what he learn and pass his knowledge on how to identify what was safe to