Essay About Family: A Personal Narrative Of My Life

Dave became a successful physician in Redwood City, California. Redwood City is where they bought a big house and raised a family of five kids; my mother being the second oldest of the bunch. My nana still lives in that house today, and I have many lasting memories there growing up. Before I was born, Barney DeCoster (Mary’s father) moved into the guest house behind the back yard when he was too old to care for himself. Barney would always be playing pinochle in the backyard with his elderly friends. He would try to explain the game to me, but I was too young to understand such a complex game. He would tell the same stories about Detroit during dinner, and all of us would go along with it even though we had heard the stories many times. …show more content…
For the most part they were great role models and taught me a lot about life. They were toughened me up while still being nice and compassionate when they needed to be. One negative aspect of growing up with them was they showed little emotion. This trait was projected onto me as I have always struggled with expressing my emotions to others which is unhealthy. I thought it was not okay to cry or express myself to someone because that is not what men do. I was always trying to impress my brothers and never wanted to appear …show more content…
The riffs at the beginning of each chapter got me interested in the subject and made me think outside the box. I like the size of the pages and the fairly large font. It made it easy to read, especially with the italicized words with the main idea of the page in a black box. I also though the activities at the end of each chapter that we did for class assignments made your purpose effective. It made it personal to the reader and I felt it made the context more intense. It is a book that forces you to engage in both the meaning of the chapters and how they are relevant in your