I was in the middle of my 8th Grade year when my mother sat me down to talk about what was going on in Los Angles, California. That day I got off the bus like usual and was going to do my homework, but before I could do anything my mother stopped me with a very worried look on her face and I was immediately alarmed by what she is going to say to me. She then enunciated “ Your grandma is in the hospital and I need to see her as soon as I can.” I asked her what was wrong with her mother, she then explained to me that my grandmother had kidney stones and they were unable to do surgery because her body was too fragile and she would not make it. My family in California had taken her to a local clinic. My mom than planned a trip to go to California,
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I was still angry with my mom that she was leaving hence when everyone was spending time with her I just pushed her away and locked myself in my room when I came home from school. This how I missed the opportunity to cope with my family and spend time with mother before she left. I regret this decision because if I would have just tried to understand with what my mom was going through I could have controlled it differently. During that time I did not realize that my mother needed my support for her to go to California. I did not give her that because I was too selfish to see it. When the two weeks were up and my mother left I grew very discontent, I no longer cared what grades I got in my classes. I also ended up pushing all of my friends away instead talking about what was going on with me. When my mother called us from California, I did not speak to her, I could not to speak to her and now that I consider thinking about it I do not even know why anymore. So I missed the opportunity to develop straight A’s in my classes and to have a stronger connection of friendship. If I just had talked to my friends more and spent a little more time with my mom before she left I would not have picked such immoral choices for myself. If I had just chosen the right choice from the beginning I could have grown as a person but I missed
I was still angry with my mom that she was leaving hence when everyone was spending time with her I just pushed her away and locked myself in my room when I came home from school. This how I missed the opportunity to cope with my family and spend time with mother before she left. I regret this decision because if I would have just tried to understand with what my mom was going through I could have controlled it differently. During that time I did not realize that my mother needed my support for her to go to California. I did not give her that because I was too selfish to see it. When the two weeks were up and my mother left I grew very discontent, I no longer cared what grades I got in my classes. I also ended up pushing all of my friends away instead talking about what was going on with me. When my mother called us from California, I did not speak to her, I could not to speak to her and now that I consider thinking about it I do not even know why anymore. So I missed the opportunity to develop straight A’s in my classes and to have a stronger connection of friendship. If I just had talked to my friends more and spent a little more time with my mom before she left I would not have picked such immoral choices for myself. If I had just chosen the right choice from the beginning I could have grown as a person but I missed