Personal Narrative-Divorce

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To begin with, my early childhood threw me for a loop with one word—divorce. My parents decided to call it quits, which left me and my brothers with our father and his girlfriend. Unfortunately, this has likely been the worst decision ever made because neither of them had any want or experience on taking care of three kids. With that being said, I did come out with a few positive additions to my personality as I quickly became an independent child. This is due to the fact that, I suddenly had the responsibility of getting myself ready for school and remembering to do my homework, alone. There were a few trials and errors, however, and some days I went to school with my hair a mess and in shorts and a T-shirt in the middle of winter. As time

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