How Divorce Affected My Life

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When I was a little kid, around 3 years old, I found out my parents were going to get divorced, to this day i do not know the reason for this divorce. At first, i did not know what to think of it because I did not know what it meant. When people were explaining it to me I just thought it meant my parents were just going their separate ways to come back together later on. But when I started living with my mother and only seeing my father on the weekends and any other holiday, It all started to make sense, I was quite shocked when it actually hit me because I always thought my parents were always happy with each other and even if they get into small fights they solve it in the end and start being a happy family again, but real life is not a …show more content…
My father is one of the most wisest people i’ve met in my life, he gives really good advice and always listens when I am there. Since we were lower class my dad never saw bad in anything, he always kept his chin up and always made good in bad situations and never bad in good or bad situations. Since my father was like this he taught me to never make bad of any situations there is always something good in a situation no matter how bad it is, also, even though we were low class at least we are still living and not homeless at least we have food on the table and a roof over our heads. My father taught me to never take the little things for granted. All in all, family is the most important factor of my life because if my parents had not of gotten divorced I would have lived a completely different life, and honestly I am glad my parents got divorced because it opened me up to the world. And made me the person I am to this day. Nowadays, my parents are so much more happier than a couple years ago, my mom and my stepdad had 3 kids and have 2 dogs, a German Shepard and a white Husky with blue eyes. Also, I lived with my dad now and he got married to my stepmom, he is working 2 jobs now and we moved to Carrollton. Things worked out in the

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