Things will get better. Seems like that's all I heard these last 16 years. Along with be strong, keep your head up and everything will be okay. Those words cut me like a knife. Because in the back of my mind I know that isn't true. Things only get better when you make it happen! When you take matters into your own hand, when you refuse to cry anymore tears or be hurt anymore. Some people live the perfect, magazine cover, dream life but some people aren't so fortunate. See, my father passed away when I was 10 years old. He was my world, shining day and my one and only true supporter. When he passed away, I felt like I was alone. My Mother and I relationship was more like enemies bond than a mother and daughter relationship. I never felt the
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My father passed away when I was only ten. Nobody ever gave me an honest answer on why or how my father passed. Being so young, I didn't really understand the concepts of death or why people die. I quickly learned what it meant. Death is the only thing who can assure you of one thing, nothing will ever be the same. Everyone goes through loose at one point or another... But it hurts more when it's so close to home and your so young. You don't really understand what's going on or how it's going to affect you in the moment. But I quickly understood what happened. Before his death, I was living good. Well we didn't have it all together but together we had it all. We cried, eat, laughed & basically did everything together. A true father daughter bond. You know the saying, " a daughters first love is her dad"? Well yes I completely agree. My first love is my dad. I know in my heart my father would never do anything to hurt me and if he was alive, he would have saved me from this hell we call …show more content…
The three things that changed my whole life. That made me who I am today. See most people might deal with that and use it as a reason to give up, turn to the streets and violence. I use it as a reason to be strong, independent and a role model to other people. I try my best to give advice to everyone that is going to a tough time in life. Also help them so they don't make the same mistakes I do. So nobody has to feel all the pain I felt or all the curl worlds that was said to me. Now that whole, " you can only trust family" and "family is all you got " saying isn't always true. All I have is me. Everything I have, I earned it. Nobody ever did anything for me but cause me more stress. So everyday when I wake up, the only person I have to thank is myself. I might have been through so much things for only a 16 year old but I wouldn't change any of my wrongs or experiences for the world. All the stress, anger and tears have done nothing but help mature me and teach me the ropes of
My father passed away when I was only ten. Nobody ever gave me an honest answer on why or how my father passed. Being so young, I didn't really understand the concepts of death or why people die. I quickly learned what it meant. Death is the only thing who can assure you of one thing, nothing will ever be the same. Everyone goes through loose at one point or another... But it hurts more when it's so close to home and your so young. You don't really understand what's going on or how it's going to affect you in the moment. But I quickly understood what happened. Before his death, I was living good. Well we didn't have it all together but together we had it all. We cried, eat, laughed & basically did everything together. A true father daughter bond. You know the saying, " a daughters first love is her dad"? Well yes I completely agree. My first love is my dad. I know in my heart my father would never do anything to hurt me and if he was alive, he would have saved me from this hell we call …show more content…
The three things that changed my whole life. That made me who I am today. See most people might deal with that and use it as a reason to give up, turn to the streets and violence. I use it as a reason to be strong, independent and a role model to other people. I try my best to give advice to everyone that is going to a tough time in life. Also help them so they don't make the same mistakes I do. So nobody has to feel all the pain I felt or all the curl worlds that was said to me. Now that whole, " you can only trust family" and "family is all you got " saying isn't always true. All I have is me. Everything I have, I earned it. Nobody ever did anything for me but cause me more stress. So everyday when I wake up, the only person I have to thank is myself. I might have been through so much things for only a 16 year old but I wouldn't change any of my wrongs or experiences for the world. All the stress, anger and tears have done nothing but help mature me and teach me the ropes of