Personal Narrative: I Embrace My Dad

Why didn’t I appreciate my dad before this happened? Before the day November 13, 2010 happened, I probably would still be distant from my dad. My dad stayed in and out of jail since I was born. I think once him and my mom had split up, I didn’t care to try to have a relationship with him. My brother was different though, he would talk to him while my dad is in jail and see him when he wasn’t in jail. A little after the age of 10, my dad started getting better and started keeping a stable job. Even though he was trying to be in my life again and be a better dad, I still kept rejecting him. I just couldn’t allow myself to get close to him. I sometimes felt bad until I thought about him never really being in my life.
I was sitting at home bored …show more content…
he asked while pulling out of the drive way.
“Sure, that’s fine” I said.
“Hi, welcome to Claire’s” one of the employees greeted us as we walked in.
Claire’s has been one of my favorite stores since I turned 13, I was 16 at the time. Even though my dad wasn’t in my life a lot, he still spoke his opinion on what I should and shouldn’t wear. He saw me pick up eye shadow and colored lip gloss and said
“Aren’t you a little too young for this”? he asked. “But my mom lets me wear it” I said.
I could tell even though he didn’t approve of it, he would never argue or make me put it back because I think he felt that it would push me further away from him and sometimes I hated he felt that way. After a few more stores, we decided to leave. On the way back to my house we stopped at a red light. He turned to me smiling and told me that he enjoyed spending time with me. As the light changed, the car started moving and next thing I remember is a loud “BOOM”! It really scared me! I wasn’t hurt at all but I noticed I wasn’t because the car that had hit us hit my dad side. I was too scared to use my cell phone, so I assumed someone watching called the ambulance because soon I heard loud