Personal Narrative: Life In The Buckley Household

It is coming up on a very important time in the Buckley household. A date of celebration that is far more outstanding by anything we had ever experienced as a family unit to date. The date of this celebration is October the 1st. “Is it a Birthday?” you may ask. While it is not a Birthday of any human living in the Buckley household, it can be considered a Birthday of sorts. It is the Birthday of our better life. You see, this October 1st will mark three years since we moved to the city of Cresco, Iowa. Some people move around all the time and would tell me “It isn’t such a big deal”. The truth of the matter is though that it is a huge deal to me. We will reflect back here to when I was born. I was born on November 12, 1997 to Bruce and Caryn Buckley in Berwyn, Illinois. Berwyn, Illinois can be described as a predominantly Blue Collar, Catholic, Democratic, Mexican neighborhood. When my Dad was born in 1960, Berwyn was a very different place. It was full of nice middle class families. While much of that, and very nice architecture remains, the people now make some parts of the city feel like a ghetto. Our little part was still fairly decent but outside of that it could get quite questionable. With all of that and the dreaded High School, I was ready to leave Berwyn. My Dad though was not and I can understand why. He had lived his entire life in Berwyn up until that point (52 years), and his Mom had lived there her whole life (1934-1994), and her …show more content…
The biggest accomplishment of mine was my loss of almost 120 pounds. I was about 310 pounds when we moved here and now I’ am right around 190 pounds. I feel so much better, and I really feel that I improved my personal health. I have made so many wonderful new friends since I moved here. Even during my first day of school here, they were all quick to introduce themselves, and it was a great feeling