Personal Narrative: My Michigan Hero

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My Michigan hero is my Mom. Why? Well because she gave up her life of being a teenager and partying and doing dum stuff . And started a new life being a mom a wonderful mom she wanted to do something good.Than she told me what happened in her past when she was pregnant with me. Than the things she told me made me think that I knew she was my hero.

It all started when my mom got pregnant at 15 years old. And she knew that giving me up for an adoption wasn't an option. And that she has to pay the price for getting pregnant at a such of a young age. And make change from the bad mistakes she made in the past. She still went to school, people knew about it and made dirty looks and nasty comments but she ignored it. She knew that she was going to be alright. And so she kept going about her life, my dad was sort of in mine and moms life but not quiet. My grandma barley had money and so my mom got a job and still went to school. And made enough money to get me all the stuff she need for me.
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So when the time came to name me my mom was going to name me Bridget but she decided to name me Brianna. My dad had dropped out of school and took care of me some of the days and he had a job also and my grandma from my mom side of the family and my other grandma from my dad side of the family took care of me on most the days. While my mother cared for me as I got older and as she got older. And I got to the age when I was 4years old my mom had another baby she had my sister. After a year later she graduated from school. Than realized she need another job to provide for both of us. So she got another job. The first job was a morning shift and the second job was a night shift so we didn't get to see her as much. But at least she could provide for both of

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