Personal Narrative: My Son's Death

Lately, many people have come and consoled me over the death of my son, Daniel. They praise him and act like he died an honorable death. My son, however, died from alcohol poisoning something I never expected would happen. I don’t think anyone would believe their child would die from an addictive liquid.

Standing in front of Daniel to give my final farewell is hard, but I will try to continue for him and for others like my son. Daniel was the best kid I could have asked for. He was always smiling, as happy as a child could be. He was kind, helpful, and you could never be upset with him. These are probably many of the reasons you are here with me today.

My son had just started his junior year in college and was achieving plenty more than I did in my years of college. He was the president of two academic clubs and was already offered a position at his internship job. I knew he would be exposed to alcohol in college, but I had no worry over this situation allowing him to be responsible and independent. …show more content…
I was aware of society’s glamorization of partying with alcohol in college, but I never thought our Daniel would fall victim to it. As a mother, I never lectured or advised him on what to do and what not to do with the privilege of drinking alcohol. I never taught him to watch his intake of an alcoholic beverage. I never told him the risks that come with alcohol. I was never there to teach him how to be responsible in a partying environment all because of the illegal ability of consuming alcohol at 18. Now I notice all the judgement I could get for not talking about these issues with my son and I know I will partially blame myself for his death, but he was a wonderful kid and I didn’t feel the need to lecture him over such trivial