Personal Narrative: Nothing Is Ever As It Seems

Nothing Is Ever As It Seems “Why do you look so much older than everyone else's parents?” That was the question that I was always asking my parents. My mom, Bernadette and my dad, Michael are about 30 years older than the average parents of kids my age. One day, I got home from elementary school, and my mom decided to finally answer my question. “Chastity, you know how you always ask why we look older? We adopted you when you were 15 months old. Your birth parents died when you were a baby.” When I found out, I was mixed emotions. I kind of grew up a lithe more than I had to, to understand everything completely. Me thinking that my world was turning upside down, never thought that the fact that I was adopted and would never meet my birth parents, and the …show more content…
My dad Michael, was my grandfather before he decided to adopt me. Bernadette is his second wife. I used to call they “nanny” and “poppy” but that eventually just turned into “mom” and “dad”. That being said, I got to stay in the family. Although I have no idea who my birth father or who my family on his side is, I do know my birth moms side. Thankfully I got to be placed with people who are still my family. Growing up, I put my grandparents/adopted parents through a lot. I know that a lot of it does have to do because there are so many missing pieces to my life’s puzzle. If I could change anything, it would be the things that I put them through. I thought that because I was adopted and still had so many questions that it was a bad thing. I think it is more of a good thing. I’d rather be blessed with a beautiful and loving family and have questions, than be stuck with all of the answers and have a crappy life. One thing that I learned in life is that there can always be good to come out of the