Personal Narrative: The Idea Of Having A Baby

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It was 1988, and my mother was having a baby. None of our brothers likes the idea of having a baby. It was because we were already tight on money, and we could barely pay rent. We barely got anything for ourselves. It was because there were 7 of us. And our mother having this baby meant that We could have no presents for Christmas and no big dinner on Thanksgiving. Since there were 7 of us we all weren't super close to each other. And we all had different personalities. Scott was one of us who was not the nicest. He was actually very dangerous. He had a bad temper and he'd get in fights with us 24/7. But again he was the only adopted one. And he wasn't the most attractive. So with those things combined he didn't have any friends. He only had us which loved him because he was our brother. But would rather have it if he wasn't here. …show more content…
He was born too early and had lots of problems. So we had to spend most of our money on the medical bills. Scott hated the fact of that. He absolutely hated the baby. I wish I never let him out that door… .Since I was the oldest I was in charge of who went in and who went out. The day was November 16th, 1988. Scott decided to visit our mother in the hospital. When he did he didn't check in on the front or anything he went through the window of her hospital room. He loomed over her for a bit. And after a couple minutes, he stabbed her in the stomach attempting to kill the

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