Family Identity Research Paper

Identity Paper One of my very first things that I really remember is of my dad teaching me the planets through a story he created. Where they were in the solar system, what they looked like, and what hobbies they loved or foods they ate. We always spent so much time together. Then the day came that I was told, "You 're going to be a big sister! Aren 't you excited?" was so enthused to have a baby brother. I planned it all out. He was going to play 'Barbie 's ' with me and help me pick out cute outfits and we were going to paint each others nails. When I went to the hospital with my grandparents to wait for my brother to be born, I kept asking questions. "What is his name?" "How do they know it 's really my brother?" "When can I play with him?" I probably annoyed them, but I wanted to know everything about this little boy who I was going to call my brother. After he was born I finally got to hold my new sibling, "Aidan." I was awestruck by his cuteness and as an almost four year old girl, I thought he was a cool new baby doll that breathed and could be fed. …show more content…
My parents sat me down at the age of seven to tell me that they were getting a divorce. My dad was moving out. I didn’t quite realize what this meant. I simply thought that it meant my dad was going on a business trip or out of town for a vacation. It didn’t hit me as hard as it did years later. A couple years later my father told me that he had married a woman he met. Her name was Ebony. I remembered her because she was the first person of color and African American race that I had ever met. I was intrigued with my childlike curiosity. She was beautiful to me because her skin was evenly toned and didn’t have small splotches of red like I did on my face. When my dad told me he was going to marry her, I was happy for him. But, I was also confused. I didn’t understand why he was going to be with someone other than my