Personal Narrative: My Past Is Not Indicative Of Future

Growing up has shown me critical milestones and has given me many experiences. With each notch in my belt, reflection upon the past is inevitable. Those certain moments when looked at, have had a different significance than what it was at that current moment. A certain instance that was seen as harmless or insignificant became a stem for a certain idea or experience to come. The past is if anything but one note. The past is not indicative of future. Early child was simple and heavily constructed. Church service was every Wednesday night and Sunday morning. When not at church, my home served as my school and church outside of the church. There was no getting away from it all, attendance was never an option. My whole entire life was put together to where I did not know any different nor did I question it. Some of the kids from church went to public school. The idea that a church-going child went to a secular school that served as a contrast to our religion made zero sense to me. I had nothing to compare baptism too. There was never a question of validity in my faith from day one because I never had a reason to question it. As with …show more content…
The process of child custody is anything but concise and fast. Transfer of custody took about six months and three weeks. Every day, I marked the day out on my calendar in hopes of that final day being tomorrow. After several meetings with my father 's lawyer and signing after david 's, the day finally came. By no means were my sexuality acceptable or even speakable in my father 's household, but it was leaps and bounds ahead of what I was dealing with. Dealing with my father would be completely different. I hung in the balance of trying to reassert who I was in this little bit of freedom and burning my last bridge. A new living arrangement and set up meant a new mirror. The longevity and it’s first crack were a question I couldn 't help