Personal Narrative: When Two Doors

There is an old saying that goes: “When one door closes another opens.” Most of the time after the first door closes we give up hope until the second door opens. We never truly realize how one downfall may be beneficial. I had a very special bond with my father’s dad, Terry. We would play hide and go seek with candy. On September 1, 2002, that one door closed and my grandfather died due to a heart attack. I was completely heartbroken until five short days later my mother went into labor with my beautiful sister, Hannah. My grandfather opened the other door to my sister for which I am eternally grateful. There is an old Slavic myth about two goddesses, Vesna and Morana. Vesna is the goddess of fertility and spring. She is in charge of morning, springtime, and the birth of everything living. Vesna has rosy cheeks and luscious looks that personify spring. Vesna’s opposite is Morana, the …show more content…
In the situation of my grandfather dying and my sister being born I have always thought of the saying, “When one door closes another one opens.” Night and day, and winter and spring, have one thing in common, one can never stop them from occurring. No matter what winter will come and then spring will come to bring light. At night it is dark and lonely but at some point it will be day and there will be happiness. In a later part of the myth, another pattern exists that exemplifies this duality. The Slavic people believed if they burned dolls that looked like Morana it would be cleansing and winter would be pushed away quicker and spring would come. Compare this to a forest fire. Everyone thinks a fire is a bad occurrence when it is actually the fire supplies nutrients to let plants grow healthier. This connection between Vesna and Morana, and my grandfather and Hannah matter to me today because it gives me a positive outlook and I am confident that not all bad things are as horrible as they