Personal Narrative: Mendon, OH

Mendon, OH will always have a special place in my heart. After all it is where I have called home my entire life. I never thought saying goodbye could be so hard until I had to say goodbye to Mendon and everyone who loved me the most. I remember looking back at my front door and seeing my puppy, Venus, looking out of the glass at me like she did every time I left the house, but this time she looked as if she would never see me again. I hugged my sister for the last time, and with sadness in her voice she cried, “You make me the proudest big sister in the world, and I know you are going to change the world.” Now with tears in my eyes, I just stood in my driveway, looking at the river by my house and smelling the country air for the last time …show more content…
This is a very deep problem when it comes to talking to my parents about it. When my mother was seventeen and my father was eighteen, they had a miscarriage of twins. So when they see a young child walking around town by themselves they get very defensive. They think parents should protect and cherish all of their children because my parents never got the chance too with my eldest siblings. The children in town really seem just run around with each other without any adult supervision at any time of day. The playground at the local park can be filled with kids, but not a single adult will be seen. Because of very minimal adult supervision, this sparks dangerous curiosity for children. Mendon is sadly known for many teenage pregnancies, which because that teenage mother did not have any guidance, she probably will not know how to give guidance to her child and the vicious cycle is very likely to be repeated. Though there are always parents like my parents and my aunts and uncles. Many of the neighborhood children come to our house or my aunt’s house if they need help because my parents treat them like they are their own children. Many people that do not live in Mendon feel as though every parent in Mendon are worthless, but I am very proud to say that my parents shatter that awful …show more content…
Many people that do not live in Mendon fell that parents are very unsupportive when it comes to their children, especially sports. Though this is very wrong. My parents have never missed a game of mine in the fifteen years I have been playing. I remember my mother putting my hair in piggy tails with blue and yellow bows for my tee-ball games. As my mom was doing my hair, my father was getting my glove and cleats ready. When we showed up to the game I was no longer allowed to call my father “dad”, he was to be called “coach” until the game was over and we were in the car, and that no one should even know who the coaches daughter is because he will never show me any favoritism. My father taught me at a young age that everyone should be treated as an equal. My mother and father are living proof that not all Mendon parents are