My Family Memoir Essay

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Memoir: The Tragedy of a Family

Family is a value most people like to hold. It’s great to know that family is always there for each other, but seeing that family break a part is a sad experience. Great parents doomed to split or divorce is a big event for a family. It, sometimes, fully break families a part. The year 2012 was probably the worst year for me. It was an event I thought would never happen to my family. I always thought my family was going to stay together for the rest of time, but I was very wrong. I thought I knew everything about my parents, again, I was wrong. I was ignorant of what was going on between my parents my life until until then. The time my parents had split up changed the way I thought of the world. It showed me that anything can fall apart from a single string.

I was traumatized by the actions of my parents. I didn’t want to be around it most of the time, but I was forced to. The yelling, the fussing, the fighting, I wanted it to stop. My brother and sister felt the same way, but it was like this for a few months, until everything went to peace. Having to stop my parents from fighting each
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My dad moved out and it was just my siblings and my mom for a while. My dad lived on the other side of town for a bit. I slept at his house on some nights. It was fun but didn’t feel normal. I wanted him to be home with us, not away from us. My dream came true after some time, as he started to live with us again. I was happy he was back with us. He was staying with us again, and that was all I cared about. It wasn’t long till he found a new place again. I was mad that he was moving out again. “Wait, you’re not staying?” I asked angrily. “No, I can’t really stay here for long,” he responded back. I should’ve known it was going to happen in a matter of time. I guess my parents just need space from each other. He eventually moved back after working out of state for a few months. This brings us to

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