In the book, Waiting for Normal, by Leslie Connor, the main character, Addie, is going through tough things at a young age. Things that are difficult for her to understand. Her family is a mess because her father died when she was three, her mother has a bipolar disorder so she never has the same attitude/mood twice, and her mother just divorced a wonderful man who had blessed her and her children just because she wanted to. She and her mother moved to a trailer next to a mini mart, a laundromat, and an obnoxious train. This is when she begins to wish for a normal life but although some might wish for a normal life, one will never be truely satisfied with it. Although life can be tough and it's not fun to go through, you begin to be grateful for simple things.“It's best to know right from the beginning that my family is hard to follow, like a road that keep taking twists and turns” (Connor 1). The life of Addie is complicated and overwhelming. All she wants it just a normal life with normal parents and normal siblings with normal everyday events. But in the end of this story she finds she doesn't want a normal life, she just wants a good, fulfilling life.
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Except her bipolar mother had to ruin the contentment and turn her “normal life” completely around. She in this moment realized that she'd rather be living with Dwight instead of her mother but she realizes how selfish that is because her mother wouldn't last without her and she would miss her mom too. Even though life can have very difficult situations, you realize the small things that you are grateful
Except her bipolar mother had to ruin the contentment and turn her “normal life” completely around. She in this moment realized that she'd rather be living with Dwight instead of her mother but she realizes how selfish that is because her mother wouldn't last without her and she would miss her mom too. Even though life can have very difficult situations, you realize the small things that you are grateful