Suddenly I Became Me Research Paper

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Suddenly I Became Me I started to figure out who I was during my lifetime. There are plenty of funny and terrible instances for me that made me find out who I was. I can name three instances from the top of my head like me picking my dad’s lock to get in the fridge when I was about four, when my biological mother decided to give me and my brother away when we were five and she wanted nothing to do with us, and when I went to my first summer church camp for the first time. I believe that these memories play a big role in making me the man I am today. When my brother and I were about three to four years of age, we would always go downstairs and steal the food out of the refrigerator and the pantry while our parents were asleep. My dad eventually …show more content…
It was weird for me because I thought it was going to be like me in a chapel every day and us only having to wear good clothes as someone would to Sunday church. I found out it was nothing like that, but loads of fun and joy for everyone that was there. For the first time in all the years I was abused and hurt by my parents, I got to talk about my whole life and what happened between me and my father. The story between us is a very hard story to tell just because I get very emotional in the process in telling it so I never get the chance. When I went to my family group in church camp we got to talk about our lives’ and then we got to me and I just let it all pour out and no one judged me for it. They all just got up and hugged me and told me that it was alright and that it wouldn’t happen to me anymore and I’m very grateful for their kind words. This memory made me think to myself that I can be one of the good people left in this world and that I can make a difference in someone’s life one day. These memories are the best memories that I have experience because it helps me realize that I have become a the man that I was meant to be and these memories let me get to that point faster. Suddenly I became me is a great topic to write about because it helps everyone in the ong run to help them figure out who they are if they haven’t already figured it out. Suddenly I became a kind young man that cares for people

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