Church Fathers

nineteen ninety-nine, my mother’s water broke. I will just assume my father was super excited even though he was dead asleep and my mother had to drive herself to the hospital. Though it’s somewhat hard for a pregnant woman to dress, and despite the fact she was in pain, she arrived at Jackson Hospital at seven. She refused to call my father to let him know she was at the hospital. She instead called her mother and sister, who were at church. but even so, he woke up and rushed to the hospital to…

Wilson, her Girl Scout leader. She was very nice, fun, and wanted the best for them. She also had a daughter in the troop named Sandra. She did attend a youth group in high school and attended church on a regularly basis. School was important to S.H., and she always wanted to receive good grades and wanted to be successful in her studies. She reminisced that one of her favorite memories occurred during recess, that they would use the wax paper…

the reason for Lázaro’s downfall in becoming a pícaro. Tomé Gonzales, Lázaro’s father, is exiled for his dishonest trading in the mill where he was working when Lázaro is only eight years-old. Therefore, Tomé has to leave his wife and son, only to die shortly after his exilement (Appelbaum 7). This is significant because this shows that Lázaro loses his father at a very young age, and therefore, does not have a father to love him and teach him. Psychologists Jaffee, Moffitt, Caspi, and Taylor…

differ in word choice and imagery. In My Papa’s Waltz, the author, Theodore Roethke, uses phrases such as, “palm caked hard by mud” (My Papa’s Waltz, Roethke) and “every step you missed” (My Papa’s Waltz, Roethke) to paint the picture of a drunk father who cannot keep his balance. The author uses words such as battered, beat, and romped to maybe allude to his father’s violent guilt rather than his drunken innocence. Whereas, in Ballad of Birmingham, the author, Dudley Randall, uses phrases…

Scots when she was six days old.” (The official website of the British Monarchy). “She was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and his second wife, Mary Queen of Guise. The death of her father, which occurred just plays after her birth, put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne in 1542. The Queen’s father had things in mind before his death. There was a marriage planned by…

day to know the elements as we do, and to be able to categorize and predict the properties of elements to come. Born to a poor family on February 8, 1834, Mendeleev was not afforded the same opportunities that most of today’s scientists are. His father was the head of a local school in Tobolsk, Siberia, and went blind while Dmitri was still a young child. This setback caused much hardship for their family, who had to support fourteen children on the income of one parent. When faced with this…

as joining gangs” as Quoted in “Peer Pressure Influences Gang Behavior”. Dale Greer spoke upon a boy named Hubert and how his inability to resist peer pressure guided him to his involvement with a gang. Greer concluded this article by stating how father figures are assets to instill values teenagers need to resist peer pressure. Hubert Morris, a thirteen-year-old male, who lived in the housing project of North Minneapolis. Raised by his mother, a religious single parent of three siblings and…

good childhood with a loving mother. His mother’s name was Flora Lewis. She died when Clive was only 10 years old. At a very young age Clive was nicknamed “Jack” by his family since he refused to answer to his real name for weeks. Jack had a loving father also. He built his family a house on the outskirts of Belfast. He was always unable to relate to his family. When Jack was born it caused resentment in his older brother Warren only born three years before…

The B in the abc-x model, is the family’s resource/strength. In my family’s case, we coped by reaching out to our church, our extended family, our friends and our community. my mother in particular was encouraged by my father to join a women’s group in church, which focused on grief and loss. That helped a lot because it helped my mom meet and socialize with other women who had gone through somewhat similar or if not the same plight as…

Imagine growing up with a single parent. Having no dad as a father figure. Now this is my story on how my role model, friend, and teacher who became the rock throughout my life. This wonderful woman is my mom. Getting to know my family of origin, culture, and educational experience was all a journey and still is. A little girl who came from a single parent home is finally seeing the light as a woman and a highly qualified teacher. Through many obstacles I am here to say how it all began. A lot…