Grendel's mother

Melina. This young woman, I viewed as my oldest sister. She was born and raised in the Coachella Valley to a teen mother named Diana. Melina grew up in a broken latino family, with her father leaving her as a child. She then had a stepfather who wasn’t the most welcoming, and always viewed her to have the stigma that Melina would follow in her mother’s footsteps of being a teen mother as well. Melina was determined to beat all odds and after graduating from Coachella Valley High School, not to…

Anna Monson, Sam Blankenship, and Mattie Rametta Horror Story Henry was a small child who had just turned the age of nine. He lived with his grandpa who was seventy-three. Henry’s grandpa didn’t pay much attention to Henry, he had dementia and other mental diseases so he didn’t know much about taking care of Henry. From the age of five Henry had to learn how to care for himself. Henry was very intelligent, he had to learn how to cook food for himself, wash his clothes, and take care of other…

In today’s world single parents are becoming a more common part of life. According to the U.S Census Bureau, out of about 12 million single parent families in 2014, more than 80% are single mothers. Today one in four children under the age of 18 (a total of around 17 million) are being raised without a father. Over time, society has defined a traditional family as a family that consists of a man and a woman normally married, that have children. The percentage of traditional families has…

the crying of my mother and she informed me that it was going to be just my siblings and her for a while. My father has always been a very financially stable man, so without him in my life anymore, many things began to change. Before the divorce, I never knew what a car payment was, how much food cost, or that it was expensive to eat a restaurant. This initiation hit me when I was in the sixth grade and my mother took my siblings and me to eat at restaurant. I knew that my mother was low on…

Lightning Strikes I view life like a rollercoaster ride. There can be so much ups, downs, and unexpected turns. Each movement is a change in life. Sometimes change is good, but then it can be bad. Obviously, I would prefer just pure goodness and happiness in life, but that was not the story of my life. If that was the story, then I would not be the person who I am today. Past events shape everyone’s lives, including mine. Lightning did strike in my life, when my dad had a stroke. I can…

family much more than the other one. When she lived here she began to work. She would then go on to give a portion of her money to the family and the rest was for her own expenses. The two people that were a huge part of Maria’s life besides her mother were her father and the lady who watched over her for a short period of…

by a young unmarried mother are poor. More than half of all mothers on welfare had their first child as a teenager,” – (Dr. Phil). The reality show also presents the father “trying” to stay with the teen mother even if the relationship isn’t so great anymore. So in actuality, having a baby with some guy is not going to make him stay with you as most teen girl believe will happen. “According to National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, about 80% of teen mothers are not married…

Nonetheless there is a great difference in the consequences of someone who was not nearly as sheltered, such as I, rebelling compared to someone like Robert White. White is a preteen whose mother would go to immeasurable lengths to ‘protect’ him and his siblings. She sheltered them, monitored them, even completed their homework. By the time Robert was 14, he wanted to learn for himself, which is why he fought with his mom to complete his own…

needed to be shared. It’s that time of year again where we celebrate the mothers in our lives. Grandmothers, godmothers, aunties, and cousins are usually showered with love in the form of gifts, time, and words. This world would be nothing without moms! And once you lose your mother it feels like your personal world is nothing without her presence. If you’ve lost your mother this blog post is for you. If you haven’t lost your mother, or a maternal figure, yet this blog post is still for you;…

I want to be a great mother to my children and watch them achieve their goals in life. I want to complete school and have time to manage my personal life with my business life. I just want to be great at everything I do, no matter if I have set backs or obstacles I have to get…