Honor Thy Father

I only have vague memories of a united family. I was five when my family life came crashing down; only it didn’t fall on me, it fell on my mother. The only memories I have of the divorce are not of a courtroom, but of my loving father being kicked out of the house he created. It was not until I was around seven that I learned my mother left my dad just because she was bored. The first time I spent with my dad after the divorce was ironically as soon as he was kicked out. We didn’t even…

greatly. This was not the case when it came to those two together. Rose Mary had always been carefree. She lived for the adventure that was given to her in her life. She hated being stuck and she as stated in the book, was an excitement addict. Her father was always stuck in the same place growing up and had to tolerate tough living styles. The two together made it for an interesting relationship and how they soon took care of their kids. They both had always taught their kids to rub some…

Similar to how the father may feel in “My Father Sits in the Dark,” Rita Dove explains in “Daystar” how sitting and doing nothing can be relaxing and a great way to think clearly and without distraction. “Daystar” reveals this by mentioning how the mother sits alone thinking for her own pleasure as long as she can in order to get away from her busy life. The first two stanzas of the poem show that the mother has diapers on the line and that there is a doll laying out in the house, though the…

the pain she felt toward her father leaving when she was young and the vow she has made to her daughter. The lyric “I will never leave her like you left me” portrays this feeling. In the song Piece by Piece the artist, Kelly Clarkson, sings about her experience of having her father leave at the age of six. She is now much older and has a daughter of her…

Over the years of scientific advancements, people have gained access to the sperm banks where sperm gets frozen in liquid nitrogen to be used for later use. One of the most famous banks was The Repository for Germinal Choice created by Robert Klark Graham which was publicized in 1970 (Plotz 1). Although there are many men who can’t have biological children due to many reasons including; low sperm count, poor sperm motility, and abnormal sperm shape (Simon 1), the main question still stands.…

My mum is many things: a teacher, a citizen, a daughter, a sister, a wife and so many other things. But this endless list boils down to one main thing – my mother is a human being; an unbelievable one human being. This is ordinarily where an author boasts on about their mother being the best mother out there as everyone contradicts against this by shouting out on about how admirable and awe-inspiring their mother is. In my opinion, I would like to argue we fight for our mums in the midst of a…

Mum shouted up the stairs, "Come down here now!" Her shout interrupted the nostalgia I was feeling from lying on my bed appreciating the array of star wars posters and memories plastered on my walls. There were only a few weeks until I started university and reach one step closer to reaching my dream of being an astrophysicist. I answered "Coming!" and began to make my way downstairs, as I was walking down the stairs something in the atmosphere felt different, as if something had changed and I…

Jim father did expect a lot from his son, but I do believe that Jim 's dad wanted what’s best for him “A script is a guide to action” (Wood 69). I chose this because Jim dad high expected for his son. His dad paid his way through college, and he’s paying Jim way through college as well and he wants Jim to stop hanging out with his friends and to take school seriously. Jim looked up to his dad and he wanted his dad to be proud of him. What are two tips for Jim and two tips for his father, using…

Mom, Mother, Dad, and Father Never did I ever question that Gregg and Denise Pattison were my mom and dad. They had the familiar faces I was used to seeing every day, whether it was picking me up from school, taking me to the doctors or tucking me into bed every night, they were mom and dad to me. Every day around one o’clock in the afternoon the mail came, frequently there were letters from a woman named Tammy Defulvio. Those letters seemed of interest to my mom, she never opened them and…

Growing up in my family is oddly difficult. My mom, dad, and 3 brothers all came from Mexico with no money, no clothes, and no plans.i have 3 brothers named Marco who was 18 at the time, Luis who was about 16, and the youngest of my brothers named Vincente who was 8. My dad worked 2 jobs day and night to provide for them, literally non-stop just to get bread on the table, while my mom babysat kids from the neighborhood enough to earn for some kind of money. They wanted to just give up and go…