I was a boy that was 18 years old and from America in 1918. My family was impacted pretty good by the war.My cousin and my dad was drafted with my two other brothers.My mom and I had to stay home and help with the home fronts.The people that stay home did many things like taking on jobs or businesses.They was many industries was closed like my dad's industry because he went to war. It change my daily life a lot.The reason why is because I never had time to take off and spent time with my…
happy. My brothers would always talk about leaving with one of the parents to get away from me. It would never happen so good luck. I began to grow into my early teen years (middle school). I started noticing a lot more problems between my mom and dad. They began sleeping in separate rooms and…
frequently used word, “home”. There is so many ways to define home. Per Dictionary.com, home is defined as, “a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household” or “the place or region where something is native or most common.” Except, these definitions are very general and do not really explain the true meaning of a home. As we see in The Glass Castle Jeannette and the Walls family mainly describe home as a place where they can stay for some time…
June/17/2014 I am willing to take the commitment. That was the day that I had moved. Not just anywhere in town, but out of state, I was so excited I just couldn’t wait, Until the day of. My dad was finally home, we got to be a family again, I thought so at least . Things were happening and everything was changing. My dad was already in California before my brothers, sister and I had moved. When we had left my mom was the one driving, but the hardest part was leaving the place that I had grew up…
One day Zoey, mom, dad, and jack went to go on a vacation to the snowy mountains. They had planned this trip for almost 2 years. Zoey was so excited to go on this trip she had her bags packed for 3months. They rented this one beautiful 2 story open kitchen house that was for sale. They loved the house and almost moved in but didn’t want Zoey and Jack to lose their friends. On the way to the airport it took 3 hours to get to their destination. Zoey didn’t realize that this trip would take…
of my childhood I was apart from my Dad due to distance but at age three that all changed. I remember coming into the United States for the first times and arriving at a place with the weather much like Mexico's, it was very warm, dry, and full of open land. I often questioned why my Dad lived so far away from my mom, sister and I but as the years have gone by I have come to the understanding as to why my Dad moved to the United States. At age eighteen my dad came to the U.S. to work because…
Poor little Millie doesn’t want to stay at the hospital. You need to toughen up, girl! ~ Relief washed over Millie as she and her father walked into the blustery night. Wind and rain pounded against them as they pushed through the front door to Hanna waiting in the living room, “Well, what…
ALLEGATION R/s Anthony makes fun of Kristopher (8) for wanting to stay at his sister’s house. R/s Kristopher doesn’t feel safe at Anthony’s home. R/s on Feb 22nd Isiah “Kristopher” went over to his dad for the weekend and hid dad said he was going to buy some beer and get high. R/s Isiah stated that he did see two beers, but he didn’t see any drugs. R/s on March 10th Isiah’s father and brother picked on him for wanting to stay at sister house. R/s Isiah cried and fought with his brother. R/s…
world is turned upside down. Bickering wasn’t it , sometimes it was yelling or even leaving for the night our dad was mainly the one who left but mom sometimes had enough of the fighting . 2 years ago things seemed to be fine but now we can't even eat dinner without them arguing. Right now they are arguing about his late nights at work where he really is and why he's gone so much. Dad storms out of the room and moms runs after him the fighting continues until mom leaves for the night. I head…
The most intense ten minutes of my life occurred this past fall. It was September 24th, the time was about 12:30pm. These ten minutes will stay with me for the rest of my life. They have made their mark on my family and I, and have changed our lives forever. I was just awaking from the crazy night before. Our high school football team played a great game, and some friends and I stayed out late celebrating. I had my fake baby in my room with me for my child psychology class. It woke me up a total…