Stay-at-home dad

My father being a stay-at-home dad for most of my life he was often ridiculed by his father and many other people, people assuming he’s lazy or too incompetent to go to work when in actuality it 's the opposite. My father helped me with my homework and still does to this day,…

all began from my point of view when my dad had found on my mom’s phone messages from her to another guy. I was not living at home when this occurred, but my sister was and had told me, “dad left the house and I have no idea where he is.” My dad had told my mom, “to get a lawyer.” Because my dad had left the house and was staying at his sister’s house for several months, my mom was staying at the house on the farm with the two dogs. One day my mom and dad were having a normal, peaceful…

years later, after my dad stopped drinking and I could look back and say, “what the hell was going on.” This alcoholism, paired…

a huge impact on me but I was wrong. I didn't quite understand until I got a little older when I knew my family was in bad shape; especially my dad. My dad would get mad and start yelling at my mother when she dropped me off at his house. Along with his anger issues, I noticed he began drinking a lot more. This caused me to become more afraid of my dad because I felt that his drinking could cause him to act out in a violent manner. I thought I had my sister with me through it all up until one…

feel like I had no real home. Home is not a place; but, rather, a family. My family life did not only get upturned, but also completely destroyed. I had relatives, but no core family. It is a very unsettling realization and it dashes any hope of a normal family life, at least in the near future. Because I had already experienced my mother passing away a few years prior, I had started to build up a wall around myself and allow very few people to get close to me. Once my dad died, this only got…

he was right there to support us. When we needed help learning how to ride a bike, he was right there teaching us. My father was a great dad and he was the best dad a girl can ask for. On July 29, 2013, he died and I was hurt, sad and shock. My dad was a person who kept his problems to himself. If he was sad, hurt or sick we would have not known. In 2013, my dad came to Texas for my high school graduation. I was beyond excited to see my father. My father and mother were getting a divorce, so…

bullied, staying back a grade, constantly being left at homes, and a father he has never met; these are only a small portion of the challenges Jennings Burch faces during this tragic survival story. One evening, Jennings is left at an orphanage with nothing but the clothes on his back. This is only the start of the difficult times that await him. From there, Jennings must figure out how to deal with his new life. He goes from home to home with no stability, and is abused by the people who…

mentally and physically prepared because my schedule is full all the time. School and work is what make it the worse. I leave for school around 7:30 a.m., thenafter school I go straight to work. I usually get out of work at about sevenish, then I’m home by eight and I’m beat. Busy because of school and work, I don’t get much family time.…

When I was 7 years old I fell in love with soccer. It was a Sunday night, my dad and his friends were watching a game on T.V. It was a match between Brazil against Spain. I never really paid attention to soccer, but that night my uncle, my dad little brother, forced me to watch the game with them. I didn’t really understand the rules or the point to the game, but my dad and uncle would take turns explaining why is this player is throwing the ball or why is that player kicking the ball into a…

If Rosemary had sold this land, she and Rex would have been lifted out of poverty and lived a better life. Another example of Rex and Rosemary not using their resources wisely is them not accepting welfare: “...Mom and Dad never applied for welfare or food stamps, and they always refused charity. When teachers gave us bags of clothes from church drives, Mom made us take them back” (Walls 159). There is nothing morally wrong with accepting welfare. If Rex and Rosemary…