An Event Can Have A Strange And Great Impact On You

There is one loss in my life that affected many aspects of my life for many years, the divorce of my parents. I was in barley entering the first grade and the tender age of five, soon to turn six, when my parents spent their last night as a married couple. I do not have many memories of my parents as a couple but I do remember the day my Daddy left. He was a policeman and I watched as his cruiser drove away from our family home. I remember my mom crying and not being willing to console me or explain to me what was happening. All I knew is there was a fight, my dad left, it seemed different than other times when he left, and my mom was crying. Everything about my life changed in the blink of a five year old’s eyes which is what makes this loss so significant in my life.

The loss of my younger brother changed my life in ways that I couldn't have imagined at the time of his death, but I was bombarded with so many emotions and undertakings that deeply impaired my thought process.

realized how much my mom meant to me before this incident. I recall waking up and uttering the word “mom”. I look around to find that I was lying on a bed covered in pink and blue floral designs. My favourite colours. But, the bright white walls immediately made me flinch. everything else was white. White walls, white carpet, white chairs. It was not at all what I was used to back in my room with my black covered

One of the constraints that effected the quality of this paper was the fact that the story was written five years after I experienced this amazing moment in my life. As a result of the time difference, small details were forgotten resulting in a lacking story. At the time, I was filled with emotion. Yet, with so many years between the experience and the time the story was actually written down, the exact emotions I felt at the time of the event were forgotten. Well written papers tend to have emotion laced throughout them. If I would have written the story right after it happened I know there would have been more feeling and details put in to the story that got forgotten over the years. Another constraint was the time allowed to write the paper. There was not enough time to dive in and process the story in the depth that would have made it a better paper. If more time would have been allowed I could have had more time to think about the moment when the amazing experience happened. By bringing up the old feelings felt in the moment, it would have allowed me to really thinking about what was being written

After several weeks of my Grandmother passing, I came to realize she wasn’t coming back. The feeling of shock had left and now I felt intense amount of emotional suffering. The continuous feeling of pain and unanswered questions lingered about in my mind. I began to wonder how it could have happened and what people could have done differently. At this time, my whole family was grieving over the loss as well.

Also, they felt that life became hopeless. People felt sad, and we all thought about what had happened, and how I would have extra responsibilities. Also, people started to worry about what will happen to us, and who would stay with us. Also, they thought about my life, and how everything changed. After that day, all I felt was sadness, loss of hope, and always wanted to stay alone far away from people. Today it has been five months since that week, and my life is not like before. They are the most depressing times of my life. But I know that I will learn from this journey, and will be able to imply all the ways of taking care of my siblings, and taking charge of a house. So today my life is not the way I thought it would be when I was young, but in the end maybe one day it will get

One event that has changed my life forever and the way I look at things now is when my father was admitted to Greenville Memorial Hospital the day after Christmas last year in 2015. I was not notified that my dad had been admitted until the second day he was there. I clearly remember sitting at McDonald's with my then boyfriend on a date celebrating our one month. The fries I was eating were so delicious until I got the call my dad had been in a bad accident due to alcohol and had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Greenville Memorial Hospital. I asked the caller, my dad’s friend Nancy, if she was sure it was him. She replied, “Yes, I would not play around with something like this.” My boyfriend and I left our food and immediately left

When I was about five years old I had something happen to me that would change forever. My life before this was not the best and was really confusing to understand and that was because I was always moving into different houses with my mom and would always have a new dad which as a little kid you don’t really know what is going on and have to just deal with it. My mother was not the best and did not take really good care of me.

In 2015 my grandmother died. When I received the news I was on the couch and my mother told me “Miguel we have to talk” I was sweating because my mother was so serious and she told me that my grandmother was dead, and in that moment all I could think about was being back in the Dominican Republic, growing up with her, imagining the moments I spent in her house and the mornings that I sat in her living room, watching TV and smelling her amazing food wafting through the pass-through window from the kitchen. Then I snap back on reality and realize the future my grandmother would want for me.

My family woke up the next morning at 4:00am to head straight to Walt Disney World. We all put on our matching blue tie-dyed Mickey Mouse shirts and piled in the cars. Once we were all in the cars we were happy, happy, very happy. Then my Papa gets a call. “We are sorry Sir. You’re mom has passed away. She passed away very peacefully.” Though my family was expecting it, this trip suddenly took a sad turn. Everyone in the car started crying.

Everyone has moments that completely alter their lives. Personal experiences are what shape lives and make a deep impact on who a person becomes. I have had many pivotal moments in my life that I know have made a direct impact on who I am today, how I handle my past and what I will make of my future. While reading Sherman Alexie’s “She Had Some Horses” I was captivated by the similarities between my own life and his, particularly concerning passion, confusion, and humility. Alexie’s story brought peace to me in knowing that someone else has felt what I have. After all, Jill Bolte Taylor, a Brain scientist once said, “Just like Children, Emotions heal when they are heard and validated” (Bolte).

I’ve experienced many simple things like my my first kiss, my first F, and my first time driving. But the most significant experience in my life was the death of a close friend of mine, Miranda Arraya. Her passing happened so fast people are still in shock even a month after the news. It’s hard to type about because I miss her so much but this tramples over any other ordeal that has occured in my lifetime.

I could hear muted sobs as friends and family members began lashing out in tears. Yet, I stood still as ever as memories with my best friend began flashing in my head. I was best friends with a girl who lived right next door to me since birth. We told secrets and laughed with one another since the day I can recall my earliest memory as a child. It was unfortunate to see it all come to an end now that she was gone. All I saw was her lifeless body slowly turning pale on a stretcher stationed on her living room floor. This was one of those moments that makes you question how quickly life can take an unexpected turn. I wasn't willing to accept that

When I turned 11-years-old my whole childhood began to change my life went from being perfect to everything but perfect. One day I came home to hear the news my father, my best friend; my hero was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. Not knowing the struggle my family was about to take on I just began to cry. I had a million things running through my head what’s going to happen? Will everything be okay? Why him? What is going to happen? With all these things rushing through my head all I could do was cry not knowing this was least worse to come.

It’s all start when my sister and I went to Watson. While I’m doing window shopping, my sister went to buy some stuff. Accidently, in a glance, I saw my sister at the health section. In consciously, I went to her with full of questions, and asked her ‘are you sick?’ Then she turned back to me and answered my question with a question, ‘is this good?’