Divorce-Personal Narrative

"Dad wants me to stay here and live with him. Is that okay?" my son asked. "He's promised me all kinds of "neat stuff" and I can get to know my step family better.

Personal Narrative: Divorce Mum had briefly informed me that we were going to a place that would

Assignment two was a personal narrative and I choose to write about the time I found out my parents were getting a divorce. I found out this information spring junior year. This assignment was very difficult for me to write, I struggled with writing my feelings on the paper. Throughout my writing career I have never been good at writing personal essays. Although, I struggled with writing my ideas on paper. I succeeded in giving sensory details and being able to create good dialogue between characters .While I feel my personal narrative made strong use of dialogue, sensory detail, and the overall idea. An essay can always be revised and edited. I needed to work on making sure my tenses are the same throughout, adding descriptions of characters,

Amidst the boredom of summer and a lasting drought, my parents came into our family room where my sister and I were trying to drown out the monotony. They sat us down with such a somber tone that it was palpable in the room. My mom cut straight to the chase and announced something that would change my life indefinitely. “Your dad and I are getting a divorce.”

I was born in South Africa, my parents made the decision when I was very young to leave everything behind and move our family to America. My mother did this for one reason, to make sure my brothers and I would have unlimited opportunities to succeed and get an education. Early on in my childhood my parents decided to get a divorce, this was very hard on me as a child because it left me without a father figure. My mom tried the best she could to be a role model for me but it just wasn’t the same. From a young age I had to learn to be independent to stand on my own two feet and work hard at everything I did so I could accomplish my goals. One of those goals that my brothers and I shared was to be the first generation in my family to attend college,

Divorce isn't something I ever wanted to go through. We were married at a young age, shortly after I graduated LPN school. I worked full time at a local nursing home and he worked as a lineman for the power company in VA so he was only home three days a week. We bought a house in the newest housing subdivision in Summersville. My life felt complete or so I thought.

To say that I have lived a mild and boring life is an understatement. There have not been many, what I would call, substantial, life-changing moments that I have gone through in my 44 years that I am sure several others have not experienced as well. From meeting my wife to the birth of my son, everyone can connect to a lot of the same experiences in life. When I reflect on my life thus far, the one that truly stands out is one that I am sure many others in this class have unfortunately had to experience as well. However, the divorce of my parents when I was young not only changed my life as far as where I am today, it also did so by bringing me even closer to the two people that made me who I am.

When I hear the word ‘divorce’ the first thing that comes to my mind is a broken marriage or how the adults are moving on with their lives to bigger and better things, the same thing other people would think of when hearing this word. For me, there is so much more for divorces in a family than the mother and father. Divorces affect the children in the relationship the same if not more than it affects the adults, most people seem to forget that. I have been through two divorces now and I believe it has changed me for the better, and has made me become the person I am today.

Graduating high school is supposed to be the time in your life when you start to get everything together. I’d like to think that I’ve had enough examples in my life to learn from. But, in my experience, the longer you live, the more troubles you have to face and deal with. One of my very first experiences that has impacted my life and still does was my parents divorce. Now a days getting divorced is quite common and many children experience it, but everyone doesn’t experience it the same way. It was September 1, 2010 when the divorced was finalized. This was a very hard thing I had to cope with as well as my brother. It was quite scary actually. I was so used to my parents together and them being apart was a drastic change to my life. Things started to get rocky in their relationship and I

My parents were never legally married, but were together for about ten years or maybe more. I never really gave much thought to the idea of them not being married, but once when I was in first grade a

I first hand had the experience of going through a divorce. Although it was not my own, and hopefully I will never have to go through that, but it was my parent’s divorce. As a child, this was not the ideal way to grow up, but it was what had to happen, and I believe everything happens for a reason. Although, this was not a pleasant

Seven years ago my father divorced my mother leaving me and my sisters. Still to this day I really don’t know why he wanted a divorce.

My parents separated when I was six years old and officially divorced when I was eleven. During this time, I never knew the real story behind the split. However, now that I can understand the complications and issues, I seek for the answer to that question. That question that has been in my mind for as long as I can remember: why did they split up? As I listen to my mom express her side, my heart shatters. I realize that even though the divorce never impacted me, learning how much she suffered and how she handled it has an affect on me.

I was always confused on why my dad listened to me when I said to get out of my life. I never thought he would just act like nothing ever happened between our family. He was always a loving man, but after this whole divorce, he had a totally different personality. I know this was hard on our whole family, but some people like me try to see the good in bad situations. Yes, I know divorces aren't the best, but not all of it is bad. You can see the lesson that this will teach you in the long run. You have to take it all in don't hold back on anything. Make sure you don't hold back from this learning opportunity. It may seem like it is all down hill from there, but at some point you get back up and try again. You can take these types of problems

The moment the two most important people in my life decide to make the life-altering decision to get a divorce my life trajectory is forever changed. It not only alters their physical living circumstances but even more importantly it leaves an emotional scar that will be with me forever. My childhood consisted of fighting, lawyers, lies, and tears. The first time I was taken in an ambulance was because I didn't want to see the next day. I felt like there was no point