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My Hero

Heroes are made, not born and they define the limits of our desires. Each person has their own hero and there isn’t a specific quality. Hero or not, it all depends on the person’s perspective. The general form of a hero is a person who is praised or glorified for courage, significant accomplishments, or nobleness in the eyes of others. I, myself have a special someone that stood by my side throughout difficult and challenging times in life, who makes the world change for me, the one who lets me see light in a matter of dark, my heroic mother. Her background story is bold. Being a single mother in a world where money is salient is where hardship takes place. Mothers are usually seen as taking care of the kids while the husband puts …show more content…

Most parents force their children to marry only to protect their reputation. My mother’s father was a pleasant man but he unfortunately, forced my mom into marriage. Fadhel, my mom’s ex husband, was 14 years older than my mother and he was immensely stern. Like other relationships, the parents get involved and complications occur. Fadhel’s parents were antagonistic towards my mother to the point where she almost committed suicide. They eventually moved back to Iraq. You would expect the problems to disappear, but believe it or not, it became worse. This caused Fadhel to want to move back to his country so he can be with his family but in order to do that, my mom had to agree. She didn't agree because she wanted to raise us in safety but that didn’t stop him from wanting to leave. They filed divorce papers but since they were going to be living in different countries, we had to go to a Muslim official to determine who gets custody. The father always gets to decide first in Islam and Fadhel wanted custody either for both of us or just my sister. My mom threatened to drop her religion because the official took Fadhel’s side. Since we were living in America, my mom had the right to go to a judge and have him decide. The judge asked basic questions like “When is their birthdays”and “How old are they” to which Fadhel did not know the answers. My mom won custody, not because she answered correctly, but

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