Personal Narrative: My Daughter Abril Marchelle Holder

Loving and worshiping God began to be more and more part of my daily thinking, motives, actions, and decisions.

My subject is my aunt, Florence Lucey. She is a 65-year-old female, who identifies with her gender. She is a white, heterosexual, Catholic, Italian woman who has lived in Connecticut for her entire life. She currently lives in Weston, CT, in the home that she has lived in for the past 20 years. Florence has been married twice; she was widowed in 2003 and remarried in 2014. She has one sister, Donna, my mother, and 4 kids, all who are out of the house. I was able to gather my information over facetime and received real-time data coverage. I will be referring to my subject as Florence throughout this paper.

Everyone has moments where they consider changing their life for better. For me, that was when I went away on a retreat with my fellowship at church during the summer of freshman year. Fellowship is a gathering of other people in similar situations, such as the same general grade level, in order to have fun and worship God together. However, fellowship had become a social gathering to me as opposed to a place to devote myself to my religion. Even though we arrived at the camp in New Jersey late at night, around nine, we all gathered around the lounge for worship, which is devoting songs to God. As we began worship together, I felt the energy level in the room

I had been a “Christian” for years, being raised in a Christian home it was just the thing to do. However this meant nothing to me at the time I was a Christian because everyone else was. So after a long time and the struggles I went through, I was so far gone and away from what God had planned for my life that it looked like there was no hope. This is when something happened to me something incredible God restored my life and brought me home, out of my sin. Now this didn’t happen over night it was a process which took a matter of months, but it started the night I fell on my knees and realized I had been living a lie and that I was not a Christ follower, I knew the stuff but never applied it to my life and let it change my life.

On February 23, 2016, I was confronted with a scare that changed my life dramatically. My Mother Colleen Micele was admitted into Bayonne Hospital due to feeling ill, however, rapidly circumstances changed for the worst. My mother was rushed to the ICU unit and her time she had left us had been decreasing by the hour. My mother developed a condition called Pulmonary Edema which is when the lungs fill with fluid. This condition had caused my mother's lungs to then collapse which lead to my mother develop Atrial Fibrillation. Matters had become extremely severe and life threatening once my mother had become Septic. The uncertainty and living second to second not knowing if my mother would make it through her illness for 5 weeks emotionally destroyed

On the night of December 19th, 2003, a baby is born. Her mom’s a social worker, her dad’s a nephrologist, and she has one older sister. Her name is Sophia Galoustian, although later she will wish to be called Sophie. After two years of living in Maine, the family moves to California, where Sophie will grow up.I am Sophia Galoustian, and this is part of who I am.

I was born to a Christian mother I had 7 brothers and sisters we wasn’t perfect but we all loved the Lord. I went to church every time the door was open I loved Sunday school and loved to sing the good ole songs that Baptist Churches sing. I am now 52 and my mind has never changed I love the Lord with all my heart and soul he has helped me so much I wouldn’t be here now if it wasn’t for him.

I remember the day she born. I was nervous for the simple fact that my life would never be the same. Soon no longer would I be known as just Ayanna, I would take on a new title. A title that I would share with so many woman, and after eight long hours of labor, I would now be known to the world as mommy.

This year, I have three superb friends. They inspire me to do by best at just about everything. Audrey is inspiring when it comes to Cross Country, something she’s not the best at. Katie motivating when it comes to my writing, and C.j. encourages me to do my best, and always learn more.

One of the hardest things for me is moving to Georgia. I was going to miss my grandma, dad, and my sisters. The trip was long and hot it. There were five of us in the car plus a We were almost out of gas and there wasn’t a gas station for miles I was terrified then we finally made it. We were living

July 21st, 2016, a date that will be with me forever. This is the day that I met my sponsored child in Quiche’ Guatemala, her name is Lidia Cauanos Chingo.

Frankly, the faith I have acquired slowly. There wasn't an epiphany nor a traumatic event that caused me to have a more optimistic approach to life. I am a Non-Denomination, Christian with beliefs that in times of struggle I questioned. Nonetheless, even

One day I woke up to find that my mom was gone and that made me feel bad. So I went to live with my grandma and I had to adjust to a whole new

My partner that I interviewed was Katerina ho she was born in Monroe Washington and lived there until she moved to florida. she was has ad chance to visit a few places such as Vietnam and Hawaii. she lives with her mom ana and dad don, she has two older sister Cassie and Kathy and a younger brother Cody and she doesn't have any pets.when she finishes school she doesn't know yet what she wants to do when she is ready to start her career and hasn't set ny goals or ambitions now but hopes to later in the future. her friends describe her personality as being funny, dramatic, crazy, awkward and somewhat clueless at times.I found out that Katerina doesn't play any sports but some interesting aspects about her is that she enjoys to read , learn history

My daughter Brielle, is four years old today, still influences me to better myself every day. Since the day she was born, she had suddenly made me realize it was time to grow up. I was like I had looked into the future and saw how much joy she was going to bring me. Now I work harder, less selfish, teach her right from wrong, more caring, and more responsible. I couldn’t imagine life without her now honestly. I think that if I never would have had her I would be somewhere back in the West Coast working all day and night, with no care in the world, only worried about myself and money. I wouldn’t be as driven as I am today. I wouldn’t want to achieve as much as I do today. The future is so important now because I have Brielle to think of first.