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Personal Narrative: My Mom Has Shaped My Character

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There have been many situations which have shaped my character, but the one situation that is the basis of myself is my mother. When I was two years old, my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or MS. MS is a disease that disables the central nervous system and thus disrupts the flow of information to the brain, which then goes out to the body. In every diagnosed person, the symptoms are different and so is the severity.
In the beginning, my mother’s situation didn’t seem so terrible, but this changed through the middle stages of her life. Over the years her eye sight and walking ability slowly deteriorated. She started using a cane to aid her and wore a higher prescription of contacts. Unfortunately, in 2011, my mom suddenly …show more content…

This basically means that the more damage she suffered to her central nervous system, the more disabled she became. Since then, my mother can no longer do simple tasks such as drive or walk without constant aid.
For me, it changed who I was as a person, I went from going over to my friend’s house after school, to having to cook dinner, take out the trash, and becoming a primary caretaker. My focus had to shift from my academics to the wellbeing of my mother. I had to give up many personal experiences in my life for the greater good of my family, but that doesn’t mean this has to be a sob story.
In third grade, my teacher told me a story about her mother. What was unknown to me beforehand is she too had been in a similar situation that I would eventually find myself in. Her mother had a severe case of MS, which impeded her from accomplishing most tasks without the help of others. To provide assistance, she had to stay home from college and help her mother out. She told me that no matter what situation I find myself in, I should never give up my higher education and stay

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