Personal Narrative: My Son's Story

Rylon Boyko was born a normal baby. Standard weight, pretty healthy. His mother on the other hand, was not well. The doctors told the family she was lucky to be with them afterwards. For the first many 6 years of his life Rylon was active, healthy and could name almost every tool in the garage, shed or otherwise. He would always use his “ham” and “ench” to fix the patio doors (even when they weren’t broken). Starting in grade 2 Rylon had a pretty bad stomach ache most days of the first month. So, they took a trip to the doctor. As they waited in the for x-rays his stomach only got worse so they left before the appointment and went straight the edmonton children’s stollery. The doctor was a kidney expert and almost immediately found the problem

Annoyed at this, I turned once again and lay on my back. I took a deep

My interviewee is a second generation immigrant with one parent who was born in El Salvador and the other who has Mexican roots but was born in the United States. For the purposes of confidentiality my interviewee will be addressed as Ana from here on out. In this interview paper I will discuss the experiences that Ana faced growing up in a tri-racial household. I will also evaluate her experiences regarding assimilation to the lectures and reading assigned through out this course.

He specifically said during his closing statement that it was unfortunate that things were happening with my son's sports program that has taken me to this (looking into online programs), but I was looking for alternatives and that was all I could do right now. He thanked me and I thanked him for taking so much time to explain everything in detail. He said, "Thank you, it was my pleasure. You have a great weekend." He said goodbye and I did the same, call ended.

Initially, Carlos (aka Charlie) was court ordered for treatment to explore his issues with substance abuse, when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. During subsequent sessions, Charlie spoke of his early childhood struggles with being accepted by his family and his rebellious behaviors. Currently, Charlie still explores his issues with his self-esteem while he blames others for the way he feels about himself. However, Charlie had expressed feelings of anger towards those around him including his girlfriends, ex-wives, manager, directors, and co-workers proclaiming them all as losers and himself as a “Winner!” He has commented to reporters that he has no anger issues and it is everyone else’s problem with the way he acts not his,

On Friday, March 4 around 2:15pm my friend Iris and I decided to drive around to look for a park with children interacting to start our observations. We visited around six parks that varied on their components and locations but had no luck of three children interacting with each other. Most of the them were empty and the few other ones had a few children interacting more with parents or by themselves than with other children. At this point we reasoned that children must be in school causing the parks to be empty.

About a week later we received the good news that his tests had come back negative, and that he was healthy. We all went along with our lives until nine days later when my mother-in-law received a voice mail stating that they needed to call the doctors back immediately. They called the

Son dad is going to be gone for a while, so there are a few things that I always want to do while I'm gone.Make sure you finish your math and science homework when you have it.Please study for all test.Remember when you asked if I was going to be able to communicate with the Chinese people we have a translator that will help us communicate with them. Be respectful to others even if they disrespect you.If I don’t come back you will be mad/sad , but just keep me inside every minute of the day.If you are reading this now just remember you're in my heart.I know when my shuttle took fired up and took off that all you were thinking was please let this mission hurry up and be over.Do me a favor and help your mom with whatever they ask.

Good morning! I hope you slept well, I might need a cat nap. Perhaps tonight Ill get back into the swing of going to bed before 12, JEREMY you know I literally stare at your picture going to sleep. Once you are in bed the laptop stays in the living room. I did figure out I can zoom in though. Have you ever tried to cuddle with a laptop? I might count the blocks on your shirt if I get bored. I couldn't move up my appointment next Thursday to this Friday. blah.

The absolute most important decision that I have made so far in life was to keep my son Dakota. Everybody was doubting me, everybody was telling me I wasn't fit to be a mother. My dad's mom said, "to give it up for adoption". She actually called him an it. I knew it was the right choice to keep him because he is my child, he is my son, I wouldn't give him up for the world. He is only five months old as I am writing this, and he has helped me grow so much. I am a better person because of him. He given me something that I haven't felt or seen in a long time, true happiness. My grandma that I was very close to, past away in 2011 due to an aneurysm in her abdomen. I hadn't believed in anything since she was taken from me. But when I found out that

It felt like we were waited for hours before the doctor opened the door and called my mom’s name. We all followed the doctor into the ultrasound room with anticipation. After a normal ultrasound the doctor turned to us and said “Would you like to know the

As part of my EDUC 2204 class, we are required to go out into the community and create experiences that enhance our own learning. The first lab I conducted was about understanding parental socialization by interviewing a parent. I had absolutely no desire to interview my own parent because I didn't want any questions or answers to feel biased or skewed. (I am sure I wouldn't agree with most of my mom's answers anyway). Instead, I chose to interview a former professor who I admire tremendously. Steven Hall was a professor at Idaho State University in the Department of English and Philosophy. He recently received a new title at ISU as part of the First Year Experience team. Mr. Hall will now be helping mentor first year students and assist them in their transition to university life. While in class, he had mentioned a few times about his young son and when the assignment came up, I knew who I wanted to interview.

I remember when I was young and eager to explore the meaning and importance of being a Jew. I too was wondering why does this all matter to me and how does this have to do with my life? My child, don’t worry about not being able understand the Hebrew Bible just yet for it is extremely difficult to comprehend and interpret. Even adults still have trouble understanding the entirety of it. It is completely normal to have trouble grasping, or even questioning the meaning and teaching’s that the Bible contains. Now, you ask what is relevant to you today and why you should care about them. Although many teachings, almost all of them, are relevant to your life and the

For a lot of reason such as culture and religion, it is very hard for me to watch, hear and accept it since I believe that “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it”. Even though they are right what they said, I personal believe action talks more than a word. Kids and plants are the same, they both accept and take what someone feed them. Therefore, it is good idea to trying them to fight for their right through action, but not word.

A person I know very well would have to be my oldest son Bradley, who is autistic. The reason I chose to write about him is simple, I know every detail about him. From everything he eats and drinks right down to his bowel movements. I know everything there is to know about him, I have to, not only for me, but for doctors, specialists, therapists, and even for those who follow his story and study the disorder. Bradley is seven going on eight, he has a limited vocabulary. He is able to express most of his wants and needs but has trouble with communicating all of them sometimes causing meltdowns. His meltdowns usually consist of him smacking himself across his cheek with his open hand, jumping, stomping his feet, and even screaming at times, depending on how upset he is. He use to get