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Personal Narrative: Why Is She Like That?

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“Why is she like that?”
“I don’t know... she’s always been that way.”

Before anybody tells me I can't do this idiotic essay in the first person (like it should be): it’s important to the story, it’s personal and it WON’T feel right any other way. That’s just the way I feel; it’s how I was raised and who’ve fought to be to this day.

It’s just hard to explain; growing up the way I did. My family isn't considered normal at all: we’re quiet, we don't go out much, we don't invite people over for events, we don't even spend time together. But this isn't about that part; this is about the most important person there is. Hell, she’s the only real relationship I’ve had: my mother. For years I was the biggest mama’s boy; she cut my hair (NOT a barber, uneven bull cuts that looked goofy), let me sleep in her and my big scary dad’s queen sized bed every night cause I was scared of the big scary green monster at the end of my bed that I saw constantly expect when I was with her. And to this day, I still ask her to make my breakfast cause she always got the scrambled eggs to the perfect amount of fluffiness. …show more content…

She was born in Panama, and from day one she couldn’t hear. God took that ability away from her. Being raised in Panama she wasn't wealthy enough to get proper schooling for sign language. She still uses her broken sigh to this day...and that’s fine with

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