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Family. When you think of family you should think of love, loyalty, and an unbreakable
bond. When I think of family I think of broken-promises, separated parents, heartbreak, and
My family is broken. I come from separated parents, shared parenting, two holidays, and
where funerals are family reunions. None of my family is close on my father's side. If i were to
see them in public chances are I wouldn't recognize them. My grandmother Karyn, my father's
mother passed away before I was born when my father was 18 so I never got to meet her. I
always get told by many that knew her that she was a great lady and how i remind them of her
and it usually brings tears to my eyes because i never got to meet her. My grandfather Barry, my
father's father. They do not see eye to eye and because of that it has resulted in me not knowing
my grandfather like I should. My great aunt Donna Kay (DK) is what held the family together
My aunt DKs funeral was such a hard day for us all but a very hard day for me. I would
always go visit her up on the hill, i would visit her I remember sitting at the funeral front row,
my grandfather walked up to me and asked me how I was and said I had grown up so much. As
soon as he walked away i turned to my sister and asked who that was and she looked at me and
said you really don't know who that was. She then told me it was Papa Barry as we called him.
The whole funeral it was people catching up and saying oh how much we've grown. That's not
what a funeral should be it should be a day to celebrate one's life and make sure their memory
counties. After every person walked off i turned to my dad to ask who these people were because
strive to be better and never put my children through what i've been through. You can do two
things, have a pity party for yourself or itll push you to be better. Ive chose to push myself and
be better and do better. Don't let the circumstances change your outlook on all relationships and
life.
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