Huddleston Stephanie Huddleston Mr. Neuburger Eng.

Comp 101-137 6 September 2011 Narrative Essay How I found my Dad

Ill never forget the day that one of my dreams come true. I had been waiting on this since I was a teenage girl. Although when my mom told me about him I was a little upset at first. All this time the man that I called Dad was actually my step-dad. After I got over the pain and anger I wanted to find him. so my mom told everything she knew about him. When I was a few years older I started looking and started with the phone book. I called everyone in there with the same last name as his and found one person that knew who he was. This man said that his mom was married to his brother and she had two boys also. He also told me that his brother had passed on and hasnt seen or heard from my grandmother either. Well, I just went on with life not thinking too much about it. There was still that yearning of wanting to hear his voice or just simply seeing his face. I also worried about if I did meet him if would except me or not. Now, I was 21 years old and still havent found him. I had to find him, and hes got a granddaughter to meet now. She is beautiful and deserves to have him in her life. One day I was hanging out at a friends house, and she was needing to go to the library. I decided to go with her and to look up the death certificate of the man that adopted my father and was married to his mom. I guess I could call her my grandmother. Anyways, when we arrive at the library we go our separate ways. I knew exactly what I was looking for so it shouldnt take me very long. I had

Huddleston to get someone to help me though. And they pointed in the right direction to get me started. It was maybe five minutes and I saw it. Towards the bottom of the certificate it stated that he left behind his lovely wife Ann and her two sons Bobby and Stephen Ivey. And that blew me away and I got all emotional over it. All my life Ive been looking for Stephen Hewy not Stephen

Ivey!! So then I had to tell my friend about this. This is why I never did find him. I find her and tell her the good news about the last name and we quickly left the library. We wanted to let our boyfriends know what is going on. We both wanted to call our mothers of course. When we arrive back at her house and tell the guys the great news they both said; wow thats kind of crazy but awesome too. The next thing I want to do is to look that name up in the phone book. I found the phone book and flipped through the pages until I found his last name. Then looked for his first name and sure enough there he was and it also had his wifes name next to his. I could barely believe that this was actually happening to me! I was in shock a little bit, frozen in that spot. Crying like a big baby too. My friend started to tear up too. I was so emotional this was such a big deal in my life. Something Ive been waiting for since I was young girl. So now Ive got the phone and Im so nervous I want to back out. But all of my friends wont let me. So I slowly dialed his number, and at the same time asking what should I say? Just tell him your story. The phone was ringing and someone picked up and said hello, of course. It was a woman and she sounded older so I knew it was probably his wife, Teresa that had answered. I asked the woman if Stephen was there and she said hes not in right now can I ask whose calling. And that was it I just started pouring out with my story and asking her 20 questions. She answered yes to all of the questions I asked too. That meant that this was him! She didnt like it all not one little bit. I probably scared her with all the Hes my dad talk but I dont know what she expected me to

Huddleston do. Did she want me to just forget about all my findings? Well I wasnt having it, I have been waiting on this for a long time, I will not just forget it. She kept telling me, Dont say that

when I told her he was my dad. Well after a minute or two after she heard me say that she hung up on me. I was upset by then because I didnt get to talk to him but I will call back later on in the day and maybe hell be there. Next thing I want to do is let my mom know what has happened. I had found my real dad. So I told my mom everything, from going to the library to calling and talking to his wife. She was very happy for me and was wondering if I was sure about it. Of course I was sure! Well, there was one thing my mom told me to ask him if I got to talk to him. Ask him if he drove a purple Dodge. Well, as soon as I got through talking to my mother, my friend had to call her mother, too. By that time I had calmed down quite a bit. While she was talking to her mom she got an incoming call. She glanced at caller ID and it showed my dads number was calling us back. She told her mom to hold on because she had another call, and it was my dads number calling that she would call her back in little bit. She gave me the phone so I could answer it. After I said hello a man said, Yes, someone called here saying that they were my daughter. I said that would be me and I went on about my story and asking him all the following questions to show him I was telling the truth. Did you live in John B. Hughes apt.s 21 years ago? Did you have long brown straight hair? Is your moms name Ann? Did your apt. catch on fire when you lived at John b. Hughes? And finally, did you drive a purple Dodge? He answered yes to all of these questions and after wards knew that I wasnt lying and so he knew I was his child. He didnt seem upset at all about being my dad. Now, his wife on the other hand, was very upset. We talked for a little bit about other things that included, but not only, where we could meet up and

Huddleston see each other for the first time. We decided on going with him coming to my place of work. I knew what day he was going to come but not what time.

It was so busy that day that all the registers had at least ten people checking out at them. I wasn't even paying attention as I hurried myself so I could get through the rush that swamped the store. As I went through the people, not looking up very often, one of them said, Hi Stephanie as I grabbed their product to scan and ring it up. I look up knowing in my mind that this is it, its time for me to meet my dad! And it was so......