Personal Narrative: My Experience With Divorce

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One of the big adversities I have encountered was when my parents got a divorce. They got divorced when I was three years old. This hardship made me become more independent and hardworking. My dad had left my mom and I to raise my baby brother. He was only one years old when our father left. My mom had been working long hours and I always helped take care of my brother. Another adversity that I had went through was my dad lying to me all my life. Five years ago on Father's day I found out he was cheating on my step mom at the time. The father I thought I had was not even considered my father anymore. To this day I still do not consider him as my father. We talk here and there, but not much. My dad was the first man that ever broke my heart.

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