College Admissions Essay: The Hardships Of My Life

Hardships are not unknown to me, life has often decided to sprinkle a little dash of hopelessness here and there. It seems to me that life is meant to be difficult, that it is meant to push me so close to the breaking point, only to then to give me a little relief. Life, in my opinion, has a dark, sadistic, sense of humor, but I still appreciate it. Weird, right? You see I believe that my life obstacles have helped me have a greater sense of appreciation for the good moments in my life, they have become even more precious.

When I was fifteen, second semester of school, my mom and I packed our bags and headed to Ontario. We landed in Toronto and made our way to Oakville, but the problem was that my mom had no job in place, we had no place to

After calling different shelters for hours and hours, one organization decided to put us into a hotel, which would become my new home for the next three months. Now I know living in a hotel sounds extravagant, however, it is important to remember that we were in a confined area, had no kitchen and had to share the same bed, for three months. Furthermore, my mom has a few mental illnesses, and being around an unstable person with a fluctuating state of mind is actually quite detrimental. Then April arrived, and once again life decided to add a little spice to my life. My mom ended up being taken to the mental hospital and I was forcefully taken from my mom and put in a temporary foster home. They would not release me until my mom found a real place for us to live, so I was there for two weeks, which absolutely destroyed my mom because they only let me see her once and would not tell her where or who I was staying with. Obviously this whole story sounds sad and depressing, and it was, but while I was in that foster home I met two of the nicest, most pure-hearted women I have ever met. The mother and her daughter instantly made me feel at home, and within a few hours I connected with the daughter, who was a couple years