Personal Narrative: Losing A Loved One

Losing a loved one is a traumatic event in everyone's life. It is the most painful and emotional experience one can go through. Unfortunately, it happened to me when I was only fourteen. I lost my father on July 14, 2012. That was by far the worst day of my life. Losing a loved one affects everyone differently. It affected me in many ways. It affected me physically and emotionally, in good ways and in bad.

I am a Christian. I have been a Christian my entire life but losing my dad affected my relationship with God. I quit going to church. I did not understand why God would take the most important man in my life away from me. I could not understand why he would take my dad away from me. He let other dads who do not want anything to do with their children live but he took mine. I could not make myself worship the God that tore my world apart. Even now, almost four years later, I still have a hard time going to church.

All I wanted to do was lay in bed. I did not care to go to school. I did not care for sports, which were my whole life up until then. I did not want to go out and hang out with my friends. I just did not care anymore. Everything that I used to do just lost its importance to me. It took me awhile until I got back to where I wanted to do anything fun but I finally did.

Losing my father also affected in ways you might not think. It affected my appetite, which affect my body. I eat more than I should when I am upset. I would eat snacks constantly. I would come home from school and eat then again for supper. I gained weight. I outgrew most of my clothes, which made me have to buy more. Gaining weight makes shopping frustrating. You try on a size that you think you should wear and end up having to go up two sizes. It did not take me very long to lose the weight, once I started eating the way I