Personal Narrative: My Experience With Divorce

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.

I had coped with these challenges by going to church and finding support within my family. From these experiences, I learned that you could never depend on a man. From all these hardships I have developed a sense of independence and knowing who is there for me. My father does not have an impact on my life anymore because his input does not matter to me. He stopped being a father when he walked out the door of our house. My father has hurt me so much in the past, that I am not letting him harm my future.