Personal Narrative: My Growing Up In Ohio

Growing up in two places was always had for me. My main life in Iowa had my close friends, my school, and my mothers side of the family, but in Ohio I have have all of my fathers side of my family. Every one out there in Ohio are very strict with religion, they go to church every Saturday for 8 hours each time. I’ve always been interested in my religion, but Iowa has no temples to go too so i have never been very religious. I started to go through a very hard time in my life and had no clue how to coupe with my problems. Eventually the stress became way too much to handle and i soon became desperate for help. I had tried very thing from seeing a therapist to trying to distract myself but nothing got better. I was in a very dark place in my life and had no one to talk

too. I had tried to talk to my dad and even my mom but they never really helped me.

One day I got a call from my grandma in Ohio who had heard through my father that I was struggling. She was a very religious women and had called me to give me help. She said “Samuel you are a gift from god and you need to realize it”. This got my attention and began listening to her to hear what she had to say. She told me “Sammy god loves you and I know you don't think he cares, but I promise He will be there for you always.” I don't know way this got me but we immediately and a long conversation of god and religion. She got me thinking about how religion could help me and my situation. I wanted to learn more. My grandma and I had a very close relationship even though she lived all the way in Ohio. The next summer when I went to Cincinnati, the first person I wanted to see was my grandma so I could spend time with her and see how she was. I did not get to see her the first day, but I rode over with my dad we all talked. The day I saw her was Friday which meant the sabbath started at sun down. The sabbath is a rest from work, school work, and everyday life. It starts Friday night then we go to church from sunrise to

sunset. On Saturday we had gone to my grandma’s church in kentucky, The church opened up with a prayer then everyone began singing songs that I had no clue what the words were so I just sat quietly. After the second prayer bible study began and I was a kid so I had to go to it. I hated bible study because every sunday night at my dad’s house we would bible study for hours and I was always so bored by it. The teacher was my grandma and when I saw that I got excited. I thought it would be more fun than but sadly it was not. I got so bored that I thought I should at least listen if i'm bored. When I started to listen I learned thing I had never knew about the bible, coincidentally, we were reading the second book of Samuel which was the entire reason I was named Samuel because I was born in the same way. I learned a lot from that bible study like what my purpose was in life and that I am Important to so many people. I was still curious so afterward before she went back in the church I asked what my purpose was to see if I was right. She said to me “ Sammy no one knows their life purpose that is up to you to find, but you are important and I want you to know that.” I asked her “If I have so much purpose then why is my life so difficult?” She look at me and said “Life is always hard, you could be the richest man in the world and still have a difficult life it all about how you deal with it.” This made sense to me because I had been shutting down every time a road block came in my path, but all I needed to do was deal with it another way. In conclusion, my grandma has influenced my life heavily and mad me fix my problems.