Personal Narrative: My Parent's Divorce

I always thought that parents getting divorced was the worst thing ever but my parent's divorce ended up making my life better. My family and friends mean a lot to me, especially my grandma and uncle who live in Sweden. I believe in respect for everybody. I was born in Calgary and then my mom, dad, sister and I moved to Sweden in 2007. After a few years, we moved back to Calgary when my dad got a job. In 2011 my parents divorced and my dad moved to Ontario, I felt that he had no interest in being my dad.

After my dad left my mom, sister and I lived alone. Personally, this was very tough on me, a kid my age, I couldn't too young to understand why he left, I never seemed to notice the gaping hole I felt inside, he had left, I had no dad. A nanny came into my life to drive my sister and I around. My mom was always working to keep up with financial bills. I could tell she was struggling, so I tried to help out with chores and dinner as best I could but it was a lot for a kid. On weekends when my sister had tennis tournaments out of town, I had to come too. My weekends became

dull, watching tennis and staying in hotels instead of spending time with my friends.

In 2015 my mom met a man, who had a daughter that was my sister's age and a son who was two years older than them.

At first, I found him moderately intimidating, but then I found the kind-hearted person he is. My mom and him started dating, and we began to see him and his kids more often. A few months later, my mom hesitantly asked my sister and I if we’d be ok if they moved in. My mom's boyfriend and his kids moved in and had to share my room with his daughter. I thought it was amazing then. Once they got settled, my sister started to ignore me and hang out with his daughter, and it was like my sister having her best friend over 24/7. I started to spend more time alone. My mom had her boyfriend, my sister had Caitlin and Nathan had his iPad. I missed my family, everything started to feel like a cycle. Wake up, eat breakfast, wait for the bathroom, go to school, come home, go to my bed and

cry.

My family means a lot still but I don’t get as much time with them as I did before. My mom's boyfriend has become like a dad to me and his kids are like siblings. My mom and her boyfriend are now common law husband and wife. Frequently, it feels like we have lived together forever and I never had that gaping hole inside me.