Personal Narrative: My Quilt Square

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My quilt square symbolizes a big part of my life that has been going on for nine years. In 2008 my parents became foster parents. I was only eight years old at the time. It impacted my life majorly. Kids would come in and put of our home. Younger kids, kids my age, even older kids. The feeling of having to share my mom and dad at such a young age was difficult and fustrating. Sometimes i felt as if i didnt have them to talk to. It was like thought that i was going to lose them to the other kids would suddenly pop into my head making me feel lonely. When i look back on the many memories that have been made through out this journey make me realixe that my family made a impact on many of these kids. My parents ended up adopting three of the children

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