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way to receive my real dad’s life insurance, before the end of the case. My mom left Gary and had to start over completely, as a lone parent supporting two children. My mom found a bright yellow house found in a cul-de-sac in Washington, Illinois. The house was the perfect size for three people and included a nice sized backyard. We moved into our new house, as I began first grade and moved out of the house, when I was starting eighth grade for a brief period, then returned. We finally moved from the house, when I moved into my sophomore year of high school, but this will be expressed in the later chapters more. On a friendship basis, I grew quieter as the the years progressed. I mean that usually younger kids just interact with each other, without really much thought. I was social in first grade in that I participated in recess, but I did not talk to people much. I began to talk less as I noticed people never approached me much, and I was awkward in conversing with others my age. My mother made the right call in leaving Gary, when she did; because, our family seems much happier now than if she had stayed with him. During my exchange from kindergarten to first grade, was quite eventful; mother got a divorce, and we moved into a new house in a new type of neighborhood.
When I was a three-year-old little girl I was removed from the care of my natural mother and given to my stepmother, Dora. Dora was a young, caring woman who gave me the life that any child deserves, a stable life of discipline with a lot of love. The strong-minded, yet loving, personality I have is from being around Dora. She cares for people as a whole; I have never heard a racist remark come from her mouth. Although Dora is a black woman, her raising me could not have been any better. Dora is one of seven children, so "family" surrounded me at al...
I sat across the table from my dad while he stared at me with a disbelieving look on his face. My mom sat to the right of me with tears in her eyes. She could see my pain as well as my dads, and she knew the war that was about to start between my own father and me. My brother sat to the left of me making comments that only made the situation worse. I could feel myself dying inside as my heart began to break. I had no idea how to deal with the situation that I had gotten myself into. My new boyfriend was mixed in races, and my dad was totally against it. I sat there crying while trying to make him understand, saying things like, "Dad, he's a person not a color." But, it was like talking to a brick wall. My dad was brought up with the belief that races do not mix under any circumstances. I did not realize that dating someone whom was not completely of my race would tear my dad and I apart. We had talked about it before, but I did not think he would react the way that he did. The words and fights that followed tore me apart. I went from being near perfect in my fathers eyes to being a "spoiled, selfish brat" whom supposedly only cared about myself. I could not believe those words were coming out of my dad's mouth. Things got so bad that I did everything I could to stay away from home for as long as I could. I even tried to move out. I got yelled at every time I walked through the door. I went from being great to not being able to do anything right, and it all happened over night. To make things worse, some of my friends started to look at me in different ways too. If I wasn't around, they would say things like, "I can't believe Lori is a nigger lover." Others talked about me and said what I was doing was immoral.
Joseph Campbell studied ancient greek mythology for many years. Joseph filled each stage of the journey very well. He accepted all the challenges he got and all the help he needed. He really knew how to fulfill all those stages. Like everyone goes through a heroic journey everyone has to have a story to tell. My story is very contrasty from Joseph’s because he really knew what all the stages meant. My hero's journey consists of my threshold crossing which was when I started depending on myself more than I did on others, my helpers/mentors like my parents, teachers,my sister and many more influential people in my life and my rewards were getting awards in school, having a nice family, and many friends.
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I grew up in a small country town in Alabama. It is the type of place where everyone knows your name and all of your business. In my early childhood, I had the “picture perfect” family. My parents were still happily married. My father was a lawyer and my mom an elementary school teacher. My sister is four years older than me and we were very close. Our family felt quality time was very important and made a habit of always eating meals together. My father went out of his way to have “Daddy-Daughter Days” where he took off work and we just spent time together. My dad struggled silently with depression for a very long time. Due to the stigma of mental illness in my area he didn't receive the treatment he needed. When I was 8 years old, he committed
By the time I was fifteen, I couldn’t wait to get out of their house, I took a night job and got good grades, I was going to join the Navy. I was 15 years and 4 months old when I moved out of my mother’s house. I was a sophomore in high school, worked nights at Little Caesar’s pizza and maintained a 3.65 GPA. I did move out four months after my fifteenth birthday, May 1991. The beatings had become too much to bare when I asked my mom to take me to the store to buy make up with my own money and within thirty minutes I was being called names by my step dad and punched in the face two times. I grabbed my coat and left forever. I am thirty-nine now and have never gone back. I lived on couches, in garages and finally bought a car and lived in it. I had no driver’s license, but I needed a home and transportation. I was trying to keep my life together and finish my dreams, I did enrolled myself into military school for what would have been my junior year of high school, but I had a twenty-five year old boyfriend who loved to party so when I wasn’t at work I was with him drinking. This lead to me dropping out of high
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