Brett Guillaume
Janel Spencer
WRT 101S
17 October 2019
How My Parents Divorce Helped Me Prosper Into Who I am Today
I grew up with both my parents in their dream house they bought out in Vail, Arizona. I would describe my childhood as great, I am very fortunate to be where I am today, but I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for my parents divorce.
I remember the day like it was yesterday, my parents sat me down during the end of my summer break and explained to me that they were going to split up and eventually divorce. I remember my stomach shrinking in, realising what my parents meant at the time. I was still fairly young at the time; only 14 years old going into my freshman year of high school. I could remember them fighting mostly every day after my mom arrived home from work. However, I couldn’t comprehend why they didn’t want to be together anymore. My father moved out of our house in vail up to our other house in Pinetop. I was left in Vail with me and my mom. However it wasn’t always like that forever, my mom let her new boyfriend move into the house only weeks after my father moved out. My father is very vocal about his opinions and every night I would call him, and I remember never telling him what was happening at the house, because I didn’t want to light the fuse. Deep down in my heart I hoped my parents would get back together, but as the days progressed, my dreams crashed down in front of me, leaving me heart broken.
As a result of my parents divorce; when I started my first semester of high school I got terrible grades. I remember failing my Economics class half way through the semester and receiving D’s and C’s in most of my classes.
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