Life experiences
Name: Merle Price-Broderick
Date: 6/27/2014
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Life Event: A significant, but not positive nor uplifting event was the death of my father at the age of nine.
Explanation: He was in the Air Force and I remember watching him walk out of the door, back straight and his head held high. I was in awe of this man and even though I was young, I knew he was doing a good thing for this country. My love for him was phenomenal even at my young age.
Reflection: I remember looking at my mom when I found out and asking her why. Looking back, I was too young to know what the word grieve meant, so all I knew was my dad was never coming back; this was a man that I loved and would miss all my life. To this day, I often wonder what he would be like as a father, grandfather and great grandfather. We were not allowed to go to the funeral because as my grandmother told me, “you and your sisters are too young”. It was not until I was in my twenties that I found out he had committed suicide and when I found out I thought, what the hell? I was angry with my mom for a long time for keeping such an important thing from me. The rest of my sisters knew, but not me. Years later, I asked my mom why I was the last to find and she told me it was because I was his favorite child and she knew how it would affect me.
Life Event: Graduating from high school even though I was told by family members I wouldn’t make it past 10th grade.
Explanation: This was a very significant event in my life because is was one of the proudest days of my life.
Reflection: Walking across the stage to receive my diploma gave me a feeling of success because while I was headed down a path of destruction, I was
Date: 6/27/2014
Note: Save this document as a Microsoft Word file to an easy to find location on your computer before beginning. Be sure to save your work as you go. You will upload and submit this document through the assignment submission button in the online classroom.
Life Event: A significant, but not positive nor uplifting event was the death of my father at the age of nine.
Explanation: He was in the Air Force and I remember watching him walk out of the door, back straight and his head held high. I was in awe of this man and even though I was young, I knew he was doing a good thing for this country. My love for him was phenomenal even at my young age.
Reflection: I remember looking at my mom when I found out and asking her why. Looking back, I was too young to know what the word grieve meant, so all I knew was my dad was never coming back; this was a man that I loved and would miss all my life. To this day, I often wonder what he would be like as a father, grandfather and great grandfather. We were not allowed to go to the funeral because as my grandmother told me, “you and your sisters are too young”. It was not until I was in my twenties that I found out he had committed suicide and when I found out I thought, what the hell? I was angry with my mom for a long time for keeping such an important thing from me. The rest of my sisters knew, but not me. Years later, I asked my mom why I was the last to find and she told me it was because I was his favorite child and she knew how it would affect me.
Life Event: Graduating from high school even though I was told by family members I wouldn’t make it past 10th grade.
Explanation: This was a very significant event in my life because is was one of the proudest days of my life.
Reflection: Walking across the stage to receive my diploma gave me a feeling of success because while I was headed down a path of destruction, I was