Cyerra Smith English 100 This I Wonder Essay

Would I have a better life if

It was a Monday morning. My mom was making my favorite French toast and acon. I co!ld smell it all the way from my room. I had to e o!t the ho!se in "0 min!tes to make my school !t I really wanted to sit down and eat. I sli##ed my !niform on gra ed my ook ag and ran down the stairs. I sat at the kitchen ta le as my mom served my #late !#. My dad soon followed me and sat at the ta le waiting to e served. This was odd eca!se I co!ldn$t even remem er the last time we all sat at a ta le together. They had een arg!ing a lot. %ro a ly eca!se my dad worked a lot and he had a tendency to stray like a loose dog. They had een married since 1&&'( the year I was orn. I$m #ro a ly the reason why !t hey) My mom had one kid from a #revio!s marriage !t my father raised my rother as if he was his own and we ecame a family. I can remem er tri#s( vacations( and family o!tings* we had a lot of f!n together. I had the est childhood anyone co!ld ask for !t that was all coming down. They oth sat at the ta le looking at me then looking at each other. I knew something was !#. I was 11 years old !t I wasn$t st!#id. I asked( +Why do yo! g!ys kee# doing that., My mom took a dee# reath and said Cyerra +Me and yo!r dad are s#litting !#., I la!ghed eca!se I didn$t think they were serio!s at first. -!t the look in their eyes( I knew this was serio!s. The smile sli##ed right off my face and I started to take in what I had .!st een hit with. Initially the reak!# didn$t other me eca!se I had come from a family of single mothers. It wasn$t anything that was foreign to my family. I mean my #arents not eing together( was not the end of the world for me. I looked at it on the right side if one said no I co!ld always ask the other one for it. It was a win win sit!ation for me. -!t I wasn$t #re#ared for what was coming ne/t. My dad looked at me ne/t and said +I$m moving o!t to 0ew 1ersey at the end of this week., I yelled +W23T4, he re#eated his #revio!s statement one more time. I said( +I know what yo! said !t why so soon( why at the end of this week. If yo! een knew this why didn$t yo! tell me efore. I was so angry with my #arents. I knew it was coming after they told me they were se#arating !t I wasn$t e/#ecting it to e so soon. I co!ldn$t swallow the first #ill efore they gave me another one to take. My mom roke the ne/t 5!estion to me6 +Who do yo! want to live with me or yo!r father4, I co!ldn$t elieve they were hitting me with this all at once. My dad got !# from the kitchen ta le and told me I had !ntil the end of the week to decide. My #arents were very different. Together they were the #erfect #arent. Whatever one lacked the other one #ossessed. My dad was the cool g!y he was o!tgoing( liked to hang with my friends( do advent!ro!s things. My mom on the other hand was very 5!ite( oring( and a loner. My dad made more money than my mom so he was a ig s#ender( so I co!ld get whatever I wanted o!t of him. My mom was fr!gal on the other hand* get

something here and there. My dad was ig on grades and doing well in school( while my mom only cared if yo! #assed. My dad was moving to a mini mansion where I wo!ld have my own athroom and live lavishly( while me and my mom wo!ld live in an a#artment .!st her and me. When I tho!ght a o!t it that way I was s!re I wanted to live with my dad( !t that meant moving to another state. I had lived in %hilly my whole life( my family was here( my friends( my school was here. Moving to another state wo!ld change my norms. I .!st wasn$t ready for that change. I made the decision to stay and live with my mom. I elieve everything ha##ens for a reason and that decision was meant for me !t sometimes I wonder if I had chose to live with my dad how wo!ld my life e like. Wo!ld I e more o!tgoing4 Wo!ld I have more friends4 Wo!ld I have een voted #rom 5!een4 Wo!ld I e a s#oiled rat4 Wo!ld I e at an Ivy 7eag!e school instead of comm!nity4 The answers to all of these 5!estions are most likely yes. -!t I love the life I have chosen. I still had a good life I went to the est #rivate schools. I am a laid ack #erson. I have the est friend anyone co!ld ask for. I learned a good work ethic( and I saved a lot of money !t attending comm!nity)