Hard Times Can Turn into Good Ones

Hannah Quintanilla
8th Grade ELA
November 20, 2015

Chapter 1:
Hard mother and father moments
It all started before I was born. My mother was pregnant with me and
my dad was was with other women and not helping my mom.
My mother went
through so much stress and she needed therapy.On the day of July
19th, 2002 I was due and right before I came out
the doctors told my
mom with such painthat there was a very big percentage I was not
going to stay alive or my mother and I were going to die.
My mother
was devastated and didnt want to continue her life if mine didnt.
I
was then born at 1:08 P.M. and my mom cried her eyes out,
my dad had
just came in to see me with small affliction.

In 2008, my second grade year, I had the toughest time because my

parents just got divorce and I was really attached to both of my
parents.
It was hard because I was daddys little girl and I didnt
want him to leave.
I would get home mad and not want to do anything.
When my mom would ask me how my day was or even the simplest things
like what do you want to eat,I would either reply I dont know or
nothing. My mom got very clutched.
After a while my mom told me the
strongest thing ever and that was,
Your dad is not coming home.I
fled with tears and outrage.
I wasnt the most upbeat person in the
world like I was when I was younger.
I was the toughest and most
insecure person like thunder in a dark and scary night.

I never knew what to do at those times of the past, so I ignored

the hard feelings and kept everything on the inside while trying not
to cry with so much fear.
Last year I decided to let everything out
like a waterfall flowing down a canyon because it relieved so much
stres
s and I could calmly talk to my mom and dad without wanting to
cry.I always had so much curiosity of why my parents divorced
and if
it was my fault.
My mom told me something that brightened everything
and I knew would always stay with me because it was really true
, You
need to know you are the special one and you never forget it because
if you werent here I wouldnt be here either.
I felt pleased because
I always thought she loved Yadi more because she was older and she had
to do everything.
I always thought my brother and my sister were more
special because
Yadi was older and did more things with my family.
Then
my brother is younger, so he would get the most attention.
Then there
is me, I am the middle child, so they dont have much memories of me
when I was little and I am not the cute everyone loves.
After my mom
told me that one term,
it brought my self-esteem and self-confidence
up all the way and that I will be okay.
This situation helped me gain more responsibility and it also
helped me realize that even really bad times can turn into good ones
by packing every other weekend or taking care of my brother because my
sister isnt there much.
I feel pleasant because my parents are always

going to be there even if they are not together

,but there is a lot of
pressure because Yadi is leaving and I have to care of my brother more
often, but
I would be the one that people look up to and that my
parents see growing well.

Chapter 2:
Dreams
In 4th grade I had the biggest thought that I thought would brighten
my future, but I thought wrong.
I was determined to let everyone know
I wanted to act. On the next party, I told everyone about my dream of
pursuing acting in life.
Many of my family members looked at me with
extreme confusion and they told me, You will never go through this
because we didnt and you will turn out just like us.
I felt wrecked
and that I should just give up because I had no talent or I had no
money to get any classes and or do anything with my life.After I
heard my family tell me this, I decided to tell my friends and see
what they thought about it. Once I told my friends they told me, Why
do you want to do something so hard and you need to know how to sing,
act, and play sports.
I was devastated, so I told them
, I can do
anything if I try. Again I told my family, I can do anything if I
try.
I felt an excellent feeling that no matter what, I could do
anything.
After the hard times I told myself, you can do anything if you
try.
My senses blasted because I felt a warm feeling like a blanket,
I could then hear the wonderful sounds of being comfortable
, I could
see the great future and brilliant job I will have. I knew
I would be
okay and I had a sense that even if people dont believe in me they
will always love me and they would have to help me the way to hope.
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I told my mom that I was going to try to pursue this dream and
she told me with great delight,
I believe in you and no matter what
others say you should always follow your dream. I know you are so
talented because you can sing and that is the best gift ever.
After
my mom said all of those words
I felt a gush of happiness and a hint
of security.
The next day I got an offer to do a big play and I was
going to be a main character, so I took it and me and my mom looked at
each other and glance in our eyes that everything starts now.
Many people then saw me as one of the most confident person they
have ever seen because I went to Chinquapin Prep.Even though I get a
lot of homework and I dont have much money
I still believe I can do
anything if I just try.
Until this day my mom and I always have the
same glance in our eyes
when I get a gig and every time I get a gig
the glance gets bigger and bigger.I have got five plays with the main
character and five singing roles in front of a lot of people, then
including singing to my family it is a thousand roles because most of
them really believe in me now.
I believe that many people see me as a
really big celebrity,
but right now they see me as a great influence
and leader to show others that everything will be okay and have a
great life if they try.
I always knew that if I focus on the present
and how I can make my future good I can do the impossible be a good

actress with the income I have. I never like to doubt what I can do
and what I cant do because I have never seen all my talents.

Chapter 3:
Bullying
There was two of them that brought so much fear and worry in my
head
.A lot of people in 6th grade 2nd quarter were mean to me
, but
there two girls that were always on my back and had something against
me.
The tough and not very amusing feelings stayed in my head for a
long time.
I would cry when I got home because I hated the feeling of
being called short and chubby.There were too many feelings of intense
hatred toward myself because of how I looked.
I didnt want anyone to
know how I feltbecause it would hurt to actually show everything I
felt and people would see me how the two girls did.
These 2 girls would always bump into me in any way they could or
tell people many lies.Hannah is always lying about singing in front
of a lot of people and meeting Opera.
I felt an urge to go up to
those girls and tell them they were lying because I had so much proof,
but
I didnt because I had that hatred and fear of being hated even
more.
I had enough with it and I wanted to leave and never talk to
anyone again. I didnt talk to anyone for a week because of all the
rage I held within me.
My mom noticed a lot of bad emotions
in me so
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she told me with so much worry and fear,

I know you are feeling
really bad pero no voy a preguntar porque and if it is school just let
it go and stay calm.
I fled with so much right after my mom said that
because there was so much guilt of keeping everything in me, so I told
my mom with an aching feeling in my stomach, Yo quiero
I have so
much fear and guilt
and I dont want to do anything because the girls
are right about me being short and chubby. My mom started to tear,
but she just told me to stay strong and no matter what I had to walk
with my head up and I wasnt going to let anyone tell me what to do or
tell me who I was or wasnt.
The next day I went to school with a smirk and head held up high.
The girls then told many people who I liked and it hurt because they
made up that I was obsessed.
I called my mom to come pick me up and
that I didnt want to come back.I went home and went to my room with
no food or anything because I felt the worst feeling I thought I would
never had to face.
My sister got really scared too,soshe came and
gave me the biggest hug ever. Afterwards she gave me a speech that
everything was going to be okay,
You are special and make sure you
know that because to other people you look bad,but to everyone else
you are amazing, but to you are whoever you want because no one tells
you who you are, but you.

This experience helped me a lot because I am more confident in

myself a lot more because I know even if people are calling me names
and telling lies about me I should always walk with my head up and not
let anyone tell me who I am.
Many of my close friends and family
members always tell me that I am talented and that I should never give
up.Many of the other friends and family members doubt my abilities
to do things and they never really say good job much.
I know that no
matter what happens I am protected by the ones who love me and I
should be the one who tells me who I really am.
Be who you are and
say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those who
matter dont mind. -Dr.Seuss.
I always tell myself, my life is like a
storm because there may be a lot struggles of trying to get places,
but at the end there is happiness like a rainbow.

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