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Stephanie Esquivel

Godwin

AVID 12

16 September 2021

My Challenge

There have been many setbacks in my life and something that was a challenge for me was

my parents divorce. This was a very challenging thing for me and I completely got crushed and

lost so much motivation. Being so close my parents and then my dad just leaving completely

crushed me.

I had always thought that my life was going to be rainbows and sunshine. Nothing could

have ruined my life and made me lose my motivation , I was wrong. A few years ago I

experienced something that changed me and the way I look at people. When I had gotten home

from school one day I had found out that my mom and dad were getting a divorce , now for some

people this may not seem so bad but for me it was the end of the world. Now the reason that this

was so hard was because I had a really strong connection with my dad and I had found out that

he was cheating on my mom for eight plus years and had a whole other family behind our backs ,

this made me lose so much trust and respect towards my dad. Ever since I find it hard to trust

someone and just think that they will do me as bad as my dad did my mom.

I completely blocked many people out of my life and became depressed and got major

anxiety. I have never really had a good bond with my mom , we always argue and I carry so
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much anger inside of me that I just happen to take it out on the person I am around and that

person always seems to be my mom. I am trying my best to have a better bond with my mom and

fix our problems together because we both go through the same thing. To this day I still find it

shocking that my dad could have done such a thing. To me this made me realize that no matter

how much you do for a person they can turn their backs on you and leave just like that. I still

have a very close bond with my dad but it's just not the same. Knowing that I have two half

sisters who I completely love and know that they look up to me so I have to do my best to be a

good big sister to them.

I eventually had to get over this and not let it affect my school and my motivation , so i

had to let it go and start focusing on myself and school and just be a better person with my mom

and learn to be a good big sister for my siblings that look up to me.