MENDOZA, JOCIE ANGEL

BSN- YA29
VRST 111

Among the life stages, which do you think is your best stage and your worst stage?

The most amazing and devastating time in my life was when I had a father and
unexpectedly lost one. After losing the love of my life, my hero, a range of feelings,
including numbness, uncertainty, fear, remorse, hopelessness, and anger, arises. As I
write this essay, I honestly can't recall the last time I was happy, but then I think back to
the little memories my father gave me. That is the best stage I have ever experienced.
Thus I will hold on to it for the rest of my life. I cherish and value those memories, and it is
the one thing for which I am grateful to God for allowing me to briefly experience the care
and safety that a father can provide.

Why would you consider that stage as the best phase of your life?

I consider that stage to be the best phase of my life. I have been able to experience having
a complete family. Our family can protect us in our life and make sure that we will have a
fine life. We should treasure our family, especially our parents, who have dedicated their
lives to raising us. They spent long, restless nights putting us into bed and changing our
diapers. It's just right to return their hard work with gratitude. So you see how important
family is to all of us. Although there are a vast number of single parents in our country,
that doesn't necessarily mean that they are a broken family. That doesn't mean that they
can't be happy, because sometimes it's better to be a broken but happy family rather than
be a complete family who always argues.

What did you learn from the worst experience? How did you handle such experience?

Imagine growing up without a father. Imagine a little girl who can’t run to him for
protection when things go wrong, no one to comfort her when a boy breaks her heart, or
be there for every monumental occasion in her life. Experiencing the death of a parent will
leave a hole in the child’s heart that can never be filled. I lost my father at the young age
of sixteen , and every moment since then has impacted me deeply. A child has to grasp
the few and precious recollections that they have experienced with the parent, and never
forget them, because that’s all they will ever have. Families will never be as whole, nor will
they forget the anguish that has been inflicted upon them. Losing a father means losing
that word of encouragement coming from him. That constant support system that assures
you that even if the world is against you,