I awoke on a hot summer morning in a house lurking with silence only to find that my family was gone. Little did I know I would be left alone for three days. All my life my dad has had a terrible drug problem. He wasn't always on a binge but he always failed to be the father figure I needed. The feeling of tension built up and was too strong for my mom to handle. She had to get out, and as usual my dad was no where to be found. At eleven, I was on my own and felt deprived for the first time. Although this was the darkest and most difficult experience I have encountered throughout my life, it has also proved enlightening. .
As a child of a cocaine addict, I encountered many troubling experiences. Being a world champion bike racer, my dad's addiction has prohibited me from traveling to places like Alaska, Japan, and Australia to compete. I witnessed my dad running away with our television as if he were a robber, and even selling cocaine right from his bedroom. There were times when I would be so upset because I was unsure if my dad were alive, or in the hospital struggling for his life. .
At times, growing up was hard. I remember playing hide and seek with my family and to our surprise my dad wouldn't come out of his hiding spot. After using cocaine he would assume different personalities. He would often become paranoid and not want to be found while playing. My family and I never thought he would ever be able to recover from his addiction.
Now almost eight months later, my dad has recovered, we look back and reminisce about some of the careless decisions he made, so they are not repeated. From his addiction, my dad has inspired me not to be who he now regrets. I don't want to live the life he first did. I want to be better than him, and nonetheless I want to prove to everyone else that I am capable of achieving that goal.
Dad's home The house slowly rumbled as the garage door opened and I started to think to myself " Dad's home." ... "Hey dad!" ... Unexpectedly my dad said, "Hey chief. ... After that, I came back inside a " dear OL" dad," was inspecting the entire house. ... In the same thought I answered my question with, " well, as you know you are his kid and what dad says goes." ...
Then dad told me to spread them out over the table in the basement. ... My dad said to get the very sharp knife out of the drawer under the table. ... After retrieving the knife, dad would inform me that I needed to cut off the goose's head. ... Dad stopped me as I reached the top of the stairs. ... After doing that, my dad said I needed to use the knife to cut off the wings. ...
Dad brought her to the hospital to get tests ran on her to see what was her sickness. ... Dad told me what the doctors said and I said "that's it." ... One day dad bought her a white gown for her to sleep in during her stay there. ... Grandma was wearing the white gown that dad brought her at the hospital. ... I could tell that it was something wrong by the way dad was talking on the phone. ...
Dad said he was the best of the best - it was in his blood. ... Dad says that Mum went there when I was small and that she was waiting for me. I miss my mom; Dad never seems to want to talk about her. ... Dad hated it. ... Then dad came in, "It made a very tasty lunch, you got anymore?". ...
Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad. ... The book Rich Dad Poor Dad might be more useful to Americans since it was based on their society and their system. ... Like rich dad, they are optimistic and determined to make it! ... Like rich dad, he kept his day job while minding his own business. ... To sum it all up, the book Rich Dad Poor Dad might be more useful to Americans since it was based on their society and their system. ...
How does the author learn from his "rich dad"? ... Of course, they demand a raise or threaten to quit, but rich dad explains that he has been teaching them how to be successful in life as they requested. ... He does not claim to be a best-writing author, only best-selling, and much of the book is a dialogue between the boys and rich dad as seen here: "Can you tell the difference between emotions thinking and the head thinking?" ... "Oh, yes, I hear it all the time," said rich dad. ...
In the early sixties almost each magazine articles about television was accompanied by a photograph or illustration showing a family cozily sitting together before the television set: Dad with his arm around Mom's shoulder, children sitting around the parents. Who could have guessed that thirty or so years later Mom would be watching a drama in the kitchen, the kids would be looking at cartoons in their room, while Dad would be taking in the ball game in the living room? ...
