Analyzing Daphne Rose Kingma's 'Laws Of Life'

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Laws “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; Letting go is knowing that there’s a future”. Quote by: Daphne Rose Kingma Laws of Life Essay Submitted by Chloe’ Sanford I wanted to move forward with my life. In order to do this, I had to let go of bad memories. The bad memories that I thought I would live with for the rest of my life, helped me to realize that holding on to them was blocking my future. My past beings with a happy home or so I thought. This happy home that I lived in was crashing down before my eyes. Crack cocaine was this tragedy that changed my happy home into a nightmare. I didn’t actually realize what was going on in my home. I was clueless to this tragedy that was pursuing because I was so young. My…show more content…
My mother would leave at certain times of the night only to come back weeks later. A stranger is what I associated her as instead of my mother. I tried to help, or so I thought; by smashing her crack pipes, hiding the lighter, or even trying to find her stash to throw it away. Everything I did never seemed to work. It didn’t click in my mind that I couldn’t do anything to save her from…show more content…
I didn’t like or trust him, because I believed he took my mother from my father. I was still under the impression, it would only be a matter of time before my mother would steal, lie and take from him as she did from her family. Well I was wrong. Four years later, this man has become my stepfather. He was able to help bring my mother back to her children. In the beginning it was rocky getting to trust him, but eventually I began to trust them both. Today, I have back my nurturing, loving, and God fearing mother. In conclusion, a memory of heartache and tragedy no longer has a hold on my life. Witnessing my mother going through her struggles and overcome her addiction crack to gain her life and family back has helped me to see there is a future. Watching my stepdad accept my mother with all her faults in the beginning of their relationship and be there to help her heal taught me this lesson. I learned to forgive and forget and use your past as your lesson for the future. Today, my mother is a focused, stronger person because of what she went through. She has gained more than what she had before. I look forward to what life has in store for me because I have seen firsthand how your past doesn’t have to predict your
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