My name is Shannon Beddome. I live in Waukesha, Wisconsin for about the past 9 years. I was born in the spring of 1981 to a mother who was ill prepared and at time incapable of raising a child. My mother was married to a man who wanted to live the "single life" rather then being a father and husband. He tossed us out when I was a couple of months old.
Developmental Stage and History of Family • Family is the launching stage of family development. Children our grown but still unable to care for them selves financially. • Both children have graduated from high school. The son is working part time and spends very little time with the family. The daughter is not working and has no plans for the future at this time.
Christa Ferrari 9/3/10 As a child I was raised by a single mother and grew up with my three siblings. My mother struggled to provide for my three siblings and me. We were constantly forced to move around due to the different jobs my mother worked. I transferred from school to school and was unable to build any substantial relationships with my peers. Twice I moved in with my father but each time was no longer than six months because of my father’s alcoholism.
I never caught a break. I contemplated suicide many times. I would have been completely fine with taking my own life, but how selfish would that have been of me? My family is the most important thing in the world to me, and I would never put them through something like that. I tolerated the bulling every day until one day, in my senior year, Dick didn't show up to school for a whole week.
Her parents divorced when she was young and she now lives with her mother and step father. Kristina also has a younger sister named Leigh and half brother named Jake. Since her parents divorce she hasn't seen her biological father in a few years. The turning point for Kristina is when she goes away for the summer
When Allie left that summer, in the book it said how Noah wrote her letters for two years. In the movie Noah wrote Allie for exactly 365 days. Allie never got any of them because her mom hid them. Allies parents did not approve of Noah, he was poor and underclass, or as Allies mom called him trash. There were a couple of scenes in the movie that were not mentioned in the book.
Diana’s sister was to be married less than a week after the conference and upon her query to Diana if she would be able to attend Diana replied, “My life isn’t my own, I don’t make the decisions about how I use my time.” Despite Diana’s own admittance of loss of control over her own life, her family held strong that they would see her return. And they did, albeit briefly, when Diana returned home for Christmas that year, however that would be the last time her family would see her alive. Three months later Diana’s death would mark the beginning of the end of the Weathermen. The life and death of Diana Oughton is portrayed as one of victim, martyr, and radical in Diana: the making of a terrorist but one can be certain that although each argument can be made, Diana’s life was much more complex than the sum of it’s parts. Powers’ book is of great importance in understanding the various relationships in Diana’s life and how they affected her time on earth but one is left wondering exactly who Diana was and what she could have accomplished had she chosen a different
Araceli was a maid for Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson. After Scott and Maureen had a fight they both left the house leaving Araceli with their two boys. Araceli spent time looking for someone she could give the boys to until their parents returned. Araceli stated, “Of all these people, old man Torres was the only adult still alive and likely to live in a place reachable from Paso Linda Bonita” (147). Being gone for a few days the parents left Araceli with no other choice than to go and find the children’s grandfather.
History of Concern or Need Client states that a little over a year ago her husband passed away, and since that time she has had a difficult time maintaining the bills on just her income. Client states that she is behind on mortgage. Client also reports that the family was without electric for a week until she received her paycheck. I observed that there is very little food in home. When asked if client attempted to receive help from any community agency, Client reports that she was unaware that she could receive help and that she thought food stamps were for people who did not work.
Marla: All I remember from my childhood is hearing my mother yelling through the walls that I shared with them, or seeing her with a black eye or broken arm and not being able to take care of me; while my father takes off for couple of days or a week. I cannot recall ever having a family dinner with my parents that was argument free and heard laughter. Clinician (Dardree): How was the relationship between your parents? Marla: The relationship between my parents was toxic, but my mother loved him a lot. Now that I’m older, I think about it and still cannot understand why she did.