I wrote this 100 word narrative about when my mom was in the hospital with lukiema. My focus point were struggles that I faced and the things that were going on inside that I felt I needed to hide to be able to support my family. This is a theme inside of my overall point in the writing, coming of age. I felt that this was like my welcoming into adulthood because I made myself into more of an adult-like figure in my family. In some of my other drafts I depicted this more by saying “ When it was over maybe I could be done being grown up, go back to the kid I was before.” As part of our class writing process we had to shorten our writing so I took out some of the points that stated facts and turned it into more of a sensory story. While writing this I started with over 900 words. I felt as though I was just pouring all of my thoughts onto the page and would go from there. Shortening my writing was one of the hardest parts of this process for me. I felt like everything was important. I realized that the reader can still get the same message and feeling no matter the length or the way you write the story. I also got inspiration not to tell the reader exactly what is happening and let them find that through the writing, I felt that they could get the same experience from reading it without there being a backbone. I enjoyed writing this piece about a personal experience in my life that was hard for me because I know that moments that make us feel the weakest make us stronger in the end.