Demetrious Dunford
There are many reasons to be who I am today but the biggest one is my father passing away. It was a very hard time because he lived in San Antonio with my older brother, and I was living with my mom in Houston. I lost the person who I admired and would always argue with.
The day I lost my dad in February I had gone to sleep early and had gotten woken up at 10pm getting told ¨Demi I think dad passed away¨ by my mom, at the time I heard that my heart dropped felt like I was dreaming, but it was reality. My mom and I then had to head to San Antonio that night. It was pretty cold still, but still thinking in my head did my man really just leave my brother and I? We get to San Antonio and we meet up with my aunt who is with my older brother, and we get Whataburger for dinner. It hurt to see my brother because he saw my dad just sitting there not breathing anymore.
Days later it was time to say our last goodbyes and it felt good to know my dad had many people behind him and there to say goodbye, but the day before the service it was snowing and we had that bad snowstorm. It was crazy because we stayed with my grandparents that night and they live on a ranch but it was very cold that night and with all the snow we lost power. We had to start a fire outside to cook breakfast then get back under the sheets because we couldn't do anything with so much snow and no power. My grandpa had to go check the horses and cows and he would have to walk in between all the layers of snow 3 miles to get to the horses. He would even take gallons of water to bring back water for us to drink since it was cleaner. Having to stay under blankets and cooking outside every meal was not what neither one of us wanted, but we went through it together and survived.
This was one experience I will never forget no matter what and it has built me so much not being able to have my dad with me. Having to walk through the inches of snow with my grandpa, having to help turn the fire on has helped me today because no matter what you are going through nothing is impossible.
Having to deal with my dad's loss is not easy but I do many things to get my mind distracted.One thing I love to do is fishing, but that's one thing I never got the chance to do with my dad but, I still go with my mom and other family.
My writing process was tough because I still think about this like if it was yesterday. I shed a few tears when I was writing it but now I know he is in a better place. I structured my essay the way I did because I wanted to make sure I was explaining it with details. The theme I was exploring in my writing was my dad passing away and the things my family and I went through.