Personal Narrative: A Career In Bernie's Life

Charles was then married to Joyce Foree. They divorced due to irreconcilable differences. Charles and Joyce have two children, a son, Brandon Payne, age 15 and a daughter, Jacqueline Payne, age 17. Charles and Melissa married on May 12, 2011 at their home in Granite City, IL. They do not have any children together.

A year later in 1957 his Father, George Chihuly who work as a meatpacker and a union organizer died of a heart attack. After the death of his brother and his father Dale lost motivation in school but, even with poor grades his Mother, Viola, encouraged him to go to college. He first enrolled at the college of the Puget

When Okenwa is sick his parents treat him very well, they brought him medicine and called a doctor “My father brought me Panadol. My mother telephoned Dr.Igbokwe.”. They also look after him very well. They made him a drink, stayed home for a week and created a patient’s altar beside his bed “…watching me drink a cup of Milo that my father made.” “…one of them was home throughout the week that I had Apollo.” “…created a patient’s altar by my bed- on a table covered with cloth…”. While when Raphael got infected they just brought an eye drops for him and commanded him to stay in his room so he would not infect them “Later, my parents drove to the pharmacy in town and came back with a bottle of eye drops, which my father took to Raphael’s room in the boys’ quarters…”.

The story starts in a quiet little neighborhood where this family has lived in this home for several years without incident. Then one night, they are interrupted by a stranger who knocks on the door. Upon the father opening the door, he is greeted by a stranger who seems a little uneasy but asks if he can look around because he grew up there. Father allowed him to and then watched him out the window nervously. Mother was wondering what was going on and why father didn’t just ask him in.

Hunter was pulling Krista to the point that Krista almost fellWhen we finally got into the small rectangle room the veterinarian placed Hunter on this table to do his exam to make sure he is healthy. This took the veterinarian almost an hour. When he was finally done examining Hunter he then told us “Hunter is healthy and I will just give him his annual

We were not able to see him until he was done with the after surgery test and scans. When he was moved from the recovery room to the intensive care room, my mom and I got ushered up to his room. It has been 16 sleepless hours since I have last seen my dad. The sanitary smell of the hospital was starting to become natural. Before hand, I was told that my dad would not look the same.

(Varnedoe, et al , 2001, p.10) Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, at Pennsylvania/ Pittsburgh, and died on February 22, 1987, in New York. At a young age, he diagnosed Chorea and was confined to bed for a while. To keep him busy and entertained during his recovery, his mother gave him drawing sessions. Andy developed a passion for the medium, and he continued to draw in his spare time when he was healthy. Also he included up photography (Fig 4.1.1).

Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”(Anne Frank). Despite her young age Anne Frank demonstrated a high level of matureness in understanding the atmosphere that she was in. “I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn.

One of the most formative experiences of my life has been volunteering at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. My volunteering experiences mainly focused around a place called Teen Lounge, a room on the top floor of the hospital, where teenagers could escape the monotony of their room and the nagging of their parents. The Teen Lounge became a place for teenagers to relax by playing video games, participating in arts and crafts, or even reading with the volunteers or other teenagers. Some patients would linger in my memory because they impacted me in such a meaningful way. One patient I will never forget was “a boy we’ll call “Riley.”” I met “Riley” during my seventh month of volunteering.

I zip up my last bag and place it in the corner of my room then head over to my desk double checking that everything is packed. After I am sure that my bag is ready I fell flat onto my bed and close my eyes, I was so tired. The house had gone silent except for the faint sound of the T.V coming from my parents bedroom before it was interrupted by the chime of the door bell. My mother opened the door and her stressed face turned into a bright smile as she hugged her close friend who had come to see us off. “Today is the day” I thought to myself.