Personal Narrative

Six months ago today was like many other days. I could wake up earlier in the morning and Skype or called my mom over the phone in Africa for at least 20minute every day because she was all I got and my motivation. We could talked over the phone about my future and how she could attend my graduation in the year 2016. I was so excited after 6years I could finally see my mom again and not on any occasion but on my graduation day. She could be granted a visa from Sierra Leone to come see me graduate. Prior to the spring semester I had a good fall semester and I was really happy because my mother was proud of me being the only son to attend a university. I had just moved out of my adopted parents’ house with other friends who I trusted too, because

We end up losing our apartment and here I was homeless and still attending school. My adopted parent hear about all the struggles I was undergoing and they decided to let me move in with them until I recover again. Moving backed things were getting better until I was involved in a car accident, I was not injured, but my car was totaled. In the midst of all this situation over the past month, losing my job, losing my apartment, involved in a car accident, I was still in school which affected my grades greatly. My teachers were patient with me for quite a while because they knew what is like to lose someone. I barely recovered from my misery, I ended dropping most of my classes because I was struggling with transportation to school, I was too depressed to go to my classes and I missed so many school days which was impossible for anyone to make up. Some of the teachers I had prior to the spring semester knew the changes in my school performance because they knew I was a good student, especially Dr. Balliro who was greatly helpful during this period. I had Dr. Balliro in two of my classes and he really sticks by my side because he understands what is like to be an immigrant and being depressed in a foreign country. My GPA dropped below average to an average that I have never experienced as a student before, because I dropped most of my classes and the classes I

I think I was able to find this strength through the prayers and support of many friends and also an amazing counseling group in school who kept me knowing I was normal for feeling how I felt. Today I mourn differently after months of counseling. After the spring semester ended, I decided not to give up on life and my education, because all my mother wanted for me was to be successful in life. So I decided this past summer in order to honor my mother, I enrolled in three courses, African American Literature 1, Social Work Practice 1&11 and I had 2As and 1B compared to my grade in the spring. In the fall I still continued to keep that dream alive I enrolled again and in my mid-terms grades I had A&B. This is to show how far I had come and how prepared I am to put my past behind me and honor my mum. After my summer courses my GPA is above average level, which caused me to lose my financial aid and federal funds. I will be graduating next year May because I already done my senior audit, please give me one more chance to achieve my dreams because without the federal loans and financial aids it will be impossible for me to fund my education and I never want to relive that moment of dark stages in my life again. I am so determined that after graduation next year May I will enroll in the master program at Delaware State University and this can only happen if I have the fund to sponsor my education. Now I am