Personal Narrative: My Father's Trash

Knowing who a person is can be a deep mystery. It takes time to truly know someone. A relationship has to be formed. One cannot simply meet someone for the first time and know everything about them. That is the beauty of forming relationships. This world is full of different personalities, different environments, and different home lives. Throughout history, it has been a great mystery to discovering how people lived. Archeologists spend their entire careers uncovering the mysteries of history. How do they do this? They dig through trash! Trash is the hidden key to discovering who someone is. I have been given the chance to be a modern archeologist. After analyzing my partner 's trash, I have come to the conclusion that she is a young mother

I believe her child is between nine months to eighteen months old. Her child is not an infant based on the gallon of organic whole milk, Comfort for Toddlers chocolate milk, and Simply Apple Juice. There was not any infant formula in her trash. There were diapers, which makes me believe that her child is not much older than eighteen months. She buys her child organic based drinks and food. Since she buys organic based foods, this tells me that she is educated on the importance of eating clean and cares about the health of her child. I believe that her child is a boy based on the toy truck packaging in her trash. On the box it also says recommended for eighteen month olds. This is strong evidence that her child is at least eighteen months.

Class notes, coffee grounds, and energy drinks in her trash leads me to believe that she is a busy college student. The chemistry notes in her trash tell me that she is taking a chemistry class. This could mean that she is majoring in something involving science or nursing. The fact that there is a Monster Energy drink and a lot of coffee tells me that she is constantly on the go. This would also make sense considering she is a mother of a young child. She is probably very busy with balancing school, being a mother, and