Double Orphan Research Paper

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From birth we depend on our parents to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. With no one else to rely on, we rely on our mom and dad, the ones you trust and the ones who love you. The ones who make sure you’re safe. It all seems to come very natural. Sadly I wasn’t able to grow up with either of my parents. My parents have been deceased for 18 years, passing away when I was only 6 months, even though it’s a tragedy, they’ve taught me so much. Going through life without them has all taught me about family, how to be strong and how to love blindly. Those three are what has shaped me to be the person I am today. Growing up a double orphan has been and always will be a struggle. It is like trying to win a race without any legs, or trying to row a boat without any paddles. I’m just coasting going with the wind, barely getting by and hoping …show more content…
I lost her when I was six months old from a fatal car accident. She was only 26 when her brakes went out while she was driving. She crashed into a tree and the air bag crushed her ribs. Isn’t it ironic how the one this that’s supposed to save my mom be the reason she is six feet under, leaving her family and three daughters. Still knowing very little about her I was told she was a very happy and loving person. My mom had plans to marry my father in Jamaica in a week after her accident. We were getting ready for the trip when my uncle got the call that, Kim Satterwhite wouldn’t be coming home that day. My dad (a Jamaican) was in Jamaica waiting for his soon-to-be wife, my two sisters and I to arrive, also received a call. Maxe, my father died two weeks later after my mom. He had a boat business, was trafficking drugs from Jamaica to New York. He made enemies in the business. Being that his fiancé just died he wasn’t himself which made him vulnerable and susceptible to food poisoning. The cops found him dead days