The essay, My Dad, was written during my first year of college as a creative writing assignment. I choose to compose upon a memory from my childhood.

My Dad When you are young, many events occur in your childhood years, such as lessons you learned, mistakes you made, sports you played, places you visited, people you met, and many more interesting events. In your mind the event remains transparent, perhaps as if it occurred yesterday. Realistically, it occurred five or six years ago. During my childhood years, there is one event that I remember well. So well that I remember evem the …

…and physically handle certain situations. During childhood years, children cannot know everything. Also, after my mom explained the situation to my I realized that everything happens for a reason and it always works out for the best. At the age of eighteen, I now know my dad is not my biological father but he definitely is my "real" father because he is the one who was there when I was born and always has been.