Trying to Define My Life

As I have been thinking about a moment or a time in my life that has been a defining one it has been difficult. However I did come up with a few, but the one I want to share happened when I was five. It was June and a tragic thing happened to my family. My father had passed away. At the time I really didn't know what was going on, but since then I have come to realize the dramatic effect it has taken on my family. A few years after the passing of my dad my mom decided to get remarried. My family had now just gone from being a normal size family of five to becoming the Brady Bunch. There was now a total of 12 people in my family and I was the youngest. I was a little unsure of it all but decided to just go with it. Growing up wasn't always that easiest, but it worked. My dad I have now is still my dad, but I have often wondered what my real dad was like. One of the few memories I have of him happened one day during the summer. It remember it was a warm day, the sun was shinning, and we were playing outside on the swing set. I was so happy, we were both happy! I had fallen down and gotten hurt, and of course the first thing any little kid would do is start crying and run inside. When I got inside I looked back and in walked my dad. The first thing he did was come in wrap his arms around me and gave me comfort. That little memory has stuck with me all these years but it has thought me how to love. Looking back and thinking about it today I can say that just from his example and from what I have heard from my family he truly was a loving person. That is how I want to be remembered and that is what I believe is one event in my life that has defined me as a person.