Patterns for College

I was a little concerned writing about my mother because I considered it would seem like I was looking for understanding, but I figured it was a good topic to compose about because it had the biggest effect on me. My goal became to write an essay that didn't focus on the death or loss but on the change and grow.

Over the past year, everything in my life has completely altered. The ways that I believe, answer, and reside now are completely different. As I was growing up my father would bodily abuse me. The situation that I was ...