My Identity

I am Not What Has Happened To Me, I am What I Choose To Be -Carl June

My name is Melanie Rivera. I am a sister to seven boys and one girl. I have two homes, it may not seem like a big deal to some people, but this made me who I am. The impassioned teen I am today. Some people may think, "So what, it's just a small change in life, it's not like someone in your family died." This is something someone had actually said to me. It is some what true, but imagine you being six or seven and you go to school crying and you tell someone that your parents separated and that is what they say to you.
It was not a small change, I saw less and less of my father as the day went by. That hurt me and only me because my biological brother Christian was way to young to understand. When I would call and ask where he was living he would say at grandma's house. But it wasn't. With my parents separated they still found a way to argue. When it came to my parents arguing I hated being the brave one. I wouldn't be able to cry because that would scare Chris even more. When I go to school most students would say I have the best life ever. But if they were to walk into my shoes. They would say I am living a typical abused life.