The focus I have is the third video You’ve always had the power to go back. I think that because I know I have the ability to go back into my mind and take memories out. But I don’t want to that’s because I know it will put me in a dangerous place. My narratives allow me to travel into my brain by remembering the night my dog passed away. It was a rough night for my family and I. At the same time, it gives me a reason to cope and talk about my dog and what she means to my family. It also gives me an idea to talk about her and how great she was.
While this story allows me to experiences the emotions I felt on that day, the sadness the angry, the wondering why now. While the grief is still there, it always will be. The rest of the emotions aren’t. I’ve come to accept my dog’s death as a part of life. This story allows me to meet the high stakes because we thought she wasn’t going to die. We knew something had happened, but we all didn’t know she was going to die. It is because of that I can write about the high stakes, or I can talk about the car ride, and how I had to carry her into the car and out of the car into the nurse’s hands. This story re-examines the power in storytelling by being emotional. If you have lost a loved one or a pet, you will understand my story and what it meant to my family and I. Life events shape who we are. What we experience in life helps us develop into what we are. You don’t know how to handle a death without suffering it multiple times. You don’t know how to treat a personal problem unless you have experienced it. In the end, it comes down to experience; that’s what shapes our life. Even the little things in life, like driving. If you haven’t gotten your license, you haven’t felt what its like to be free and realizing hey, I can go where ever I want to. Or if you haven’t broken a bone, you don't know how to deal with that or how to compromise what happened. My last example would be sports if you haven’t played games or experienced what its like to cheer for a sports team. You won’t understand it. You won’t follow the joy after a win or a championship or sadness of losing a big game or losing against a rival. In the end, it comes down to experience and here is why. This is also what my narrative is about and how it shaped me.
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Samantha Flood
2/26/2019 08:52:40 am
I see that your narrative is one of the ways you're trying to cope with a loss of an important part of you and your family's life. I hope writing and the process of writing helps you understand your emotions and possibly even heal from the experience. The unexpected news of having to put your childhood pet can definitely hurt you in ways you didn't know!
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2/26/2019 08:48:44 pm
I can not relate to the story because I never had a pet when growing up. However, I can totally understand how much it would effect you and your family. I hope this blog helped you in some way or another.
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Dominique Alexander
2/27/2019 04:58:26 am
Chris I can tell you really loved nitty and she was your bestfriend just from your description. Dealing with a loss is never easy just take it one day at a time. You did a great job on this blog.
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Sabatino
2/28/2019 05:43:34 am
This blog post and your memoir draft illustrate the pain you felt. I am sorry for your loss.
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