Family Freewriting- Blog 3

When I was about 10 years old my family was going through a lot. My sister was a "rebel" child and my parents didn’t know what to do. Every Tuesday night starting when I was 10 they would go to these “tough love” meetings and try to get advice on how to deal with my sister. Every Tuesday night, they would leave me home alone from 5pm on until I went to sleep. My sister was elsewhere, but they never seemed too concerned. They never even explained until years later why they had gone in the first place. I still get angry about it. You would think that if you’re having problems with your kids, the worst thing to do is to leave them alone on a regular basis.
Later that year, I was downstairs watching TV. My father and sister were having a fight and she stormed out of the house. My father started getting chest pains and almost lost consciousness. My mother was still working and I called 911 and then called my mother. The ambulance was there within minutes. When my sister came back from her walk, she saw an ambulance and was almost as scared as me. I remember my neighbor coming next door when she saw the ambulance. Things were very quiet that evening. My sister finally started to straighten out when I was 14, and only then did my parents stop going to those meetings.
My parents are very important to me too. I live at home with my mother and dad, and even though they’ve done some things in the past that I’ll never forgive them for I love them. They give me my space most of the time these days, but whenever I get home they ask me how I’m doing. They don’t completely understand my crazy lifestyle, but they are there for me.