www.radiodiaries.org/frankie-in-mentone-alabama-welcome-home-dad
I chose a story from the teen diaries section to try and find one I would connect with more. The boy in my story described his childhood as he lived in Alabama and his family wasn't very rich or anything, he would wear raggedy old jeans and shirts and so would his father, and some times they wouldn't even change their clothes. But, that was just their country life style. One day they picked up and moved for what he thought was no reason but it was actually because his father and some guy got into a life or death type of fight and his father ended up pulling out a blade and cutting that guy. So basically they were on the run for fifteen years I think it was, and the kid din't even know it. So you could imagine how surprised and confused he was when he came home from school one day and his home was surrounded by police. His father was tried and could've gotten 10-20 years sentence, and did serve time but they found out he was fighting inself defense and he was released. The enlightening thing about the story was that everyone in this boys family viewed the fathers jail time as sort of a blessing. Although jail isn't a fun happy place, his father was able to get the education he never receieved & family was so happy to see him back at home.
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