The String Around My Finger :: Essays Papers

The String Around My FingerI work in a restaurant as a waitress and several days ago a co-worker of mine had to leave work. His ex-wife had called to tell him that their daughter had been rushed to the hospital because of a pedal accident. He wasnt sure quite what to do. Hed talked to me before he asked the manager for permission to leave. He doubted that it was serious enough to remove permission and asked whether or not I thought he should try. I told him that he had to go, and that I thought it was very important that he and his ex-wife be by her side especially considering their recent divorce. From my throw experience, I knew that simply having both of my parents come to my aide reinforced the idea that my parents were the ones that got break up and that, even if they werent living together, they both would constantly be there for me.My parents got divorced when I was two and my younger sister just six months. My sister and I lived with our mother would visit our father two weekends a month and oer summer vacation the situation was reversed. As we grew older, our enthusiasm towards those visits with our father waned because, after all, all of our friends were in our neighborhood. We frequently missed friends birthday parties to visit him. Inevitably however, we always had a great time and were sad when our visits were over and yet happy to come home.Id be lying if I said that I never wished that they would get back together and that there were never any times I couldnt wait to show my father what Id done in art class or a great math test I was particularly proud of. Maybe it was for that reason that as a child I couldnt help sensation slightly abandoned even though he never missed a visit. I thought Id outgrown that feeling when I was seven and a better-looking first grader. It wasnt until that feeling had vanished that I realized Id still felt that way. I was in the fourth grade when that happened.My mother picked us up from our fathers on sunshine evenings. On the ride home she told me she had a surprise for me. I knew that shed rearranged our rooms (she did that all the time she used to want to be an interior decorator), so I couldnt imagine what my surprise could be.