Life is about making choices and seeing where they get you. Your decisions influence how your life will turn out. Sadly, there are many difficult options to make to both protect yourself and those who are important to you. Just like Joe Rantz in “Boys in the Boat” , who also had an extremely difficult relationship with his step mom, I also had problems with my past step dad. It was a long and tough road until I came to terms with my old relationship with Joe, but I have now and I see both myself and him in different lights. My relationship with my past step dad, Joe was not an easy one, but it was not always like that. He taught me everything growing up. How to tie my shoes, how to ride my bike, and when I got older how to cook, clean, and how to properly look after my brother. He gave my such comfort growing up, Joe protected me from all the monsters in my closet. At first Joe was a very involved dad, he played all sorts of games with me and sometimes even my friends. He was a jokester, the life of the party, and an amazing cook. I looked up to him, in my eyes he could do …show more content…
My mind set was a nightmare and I thought that I would have these battles with Joe every day for the rest of my life. Lucky, for me anyways, Joe messed up big time and his hateful words were directed at my mom and sadly my brother. Those words and again because he was in a drunken state Joe was finally officially gone. My mom had enough and kicked Joe out of the house, no more chances were given to him. When he left I did not cry, but I was not happy either, but do not think I was not glad. It was a sad day for everyone in my household, goodbyes and many tears were shed, but it was needed in my opinion. At the time Joe no longer cared who his harsh words went