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Personal Narrative: The Doug Damore Family Home

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The one place that will stick with me for the rest of my life and is alway on my mind is the Doug Damore Family Home (A.K.A Group Home). I have been living there for the last 5 years and before that I was in at least 20 different homes.The different homes were in 5 different states, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and California.There is something different about this house that is not the same to all the others. They people who run the home Doug and Jane D’Amore actually care about the kids they take in. They are not in it for the money or the assistance from the state. They are there to change kids lives for the better. Let me tell you how they changed mine.
Before I moved to the home, I was in a very bad spot in life. I was a thief, a cheat, a liar, and could not trust anyone. Every time I tried to build a bond with someone I would have to move to a new home. So it is a hard thing for a kid who is thirteen and cant make friends because they are alway moving. It is very hurtful because I never knew when was leaving and it hurt. When I move to Doug’s, I felt like I was home. Every one of the staff and the kids there were so kind and happy. I have never been around that and it was great. From day one, I knew I was not going to leave I knew I was there to stay and they were not …show more content…

I would have never been able to do that without them. I was able to take down the wall I spent so long building to keep people away because I thought they were going to just leave. Now I can make friends with almost anyone and that is freakin awesome. I graduated high school. That is a big accomplishment, I am the only one in my family to do that so far. As for going to college, I never thought I would be able to do it. They motivated me to get through it and I am very thank full for

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