I
listened to an essay called, "Becoming a Parent is Gift". This essay
told about how a man and a woman couldn't conceive a child. The neighbors
brought over their kids, and they would hang up their coats and jackets, and
both the man and wife would be saddened, knowing that they wouldn't be able to
know what it feels like. They stopped going to the park, the movies, and
anywhere where they might see children and happy pregnant people and couples.
Soon they decided to adopt a child. In China, a little girl would be born and
she wouldn't be wanted, or couldn't be kept, and then the husband and wife
would fly to China, meet the girl, and bring her back with them.
This
essay was written very well, all of the points and sub points were easily
distinguished and kept in very good chronological order. The speaker was
entertaining, didn't speak in a monotone voice, and was very easy to understand
and comprehend. The story tells of how some things are taken for granted, how a
lot of people can have kids, and how people have kids on accident. For this man
and wife however, it wasn't going to happen biologically for them because the
wife was barren. They needed to have a child, it was all they wanted and
dreamed of having. The little girl in the end didn't just join their family,
she made them a family.
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