Family History Comic Strip

Fresh Start

Since I have no idea where my family came from or why we ended up in Lebanon Pennsylvania I decided to focus on what I consider a significant event that altered my family’s history. Right before I was born my Papa decided to leave his business and retire, because of this the new owners of the business let my mother go. Not long after this the business burnt to the ground. It was at this instance my Papa knew how lucky he was that he had gotten out. A few days later my mom and dad welcomed me to the world. Since I was the first grandchild I quickly became my Papa’s pride and joy. When my mother had to work, my Grandparents and Aunt Brenda took turns watching me. In the end I feel truly blessed that I got to be raised by family rather than day care, and my mother finally had to opportunity to go back to school and start a new career as a nail technician working in her sister’s (My Aunt Brenda’s) beauty salon. 22 years later, I consider my grandparents like a second set of parents; I talk to them every day on the phone. My Aunt Brenda is like a third mom, whom I also speak to everyday on the phone. My mom and my aunt still work together as the only employees of my aunt’s extremely successful salon. I feel like the fire affected all my family, and in turn gave me a wonderful loving environment to grow up in. These days most people are lucky to grow up with two parents, where I grew up with a whole big family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, my parents and my sister), and I wouldn’t know who I am without them.