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Personal Narrative: The Butterfly Effect
I had never been a believer of the butterfly effect until nine petrifying words said by an elderly man dressed in a dirty white coat reverberated in the interior of the doctor’s clinic. The statement, “Your father has Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx.” changed my life and forced me to believe that the butterfly effect is not just fiction. I was just a third grader when the information about my father’s deteriorating health was divulged to me. I even remember laughing hysterically until droplets of tears formed in the corners of eyes because I found the word Squamous funny-sounding. I was just a nine-year-old child; therefore, I did not realize the severity of the situation until the doctor explained them to me in words that I could
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