A man struggle

A Man Struggle

Chapter 1

As I stumble into the house, I reach to the left to turn on the lamp. Boom is all I hear, as the lamp falls to the floor of my three bedroom townhouse. Oh My Gosh today has been the longest day in history. REJECTION is all I can think of. I got rejected. And this is not the news I wanted to hear. I got a family to think of. I got bills that need to be paid. What is a man to do?

My name is Kenneth Tobman. I am 21 years old black man from Chicago, IL. I have 2 younger sisters that I am taking care of. Their names are Katelyn and Madison. Both of our parents died when we was much younger. When I was 9 my mom died from lung cancer and when I was 17 my father died from a shooting. He was an innocent bystander. He was a musician. When he got shot he was at a church member's home practicing the bass guitar in the garage. When bullets started flying in the church member's home.

The church member was named Steve and he was cheating with a married woman from the church. The husband found out after a heated argument, he had with his wife and came to confront Steve with a loaded rifle. The husband Joe was so upset about his wife; he started drinking before he drove to Steve's home. When he got to Steve's home he was pissy drunk. He got out the car and shot toward the home 5 times. Most bullets that were shot missed the home, but the one bullet that matter the most to me went straight into the garage and shot my father in the chest. Killing him instantly and since then I am left to pick up the pieces. And Struggling is all my sister and I know.

This morning I woke up as happy as I could be because I had 3 interviews to go to. I had been working a dead end jobs for years. So I decided last year that I was going to get some IT certifications. So I study really hard and passed the tests. And I received 3 IT certs in the last year: Sap, CCNA, and Microsoft. This wasn't an easy task. I study day in and day out to get these certification and now all I got to do is get a job in it. Positions for these certifications makes around $70,000 and up. Which this beats my current salary of $35,000 a year job. I went to every interview and they rejected me because of lack of experience. My heart drop when every door was closed in my face. It almost made me question God. But I know better than that. I will never question God. On any level or would I?

My youngest sister Madison, who is 13, ran down the stairs when she heard the lamp hit the ground. 

"Kenny, Kenny. Is everything okay?

"Yes" I yelled. "Leave me alone. I had a very long day." Madison looked at me with me with tears and pain in her eyes. Dang, I can tell I really hurt her feelings. I didn't mean to do that. So I quickly changed up my tone.

"Hey Babe, how was your day? Was summer camp okay?"

She started telling me about the girl in her class and how much they had in common. I quickly started daydreaming on how much an IT job could change our lives. I can do so much for them. They have so much potential and are very smart. I would give them the world. I will give them my all. Heck I already give them my all. Even though what I got might not be much. "Hey Madison, where is your sister?" She was shocked I stopped her in the middle of her sentence. She gave me much attitude and said upstairs on the phone.