MY CHILDHOOD WEB

One of the most influential people in my life is my father. He suffered a lot when he was young. Like every person he had dreams that he wanted to accomplish but couldn’t because he had to go to work and help out his parents. One of my father’s dreams was a good education. In addition he wanted his children to perceive a good education. He wanted us to accomplish what he was never allowed to accomplish, which was going to college. There are some words that I always keep in mind. These are my father’s words, coming from his heart: “There is nothing in this world that you cannot achieve. With hard work and a lot of patience, you can win. Don’t lose the faith in yourself.” It was my father who always stayed next to me. He supported me in everything, which contributed in making me a better person. Because of him I am going to college. It was him who showed me the right path to walk. I respect him and love him with all my heart. I thank my father for all he did for me.

Talking about inspiration, I can attribute this title to one person, my mother. She influences me in all aspects of my life. Not only the way that she raised me. She enabled me to be the person I am today meaning respectful, educated, generous and kind, but also seeing the way that she carried herself helped me the determine what was acceptable and unacceptable in a society. Even though my father was always here, my mother is another person who I looked up to. She would always talk to us, my sister and I about the values of life. She never stopped to trace the right example for us. As a woman, she made sure that we, her daughters, knew how to act in society. Moreover, she never stopped to remind us about our characteristics and what we represented as girls and later on women. To her, a woman should always act with dignity, reserve, and seriousness. My mother educated all of us the same way. My mother and I sometimes have arguments but when we always handle everything because I respect her. Therefore, I would never let myself disrespect her. I understand that everything she said or reprimand me on was for my good.  She would never want anything bad for me. My mother has taught me about the importance of a family. To her, family was the most important thing in life. And, for that matter, she raised us according to that standard. She always told us that everything else would go, disappear, but family is what would always stick around. As a result, my sisters and I always try to keep a close bond between us. If it weren’t for my mother, I don’t know where I would be by now. Every time that I see or hear about people who I knew during my childhood I always feel sorry for them if they end up doing bad things. By the same token, I feel grateful that I am on the right track up to now and hope to stay.

 

Another important person in my life is my oldest brother. When I was a freshman in high school I started to hangout with the wrong crowd. It was six of my friends and I. We used to cut school together. We used to go everywhere. We used to go to the movies, the park, and each other’s houses. My brother always told me to choose my friends carefully. He told me “you never know who you are hanging out with. If you hang with the wrong crowd, you are never going to get anywhere with them. The only thing that’s going to happen is that you are going to drop out of school”. If it weren’t for my brother telling my mom to check up on me in school once every month to see how I was doing, I would have dropped out of school just like my other friends and maybe I would have taken the G.E.D or I wouldn’t be in college right now. I would say during that time I was a great student with good grades, but was just trying to fit in with the wrong crowd.

 

My sister Rebecca has been another big influence in my life. She has always taught me to be who I am and not to pretend to be someone I am not. Even when I have made decisions in the course of my life that she has not necessarily agreed with she always accepts me in spite of those decisions. She has taught me how to be kind and loving but not to allow others to take my caring and kindness for weakness. She has also taught me to dream big and do everything within my power to make those dreams a reality. My sister and I are very close. There isn't a day that goes by that we do not talk to each other. There has been many times that we would even think alike.