God Shaped Me Through My Mother

Although we did not regularly attend church, I was introduced to the Christian faith as a child and hold those values. I was raised by my grandparents as my father left my mother before I was born and life’s

My mother is my greatest influence for many reasons. She supports me and showed me that success comes from hard work. She inspires me and taught me to always believe in myself. My mother has always been my hero. She helped me through all rough times in my 13 years of life. I actually believe that if it

I often wonder how much more amazing my mother would have been if she had been afforded the opportunity of receiving a proper education. Last but not least, spirituality was highly valued in our home more so than anything else. My mother was a strong woman of faith. She had to be because the deck was stacked against her: she was black, widowed with little education. Though she had those things against her, I believe those same things molded and shaped her to being the influential person she was. My mother seen a lot of hard times, she was no stranger to adversity and obstacles but she always believed in prayer and the fact that the Lord would make a way out of no way. When she had nothing else she had her faith and it made everything alright.

I was raised in a Christian household that most people would describe as strict and, even a little harsh but, I know that my parents were only trying to raise me to be a good person. I was taught to have strong, moral values and to be a kind, loyal friend. In times of struggle and torment, I think my best traits stood out when put to the test. My parents helped me learn life-long lessons that will stay with me in everything that I do.

Growing up, my mom was a big impact on my life. Two days of the week she was a dental assistant. The other days she was just my mom. When she came home on the days after work she would smell minty and fresh from working in her dental office. I feel blessed to have been able to have my mother as a constant influence in my life. She showed me that I could be as mother as well as have a good job; I did not need to pick one or the other. My mother taught me how to stand up for myself and how not to be a pushover. One of the most important things I think that my mother taught me was how to be compassionate. Even as a young child when I heard about some of the terrible things that had happened in the world, my heart broke for those

Being raised just by my Mom for a while had a major effect on the person I came to be today. When you think about a Mom, you tend to think loving and caring. With my mom raising me, she taught me just that. Growing up she taught me the values of being respectable to my elders, how to have proper manners, how to treat a girl correctly, etc… Most people would think that because of this, their son may come out to be “girly”. Since a father figure is not present. Although, I knew growing up that I had to act as the “man” of the house. So when my

As I got older, my mother constantly told me that to achieve mastery over any one subject, you must get 10,000 hours of practice. This was a reference to the book Outliers, written by Malcolm Gladwell. My mother taught me to be honest, to believe in trust, and to never lie. This inspired me because it made me who I am. Through my life, I have never thought of who was inspiring me to go on; urging me to continue to do what I was doing and to strive and aspire for greater things. Now that I think of it, my mother was the one who was inspiring me. I admire my mom because she has a positive attitude, she works hard, and she explains things to me in a way that makes sense.

I have been fortunate to have strong, loving parents that have taught me, along with my Christian faith,

Growing up I learned through my mother's strength to be dedicated to making a change in my life. To work hard for what is right no matter what obstacles I had to fight through. Although I treasure my mother's efforts, I wish my father would have been there to guide me through life's lessons; I wish he would be here today to be proud of everything I have acquired.

There have been many situations which have shaped my character, but the one situation that is the basis of myself is my mother. When I was two years old, my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or MS. MS is a disease that disables the central nervous system and thus disrupts the flow of information to the brain, which then goes out to the body. In every diagnosed person, the symptoms are different and so is the severity.

As I make my journey through freshman year, I am asked what has made me into the person I am today. The answer, is everything. From going out of the country, my faith, to crazy memories with my friends and family, they have made me who I am today. However, my mother, Jennifer Holtz, has made a big impact on who I am. She has taught me so much ever since I was little. She taught me to be appreciative, always say please and thank you, and to be kind to others. I'm so grateful for her and I have her to thank everyday.

I watched her slip into eternal rest on November 10, 2010; she had finally lost her ten-year battle with cancer. The woman that molded and shaped my world, my mother, had died. Ten years before, the only time I dealt with the medical community was for my yearly checkup and vaccinations. Everyone in my immediate family was healthy and happy. Then she came to me and said she was having excessive vaginal bleeding but was not concerned because she believed it was just fibroids since she had them after she gave birth to my youngest sister in 1987. She was just going to go to her OBGYN to get it checked out, but it was no big deal. Two weeks later, we were all called in for a family meeting. The results of her test had returned, and she had stage

He became my teacher, even though he was considerably younger, he was ages wiser. He did not expect me to completely change overnight, and apparently, neither did God. He did, however, do his best to drill hope in me. "It will be the base of your virtue! It will help you handle burdens and provide you with strength to love and feel joy!" He tolled me over and over again.

She has showed me God through the way we see nature together. In the movie Marlon say to Truman, “That’s the big guy. Quite a paint brush he’s got.” In this scene, he is talking about the paintbrush of Christof because he is the one who is creating a false environment for Truman. In my life when I see nature, I know that it is God rather than a person. The person who tells me this and helps me to know the truth is my mom. In the movie, Truman’s mom lets him know what he believes to be the truth about the world and who is in charge but lies about it. My mom is the one who started me on my path to learning about God and knowing him. Because of this, she has strongly impacted my

Growing up, I was used to being bombarded by stories from both my mother and father. My mother with her religious stories, and my father with his experiences from when he was a little boy living in Vietnam. What I noticed in all of my mother’s stories, was that she was trying to get a certain message across. Be good. If there is anything that my mother is more stern on then studies, it would be on being a “good” person that knows their morals and can perfectly execute and stand by it. My mother’s definition of “good”, is being selfless, caring, and honest, by being so you will be rewarded by having to the choice to go to Heaven, or to get reincarnated into a higher position in society.