My Mothering Mother

A trait I most likely would never lose would be my joking manner. I believe humor can carry you through the most difficult times in your life. I try not to take myself too seriously, because in the end, what good what it do? Even though it may seem like the end of the world, life goes on. So why not laugh during

The most dominant of the traits that I have gained through the years would be the Generation X. Yes it is more of a grouping than one individual trait, but reading through these are all the traits that establish who I am and my work ethic. As stated in the text, “Savvy, entrepreneurial, and independent,

Obviously, humans are enabled genetically to inherit a collection of traits from our parents such as hair color, hand dominance, eye color, et cetera. We are also able to obtain more significant attributes like the unfailing love of Mexican food, the compelling desire to pet every pup that trots by, and the exceptional need to make everyone’s day a little bit brighter. Fortunately for me, I have also acquired a much stronger bedrock of character: the respect of honor, courage, and commitment and a passion for leaving a positive impact on everyone I meet by valuing their needs before my own.

These, along with my environment, shaped me to be who I am today. My family has always pushed me to do my best in anything I do. Both sides of my family are very different, they each have their own customs and grew up in completely different environments. Yet, accountability is something that is a common ground. My family has raised me to be accountable of my actions, whether is it something good or bad, responsibility is very important. They also have molded me into a person who cares about what I am doing as an individual. This many be through grades and school or how I interact with people. As important as family influences are the environment plays an important role as well. Within my environment I have seen people react negatively to those who are different from them, whether it be through birth, religion, or opinion. This could have taught me how to be the same, but instead it has led me to always be open minded about others. I try to see the world through others perspectives to understand the reasonings behind their beliefs and opinions. I have also seen within my environment that there is a lack of listening. Everyone wants to say their piece, but no one wants to hear what others have to say. Because of this I like to help people feel like they are being heard, rather than having to battle everyone to share their opinions. This also plays on the fact that I enjoy hearing others opinions. Family, culture, and the environment play import roles in everyone's life. These three things have molded me into the person I am today. I am very grateful for my influences and how they point me into the right

While participating in the activity in class we had the opportunity to identify what we considered to be a prize possession. The most important person that I made my prize possession was my grandmother who is also my adopted mother. personally my mother means more to me than anything in the world, not only is she a critical part of my life, she is also the foundation of my family. At the age of two years old she adopted me and raised me as her own. If it had not been for her I know for a fact that I wouldn't be in college, I wouldn't have goals and I wouldn't be the God fearing individual I am today. It was the confidence and faith that she instilled in me that allows me to preserver through any and everything that comes my way.

Flexibility and being adaptable are likewise traits I expanded on as I was customarily faced with unforeseen circumstances and was obligated to do my best to adjust with any given change. Also, I can retain composure during difficult times and learnt how to be resourceful through my experiences. This knowledge proved to me that it is a vital skill in finding immediate ways to face difficulties such as when I had to decide what actions to undertake when a dementia resident at my placement became confused and was harming and throwing objects at everyone in the

There are certain things that people in my dad's family are born with. For example we all have brown hair and brown eyes me, my father and his father all have brown eyes and brown hair. So our genes make brown eyes and brown hair nature; however, nurture is a little more difficult in terms of physical traits. My only real nurture trait that is significant is that I am rather strong. My strength comes from being exposed to sports at a young age, this caused me to become physically in shape. As sports in my life became more important and competitive I began to lift weights and work out making me a stronger individual. That physical trait was caused by me being pushed and exposed to sports and being competitive at a young age pushed me to become

David Michael Kaplan Another postcard from you today, Mother, and I see by the blurred postmark that you're in Manning, North Dakota now and that you've dated the card 1961. In your last card you were in Nebraska, and it was 1962; you've lost some time, I see. I was a little girl, nine years old, in 1961. You'd left my father and me only two years before. Four months after leaving, you sent me—always me, never him—your first postcard, of a turnpike in the Midwest, postmarked Enid, Oklahoma. You called me "My little angel" and said that the sunflowers by the side of the road were tall and very pretty. You signed it, as you always have, "Your only mother." My father thought, of course, that you were in Enid, and he

One trait of mine is that I’m very disciplined. I follow ay rule given to be my a higher up. It's the logical thing to do. For example, I have never been the type of student to be considered a troublemaker. Back in elementary many students would not follow directions to get a couple laughs which was very free of them kind of like a dionysian.

I show caring on a daily basis through food and tea. My boyfriend tells me I care TOO MUCH for others. I often feed friends who I know are having a tough time in school. When my friends need help I make a pot of tea and talk to them for hours. It is in my blood, my mother does the same thing. I drive my friends to the store when they cannot get there themselves. I like caring for others, I get joy from it even if it drains me.

I believe that my genetic makeup played a key part in shaping my personality into the person that I am today. I find that I am very similar to my father. For the most part he is a quiet person, but sometimes he would be outgoing and loved to share his ideas with people. He is also well disciplined and goal-focused; characteristics that I can see in myself. After taking the big five personality assessment and the, are you introverted or extraverted assessment, it became clear that I am much like my father. The results indicated that I am in-between extraversion and introversion and I am also conscientious. My personality was reflected in my ideas since I was goal-focussed on staying put rather

Overall, the results did not surprise me, and as I suspected, confidence was one of my

My parents as well as my extended family have been crucial in providing the foundation for my beliefs, attitudes and values. I grew up

Some of my mom's generosity is revealed when we have guests, she never limits the amount of food but generously gives it to everyone there. Everyone of us should have that generosity because it may make people look up to you as of what I am writing about currently. An example of using generosity in life is to share or give something a quote “ happiness is in giving than in receiving” we should all have that saying in our heart because it may people feel like we are good people. Generosity is not in every one's heart but if we want it to be there we can build it up there and make it as strong as my mom's is. We should all look into our hearts and see if we have generosity and if not then we should build it

It is not easy, moving back home with your parents as an adult. Especially when you are the parent of grown children yourself. Due to circumstances beyond my control, that is what I had to do. Although I had been out of my parents home for over thirty years and had been married (and divorced) moving back home kind of felt like I had never left. I believe that is because my parents were treating me as though I was the unruly teenager I once was. That and the fact I was in MY bedroom. I choose to do my relationship analysis paper on my relationship with my mother Juanita. My mom has Alzheimer's, and communication can be frustrating at times. The three communication concepts I will focus on are, 1. Becoming a better listener, 2, Expressing myself to her in a way she can better understand and 3. Paying better attention to her nonverbal cues. I love my mother dearly, and want to be able to communicate with her the best we can.