Secrets To My Roommate

Although she was confused with how to celebrate her first thanksgiving as an adult she chose to relax and start new things that come with being an adult. She learns and grows from this experience because it shows how things change and people change once they get older and it’s just apart of growing up. People grow up all the time but it doesn’t mean they will carry their past with them. Growing up is something mostly everyone goes through and its just a matter of forgetting the past and looking forward for what’s to

Amy Lyles Wilson father’s passed away and left her mom widowed. Her mom now had to deal with not only grief but learning to do many things that she had never done before. She was a fast learner so learning how to do things she’s never done before wasn’t hard, it just took courage. For example, pump her own gas or any car mechanics but even throughout the obstacles that her mom had been challenged with after her dad passed away she learned that always, and she means always, you keep going.

Growing up in an overprotective environment never gave her the chance to become emotionally mature and independent. In addition, her parent's demands were always in first place and they were very strict.

Especially because I don't want you to end up like me.” The conversation is still fresh in my memory and tears form in the corner of my eyes when I think about it. My mother was aware that her life was no walk in the park and I think that's what hurt me the most. I would never want my children to see me in such a state that I've seen my mother in. At the same time I would want her to see that hard work truly pays off. A miracle is just another word for the result of hard work. Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouth and I've seen how meaningless their lives turn out to be. My mother proved to me that your struggles make you stronger and define who you are. Struggling is almost impossible to avoid and rather than sulking about it, I'd rather use it to make me a stronger person, like my mom

She wrote, “I remember, the night I figured out I was pregnant, my mother just sat there and held me. I knew she would support me through this whole thing.” She also wrote, “Without my sister, mom and best friend I wouldn’t have made it through this part of my life.” With a lot on her plate like, completing school, working, dance and maintaining a friend group, all while trying to raise a child, life was going to get difficult fast. Her main goal while having a child was to graduate. She said “So many people told me to just give up, there is no way I’ll be able to do both. I told myself I had to, for my baby.” With the help of her mom and sister, she did just that on June 13th 1997. Through lots of consultations with family and friends she persevered with her baby. She didn’t let this small mistake affect the rest of her

While growing up Erica didn’t face many personal or family struggles. The worst struggle was losing their home. Erica was a rebel in middle school. Growing up in the 90’s wasn’t that easy. Skinny jeans were not invented yet so she just to wear rubber bands at the end of her jeans so they could look better with her Jordan’s. By rebel she meant she became more social and became more interested in boys. Wasn’t allowed to have boyfriends. Was very dedicated to softball. Softball kept her on track to keep her grades up. Her friends didn’t like her focusing on her goal of going to college. Is planning to get her masters at Ucla or Csun. She is the oldest of her siblings. She wants to become a teacher but her desire to teacher has nothing to do with her father being a teacher. When she got to college that’s when she faced some struggles she was in an abusive relationship everything

Welcome to life. Understanding everything, every single little girl and boy. Learning just like every other kid. Experiencing life for what it is, But you know you're going to die within one year of living. Some who are lucky to experience the life they have. Faith is growing up and learning how to be a mature woman. Faith was a one of a kind girl. Faith was not sure of what was happening to herself, but I'm sure her parents did not want her to know what was going on as well. For others life is more difficult if you have a medical condition, anxiety, or even if you have family problems. Everyone has a different lifestyle. As Faith has life going pretty well for her. She was born into a family with two parents who loved her with all of their

As the girl continues on to grow up she is continually facing challenges with her confidence and thus affecting her emotionally and physically. For instance, one of the line states that “ she went to

Julie Johnstons childhood is by interesting. First, when Julie was younger she played soccer, but she played all positions. She was very good at defense, but she liked forward more. After, awhile she started to like defense a lot more. Julie Johnston as a child love being better than her sister. All in all, Julie's childhood is

But however she cares a lot about how her parents and grandparents think of her. When they are proud of her she is at her happiest. Her family just wants the best for her and this has helped her turn into the person she is today. There are so many great things about her some are how funny she can to be or how hard she works at everything she does.

She is one of the strongest people that I know which is why finding her crying one gloomy morning shook me greatly. Her sorrow was tangible throughout the whole house. I can remember that even the sky was crying. Gray light filtered in through the water-streaked windows. When I asked her what was wrong she told me that it was the anniversary of her brother’s death. This was the first one after her mother had died. She recounted some of her favorite memories of them both with a smile on her face even though she was tearful. It didn’t occur to me until many years later that all the family that she had grown up with was gone. I remember wishing that I could help her but I think that the best way for me to have comforted her was to just be there for her and to listen so that is what I did. Even though I can only imagine what my mother must have felt, I can assume that it would have been debilitating for some people and yet my mother was able to get up again every morning and go to work and go on with her life. Even now, this event only reinforced my high thoughts of my mother because she is only one example of how people are always stronger than we think and how we, ourselves, are stronger than we think. “With a heart for any fate,/ Still achieving, still pursuing,” (Longfellow, L. 10, L.

Last night I was sitting down to do my homework in my room and I got a text from my roommate saying she needed my help at the mall. I called and asked if she was okay and if she was hurt, she replied and said that her car broke down and she still needed to run more errands. So being the good friend I am I went to the mall down the street and I called her back to ask where she was, she told me that she was at the Belk entrance. I drove around to the entrance and I see her walking towards me. She gets into the car and I looked to her and said where do you need to go. She told me that she needed to go to: Wal-Mart, Kroger, rue21, the bank, and pick up her niece from pre k. So we started our journey to Wal-Mart to start.

My eyes shut peacefully every night to the sweet hum of my mother’s voice. I was genuinely blessed to have both my parents tuck me in at night when I was an infant. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole was blissfully murmured into my ears until the age of four. Hope was something my mother always prayed for, and with this tune, she could sing for it too. My mother, having severe Crohn’s disease, struggled with everyday tasks along with taking care of me and my four other siblings. Hope was vital in a sizable family like this and a sick mother like mine. I gained my strength from her as she reminded me even on the darkest of days there is hope. I only grew up with two out of the four siblings my parents raised; The other two being my half siblings. We grew up in a courageous and content family that always pursued hope; Even in the worst of times.

I saunter to the seat right next to her . She whispers ¨ Good job on finishing your homework so late but still doing an amazing project.” I was proud of my work and I appreciated other people liked it to. So i said ¨Thanks¨ proudly and then started to pay attention to the second person presents their project. After all the excitement she had in that class the rest of the classes went like a blur. When classes finished I wanted to stay for an hour, so she could bump her grade more higher, but after i did finished that the sky was already dark. The worst thing about this is that i had to walk all the way home because my mom could not pick me up because she was still working. And my friend had already walk to her house and had left me to walk by myself .She could tell it was about to rain so she started to walk a little faster because she did not have a umbrella and she did not want to get wet. Then she suddenly felt a drop of water drop on her shoulder. Then one by one the water droplets started to pour down. I still had half a mile to my house so I just started to scurry as fast as I could. While I was running I heard lighting from behind her which made me jump a little. Then she came to point where i had to cross the road. She stopped and look both ways the way her parents taught her since kindergarten. She was now soaking wet,but she cared about was her backpack and the stuff that was in there like her homework and computer the would cost like 180

Her struggles in adolescence continued, but there was not a lot of consequence on her physical and cognitive development during her young adulthood years. Like most individuals during this time, her health status could be considered as good, possibly even excellent. This is a normal trend for young adults. In addition, she started to be surrounded by social support, which is very good for cognitive development. She struggled some with reflective thinking, but as an overall, having social support kept her on her feet when life continued to try to knock her down.