My mom was the stable person in the marriage and the family. She was the breadwinner, the one who always held a job and made sure we had enough to eat and clothes to wear. I think about the life she had, a mother of six who had to work full time and who’s salary supported all of us while my dad worked sporadically and drank way too much beer. I don’t remember her ever having a vacation or even taking days off work, and yet when she got home at the end of the day she still made us dinner and washed the dishes, did the laundry and kept the house. How was she not always exhausted? Maybe she was, but I never heard her complain. She wasn’t a gentle soul exactly – she didn’t dote on her children nor did she express much affection towards any of us (she made up for that with her grandchildren), yet she was always predictable and safe. I think of how much she sacrificed of herself and her dreams to be our mom, to stay with my dad even though he was such a hard person to live with, because she felt it was the right, or only, thing to do. I will always paint my mom in a better, kinder light than my dad – I want to believe she was, of the two, more loving and kind and forgiving of people’s differences, but I don’t know if I actually believe that entirely. She had her own biases, certainly, and there were times when I saw them. One event I recall was during a Spring Break trip with her to Juarez, Mexico. She and I were strolling around the mercado looking at the local crafts and
From working several jobs at a time to make sure I had everything I needed, she became the reason why I was raised the way I raised. The lesson that “ I should treat everyone like the most important person in the world because I will never know when I might need them” was engraved in my head was owned by my mother. Sometimes she would tell me that she had holes in her socks and I knew it was due to most of her money going towards my private school tuition in order for me to be able to have the best education I could get. My mother is my background, my identity, interest, and talent. She is truly the one that has set me up for success, regardless of how fatigued or overworked she is. She is the person who truly defines who I am and who I have become to this
My mom is a very perceptive woman. She’s always had a way of explaining the world and the people within it. It came as a great shock to myself when I learned she was extroverted, as I had always known her to exhibit introverted mannerisms. I had assumed she would be the watchful and quiet one, but she’s usually the life of the party. That’s when I started to ask her about her life. She’s experienced enough things to warrant a jaded perspective of the world, yet she still holds some appreciation. I owe her much more than just giving her a mutual respect and completing my chores. I attribute my perspective on the world to my mom. My personality was shaped from her open mind and helped me find my passions in life. I’ve always had a strong sense of who I am, what I want to do in life. I know that I’ll always be welcomed back to her regardless of any mistakes I may
There have been a vast number of lives that have touched mine. Many different people have shared a piece of their soul in my formation. However, it is my mother who is the most important and most influential person in my life. My mother raised me by herself since the day I was born. My father was abusive and she left to make a better life for the both of us. She has worked as many as four jobs at one time. My mother wants to make sure my brothers and I have a better life than she did. It hasn’t always been easy for her, taking care of us on her own, trying to pay bills and making sure we had everything we needed. My mom has always had us involved in sports at a very young age. We always were doing something or involved in something
Always caring and providing for me regardless of the personal sacrifices she would have to make, she proved herself the epitome of a great servant leader and role model. Unlike some, my mother understood that little people were indeed people too. Although I was young and did not possess even an ounce of the wisdom she had accumulated in her days on this earth, before making decisions that included me she asked my opinion rather dictating my choices. Even though I did not always get my way she insured me that my opinions were very valuable to
Since I was so young I don’t remember much of it. That being said, I have always had a split household, though I spent most of my time with my mother. My mother worked swing shift all through my life, but she still managed to always be there for me. While my mom worked a busy schedule, she remained selfless. I feel that my mother was very selfless because she would do anything and everything for me. I can recall from my very last year of high school that she would get off at eleven o’clock at night and she would be up with me again at six o’clock in the morning. She would insist on making my breakfast for me even though I would tell her that she could go back to bed. I knew very well that she was tired. She still stayed up and made my breakfast for me. Not only did she make my breakfast she would also pack my lunch for the day. While I looked at this as “really mom, I can pack my lunch.” I had to take a step back and see the big picture. She was doing it because she wanted to, not because she had to. I am her only child and soon she wouldn’t be doing this anymore. After looking at it that way I understood why she was doing all that, because she loves me. This shows my mom is selfless because she was putting me before herself. I was eighteen at the time so she knew that I could handle it, and she very well could have just stayed in bed but she
The person, place, or event that had the strongest impact on me is my Mom. My mom as always been there when I need her, she always help me in every. My mom always tell me and my sister that education is the most important thing that u need in order to be successful in life. The person that I am today is the way my mom has e been teaching me because she told to respect and treat other the way you what to be treated. She always been there when I need her. My uncles are also there because they talk about what I should and should not do.
Growing up, my family never really had much. Nearly all our furniture was picked up from the streets and a majority of my brother and I’s clothes were hand-me-downs. To make matters worse, my dad was addicted to gambling and would argue with my mom every night in regards to this issue. After a few years, this led to my family being in major debt and my mom decided it was time for a divorce. My mom raised me and my brother on her own while also working to pay off all the debt. I never realized how hard working my mom was until many years later. She would take me and my brother to school, work a full 8 hour shift at work, sometimes even longer, and go to school to get her associates degree. Afterwards, she would come home and cook dinner for
My mother arrived to America before I did, she left me with my father because my aunt wanted her to focus on working and not on me; I was a year old at the time. My brave mother left my abusive father when I was six, my mother is my motivation. My two brothers, my mother and I survive with each other because no matter who hurts us in the end we always have each other. I grew up with my mother always working as hard as she could, as any first generation single parent family does. What was different for us is how she would take people in. I grew up with a mother that would take acquaintances into our home who had nowhere to go, help them find a job, and she still does to this day. She'd always tell me, "if you can help someone, then do it." My need to help people began with her, but my love of science solidified my goals in life. When I took HOSA in high school, I fell in love with science. Nothing else would ever be
My mother feels my discomfort and agony way before I can even realize I was going through something. She comprehends and understands my necessities before I can even think of them. My mother has been an astonishing inspiration on my life and will forever be. She’s the kind of mom who takes time out and cares for all three of her children. She’s the mom who has never let her adversities in her life bother her children. My mother has always been a very solid person to me, and growing up with someone like her to look up to over the years has changed my life in ways that without her I could only imagine. She has helped me mature physically, mentally, and emotionally. She showed me how to always love, care, and give back to the people I am appreciative
Living with my parents Laurie and Barry and my two brothers Carter and Cody, they have impacted my life so much and have helped me with all of the hard times in my life especially within the past year because I have had anxiety and depression problems from all of the hard things in my life. My mom helped me so much with is because she also has anxiety problems and she has just helped me so much through it all, to this day I still have problems with anxiety and depression but sports actually help a lot with those problems because they help me forget all of the worrying in my life and sports just help me forget all of that and just have fun with my friends.
I remember the struggles she would go through with her employer to maintain her job in different factories and her having several jobs as I was growing up. I know her pay was not much, and she struggled. I think part of it was her growing up as a woman that caused some of these struggles. She did not have the education she needed because she was put to work at an early age. My grandparents thought she would be married and taken care of at some point. When this didn’t happen, my mother was left with the familiar struggles many women go through in trying to raise a family on their own. My mother was able to get us through school and was hardened by the situation of her earlier years, but now as she gets older, she no longer puts up with much and will state her opinion.
As a high school math teacher, I am having rewarding experiences educating and motivating students, but it is not my true calling. I want to positively affect a wider scope of the public and do so in a way that can improve and potentially save lives. The medical field is the best option to fulfill this desire and becoming a physician's assistant has become my new passion. The aspects of the profession that most attract me are its rewarding nature and its fascinating and diverse content. Due to my experiences as an educator and professional football player, and to my intelligence and compassion, I am confident I would be an excellent physician's assistant. While shadowing a physician's assistant in an orthopedic practice, I met a patient, Diane, whose story solidified my commitment to becoming a PA. Seven months prior, Diane was on the verge of becoming a diabetic due to her obesity, but was unable to lose weight due to a poor diet and an arthritic knee that prevented her from exercising. The physician's assistant at Diane's family practice sent her to a dietician to improve her nutrition, and to an orthopedic center, where another physician's assistant gave her a series of Synvisc shots to relieve the pain in her knee. When I met Diane, she lost 42 pounds and, consequently, she would likely be approved for a knee replacement surgery that would allow her to continue her remarkable turnaround. The ability to work in diverse fields, such as a family
My Integrative paper is based on my grandmother who has played a very important role within my life. Through my life my grandmother has been a constant source of support who has provided our family with loving care over many decades. She has experienced many struggles, triumphs, changes, and up’s and downs over the course of her life. As she approaches her ninety third birthday she is still a vibrant source of energy, companion, love and strength for myself and my family.
A Discussion on the Necessity of Mothers Attachment as described by psychologists Kennell ‘is an emotional bond between two individuals that endures trough space and time, and serves to join them emotionally’. A bond that develops between child and caregiver provides the child with emotionally security. The question ‘are mothers necessary?’ has been a much-discussed debate. In order to answer either for or against the necessities of mother, many theories attempt to explain attachment.
It was a quiet long drive to the interview. I wasn’t quite sure why I had to go to an interview, but I knew my mother was upset. As we were driving I asked “where is Jada and Joe” (my two younger siblings), but no response. For the life of me, I could not understand why she seemed so annoyed with me that day, but I shrugged it off as usual. When we arrived my mother was still silent, as we waited in the lobby. Two Caucasian women approached my mother, and the younger women asked me could I walk with her. Being sixteen at the time, all I could think about is getting home so I could check my MySpace, however my mom shot me a look that said I needed to say yes or else I was in trouble later. As I am walking with the younger women, whose name I didn’t even bother to remember, she began asking what I felt as intrusive questions. She asked, “Where did I live?” “What do I do after school?” “How is my relationship with my family?” Resistant to every question that she asked me she finally told me “ Jada told her teacher what happens at home”. Although I had a small idea of what she meant by that I did not want to give her any indication, or impression that I would open up to her and tell my side. As I was raised what happens in our home stays in our home, and no one else is to know- not even family; that ended our walk. On the car ride home my mother began asking me what exactly the younger woman wanted to know, I told her how the conversation went but she