Personal Narrative About My Identity

When someone asks me about my identity I usually do not know what to say. Probably because no one asks me about my identity. It has taken me many years to get to where I am now and I am still trying to improve myself and find myself. However, in seventh grade I met someone who changed my life forever and is the reason I had even tried to find myself. Due to this person entering in my life, I now have someone else who is the reason that I try to better myself and find all of my identity. This poster points out a lot of key points over the time it took me to find myself, when I did not even know I was missing. When I was in seventh grade I had a bestfriend named Sean Burke. I was forming an eating disorder and depression and Sean was the one
I talked to about everything. He knew me and knew that I could get out of it. He tried everyday to make me smile and make sure I was not sad. After about three years of Sean trying so hard to show me I was beautiful, I overcame my eating disorder. The ice cream on the poster shows that I now eat what I want and I do not care what people say. I have a lot of quotes on the poster that I just agree with and I think it associates with finding myself. After five years of being best friends we are now together. This relationship has saved me from so much hurt and pain that I believed I was stuck with. Over the last year with Sean, I have now realized that I am beautiful, I do matter, and I also know that that is me, not just lies. My biggest support in life is Sean. He has helped me find myself and he still continues to do so every single day that he can. My daughter is who helped me find out the rest of my life. When I found out I was pregnant, I was unsure at the time what I would be doing from that point on. Where will I go to college? What will I study? Can I support her? Will I be a good mom? So many questions had gone through my head and the moment I saw her for the first time, all of my questions were answered. I knew I would be a good mom and that I could support her. She made me realize it was possible to go to Northwest for college and still study animal science. That way I could show her that anything is possible. My daughter inspires me to be better for her, my little family, and all of our futures. A few other things on my poster that has contributed to my identity find have been kind of random. I used to dye my hair a lot, always changing colors so I could see what color best fits me. Different emotions have helped me realize where I wanted to go in life and what I was capable of. In my new; here to stay attitude, I am very driven. I am now comfortable enough to show the real me. There has been a lot of major influences in finding myself, but Hadleigh and Sean are the biggest.