Someone who had a significant effect in my life

Eng111-N05
13 February 2014
A person who had a significant effect on my life (positive) One person who had a significant effect on my life was my outstanding grandmother. There was a time I was being evicted from my apartment and my grandmother was right at my rescue. Another, incident that occurred was the car I owned at the time was on the edge of being reposed and my grandmother was there to help me keep my car from repo. Also, when my youngest son was being circumcised she really played a big role in helping with his healing. First of all, when I was being evicted I was young and my mom had just got out of prison and moved in with me. My mother was not the best mother in the world if you know what I mean, but that is still my mother and I love her with all my heart. I quickly learned that was a big mistake and that me and my mother could not live together. My mom had started stealing from me and bringing me down fast and inviting people to my house I did not approve of. Prior to my mother moving in with me I clearly explained to her my rules and regulations and she promised me she would do right by respecting my home, but it was a great downfall. I also had two young babies at time and the expenses of taking care of them, regular bills, and my mom being so incarcerated about my home I was really in need of help and had some what became depressed. So finally, I came to my breaking point when I came home from work one day, and I had an eviction notice on my door. I had fallen behind in my rent trying to take care of my babies as a single parent and paying the necessary bills to run a home. I did not know what else to do but call on my grandmother I explained to her everything that was going on, and her being the great person she is, she caught my rent up for me, but I moved out for a fresh start and it also help me because when the time came for me to move again there would be no evictions on my rental history. Secondly, prior to me moving in with my grandma, my car was “in the red”. I say this because I had fallen behind in my car payment. That really had me ashamed of how bad things had gotten for me and I was also ashamed because I knew once again that I was gone have to go to my grandma for help. My grandmother being the easy going person she is did not bash me and tell me what I should have done and what I should not have done. She gave me over a thousand dollars to send on my car payment. One thing I can say is I paid her back a few months later when I received my tax refund, and when I went to give her the money back she did not even want to take it, so me being the person I am I deposited the money into her checking account without her knowing, because I looked at is as I never know when I would need her again or she might have needed the money at a later time. Last but not least, my youngest son was circumcised at the age of one and I had no idea what to do to make him feel better and not to be in any pain. I was a teen mother so I say I really had no idea on how to really care for a child. My grandmother cared for him the whole time I worked and went to school. When I got home it was my time to be a mother, my grandmother have always had my back and as some of the older people would say she kind of “crippled me”. But I look at is as it made me a better person, because now I am more mature about life and I have learned the value of putting money back. Now when it comes to paying rent and car payments I am on point I plays no games, if I have to rob Peter to pay Paul them to bills are going to be paid. I truly enjoy me and my boys having nice things. In conclusion, my grandmother had and still have a significant effect on my life. She has taught me always try and put some money back if it is nothing but five or ten dollars, what don’t kill you will make your stronger, always strive for the best in life, never settle for less, and always make time for the Lord because if it was not for him we would not even wake up in the mornings to even get our day started. Till this day my grandmother is retired with plenty of money and can go anywhere she want to go in life she let no grass grow up under here feet. As you can see my grandmother had and still have a significant positive effect on my life.