“What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.”
What Makes Me Stronger
“What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.” I’ve heard that a million times and it couldn’t be truer. Everyone goes through something at some point in their life: Financial issues, psychological issues caused by different experiences, self esteem, abandonment, molestation, etc. Well I’ve been through it all. I didn’t start going through financial issues until later on in life. In my opinion, that’s the worse time because that’s when you have greater needs. For a long time I asked myself why. Why were these the cards I was dealt? As a child, I was spoiled. All I had to do was open my mouth and ask and it was given to me. But when my grandfather and grandmother died within 3 months of each other, and all the responsibility was on my single mother, it was a downward spiral from there. At first I couldn’t understand why my mother kept saying no to everything I asked for. I couldn’t remember doing anything wrong, but then she finally just told me. “I don’t have the money sweetheart.” It was surprising, because I never thought that that would be the reason. From that, I’ve learned to be more independent and that even though I don’t have a lot money, I’m still rich because I have my life, my health, and my family. I don’t want to say that I had psychological issues because that would make me sound crazy. I had trouble dealing with my self-image. I didn’t understand that every child went through an awkward stage in life, so I should have grown out of it, right? Wrong. Even though the way I look has improved, I would still see myself as the chubby awkward girl that I was in elementary and middle school. In those days, I felt unworthy and like an outsider, like a taco trying to fit in with the hamburgers. Making friends wasn’t easy either. The girls would feel that I was weird, and so did the boys. The boys were even worse than the girls. They would throw things at me and call me names. I never said anything and never let them see me shed
“What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.” I’ve heard that a million times and it couldn’t be truer. Everyone goes through something at some point in their life: Financial issues, psychological issues caused by different experiences, self esteem, abandonment, molestation, etc. Well I’ve been through it all. I didn’t start going through financial issues until later on in life. In my opinion, that’s the worse time because that’s when you have greater needs. For a long time I asked myself why. Why were these the cards I was dealt? As a child, I was spoiled. All I had to do was open my mouth and ask and it was given to me. But when my grandfather and grandmother died within 3 months of each other, and all the responsibility was on my single mother, it was a downward spiral from there. At first I couldn’t understand why my mother kept saying no to everything I asked for. I couldn’t remember doing anything wrong, but then she finally just told me. “I don’t have the money sweetheart.” It was surprising, because I never thought that that would be the reason. From that, I’ve learned to be more independent and that even though I don’t have a lot money, I’m still rich because I have my life, my health, and my family. I don’t want to say that I had psychological issues because that would make me sound crazy. I had trouble dealing with my self-image. I didn’t understand that every child went through an awkward stage in life, so I should have grown out of it, right? Wrong. Even though the way I look has improved, I would still see myself as the chubby awkward girl that I was in elementary and middle school. In those days, I felt unworthy and like an outsider, like a taco trying to fit in with the hamburgers. Making friends wasn’t easy either. The girls would feel that I was weird, and so did the boys. The boys were even worse than the girls. They would throw things at me and call me names. I never said anything and never let them see me shed