Growing up‚ I’ve had a hard time being socially active. I was the shy girl that everyone knew. Although being shy was my only way of being safe from others. I trusted only the people in my family. The reason for my shyness’ is: I didn’t trust people to not make fun of me‚ my birth father and his family didn’t like me‚ but I did trust my stepfather. My stepfather‚ has been my father since I was 3 years old‚ I call him dad and my birthfather I don’t call him anything since he’s never allowed to see
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Growing up my environment was constantly changing‚ although my blood related siblings and mom remained the center part of my life. I was raised in twelve different homes‚ almost all of them in the DFW area. My parents divorced when I was very young and from that point on my siblings and I were always moving from one house to another. It never bothered me that we were always moving‚ it was exhilarating getting to experience new places. Although I was never able to make deeply rooted connection with
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Growing up with my mom things were pretty blunt‚ DON’T do things you know you have no business doing. My sister Nyla and I were like two peas in a pod‚ we did everything together and often defended one another so it was fair for my mom to assume that if something bad happened we both were in on it and she would spank us. At the time I thought it was horrible‚ I look back now at the stories and I laugh. My sister and I did all sorts of things from sneaking extra snacks to setting a water bed on fire
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Growing up the melanin in my skin had always been darker. As a child you start to pick out the differences but you never think anything of it until those differneces are coated with the venom of hatred. When they start dripping out of someone’s mmout I was always told to appreciate the skin that I had although as I got older it seemed to be harder to do. Society seemed to define beauty as being lighter and I was not in that category. My hair thick & "nappy"‚ my lips full‚nose wide. I couldn’t find
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Big city or Small town Good afternoon everyone. Today I’d like to say something about big city and small town. It sounds charming to see stars at night‚ to plant fruits in the garden‚ or to picnic on the lawn‚ rural life distinguished itself in being closer to nature. But truth to be told‚ living close to nature also means that there will be plenty of animals and insects visiting your home and vegetation. Surely Fish is more inclined to enjoy itself in marine environment instead of being
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years old our family landed in Tucson‚ Arizona. Fortunately‚ I grew up in a Christian home with parents who were very social‚ so it didn’t take long for us to make friends. My parents were both very involved in our church in Tucson. My mother was the Children’s Minister for two years and my father ran a basketball league in the spring for the children at our church. My two older brothers and I were really close growing up. We played the same sports‚ went to the same schools and never missed
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I work in a nursing home‚ so I here all kinds of stories. There is one story that I will never forget. One day I was taking care of a resident when she started talking about her past. Some was sad but for the most part‚ it was very happy. As a girl‚ she had to share a one room shack with her five brothers and sisters and parents. The walls were made of scrap wood that her dad salvaged from a wood pile. She said that the only thing keeping them together and strong was the love for each other
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Growing up with overprotective parents has taught me valuable lessons such as organizational skills and respectfulness‚ but my personality has suffered from it. Often times my parents have restrained me from attending a party or have restricted me from potentially “dangerous” activities. Adolescents need adventure to find their true selves‚ and discovering it is a task that should be journeyed alone‚ without overprotective parents. Parents are considered the best advice givers‚ but if they happen
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to have because they are automatically indoctrinated to “shop” since they are small. According to Kowinski’s article‚ malls give people a sense that the goal of life is all about making money and spending it on products. However‚ consuming should not be the main goal of life. Malls restrain the way people think‚ so kids today are not able to have critical thinking about their lives. For example‚ my cousin‚ Joyce‚ grew up in California. When she was little‚ my aunt‚ Joyce’s mom‚ would usually drop
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I have never known my limits. Ever since I was younger‚ I’ve had a large imagination‚ filling up my days dreaming up endless scenarios of the future. Thinking of possible careers was never a problem‚ but choosing out of the many life paths I wanted was. I alternated between wedding planner‚ creating a notebook filled with torn out pages of poofy dresses and possible wedding locations; author‚ stuffing short stories and poems into a floral folder; and psychiatrist‚ researching the process to become
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