Angela O’Toole: The Colors of my Life If I had to describe my family to anyone, I would show the world an abstract painting. Each of my family members are like a different colors in the same painting, they all have different tones and shades. The both good and bad quality about these colors is that some of them are extremely vibrant in color and rage with exuberance, while others are soft and quiet with calm tones. To start off the becoming of me, mother already had two children from previous relationships; Tiffany and John, both seven years apart. A year after a miscarriage due to chemicals at the Bronx Zoo in New York, where my mother worked, my parents decided to try again to have a child. At the time of my parents creating me, my mother …show more content…
However, when there were occasions where I would be confronted by other classmates, who had a problem with my sister, which went both ways; this is still going on today. I was receiving average grades to pass by in school; I never had problems academically. Unfortunately, at this time I started to notice a difference in my family and other families in South Carolina, because I was not used to the southern culture, and I would often say I hated being in Marion because all of my family was in New York; I felt alone at …show more content…
My mother has always been the nurturer and supportive one, but I always try to mimic my father in everything he does, I know I can always look to him when I need reminding of what I would like to be in life. He reminds me of what hard work looks like every day when he comes home aching from his job. My relationship with my parents are as strong as they were on June 4, 1996, and I am proud to say that feeling will never change. I would like to be remembered in life as the sweet, caring person who worked hard like her family, is always family oriented, and the person who never gave up on anyone; even though that is one weakness I loathe at times. My strengths are being a forgiving person, and that is rare in today’s word, and that is also a quality that both of my parents poses that I also have. As I age more and become wiser as each birthday passes, my life mission statement currently is to just be happy, and always tell the people you love that you love them every chance you get. As each day progresses, I am learning new things every day that will also help me down the