Two thousand eight hundred and forty-five days ago my whole world was turned upside down. I was nineteen and had just exited an extremely volatile relationship. Leaving is always difficult but I knew in the long run that it was going to improve my chances of bettering myself and my situation. As the days past I noticed that I wasn’t feeling quite normal and things I once enjoyed now made me sick to my stomach. I brushed it off and blamed the long car rides to and from Georgia for work as the cause of my wonderful new nausea problem. It wasn’t long until I discovered the true cause of all my new problems and the adventure that lay ahead. One doctor’s appointment and an ultrasound later came an answer I wasn’t ready to face. I was pregnant and I was alone. The next few days my mind was like a cyclone spinning out of control. Unable to face the issue staring me in the face. After speaking with a friend I realized I had to tell my parents. That was a devastating challenge all in itself. I could not find the right worlds so I resorted to just blurting it out while my mom was in the shower. In hindsight that probably was not the best way to go about it but it was the best I could come up with at that moment. Looking back, I think I expected some kind of warm embrace I would cry she would cry and …show more content…
My life changed in ways I never imagined. My life was not the only one impacted by this new little person. The lives of my parents were changed as well. She turned a once angry grandmother and grandfather into the people now wrapped around her little fingers. Had I made any decision but the one to keep her I would have never been able to recover. I do not believe I was built that way. I needed her, she forever altered the direction of my life. She gave me meaning and purpose. It has not always been the easiest path in life that I have chosen but it’s one I picked for myself so that’s something I can live
It seems unbelievable my oldest is a few days off being a decade old. I know every parent wonders “where has the time gone?” a multitude of times during their children’s childhoods, but as I realize my son is over halfway to 'adulthood' it seems like the time has flown by.
It has been around 14 hours since I have gotten back from the Freshmen Retreat, and I happy to be able to write about the success of the trip in all parts, regarding my personal goal, what I learned about my fellow advisory peers, and realizing a bit more about myself.
some families endure. However, there was something I really wanted that my mother had to tell
There are many things that have molded me into the person I am today such as being born into a family with four children. With three siblings, I have been forced to be able to work out problems from stealing each other’s toys to having to rush to the emergency room to get stiches because my brother chased me around the house and I tripped. My mother, father, brother, and two sisters were all born in Pennsylvania and I am the odd ball and I was born in Adrian, Michigan. From when I was a child I always loved being involved with sports because of my competitive nature. I grew up playing soccer and having success with that but then my love changed and I began playing lacrosse and football. I started playing lacrosse in middle school and played
The one person who has influenced my life the most is my dance teacher from middle school, Mrs Linden. Mrs Linden is the dance teacher at Sunnymead Middle School, and has taught there for many years. She was my dance teacher for all three years that I was there, as she inspired me alot. My life has changed for the better since I met her because she has taught me to fight for what I want and to not give up on something I love which is dance. She believed in me when many did not.
The struggle of not being able to breathe properly, gasping for air while the fever inside was killing me little by little and my fragile self in the age of four did not know what was happening to me I was brain dead, more like clueless little kid almost having a near death experience of having a seizure that in the end it changed my life and the way I looked at it because God gave me another chance to actually prove to him that I can be someone in my life and grateful to be alive today knowing that I have family that actually loves me for who I am.
I became who I am today because of a life changing experience that occurred in late-November of 2013. As I sat waiting for the awards ceremony my palms got sweaty and the butterflies in my stomach multiplied. The announcer seemed to drag on the awards for hours when in reality it was only minutes until first place was awarded. It was then that I realized I was a State Champion.
How would I feel I someone I loved died? It is not a question that most people ask themselves frequently, but it is one that often comes up when they read or hear about a notable person that has passed or was killed, or even just a news story about a woman who lost her son. I had the unfortunate experience of discovering what that felt like firsthand.
It was extraordinary, indescribable, breathtaking. I looked out of the window next to me, and before my eyes was the view of a clear, blue sky, covered in sheets of snowy, white clouds. Slowly we began descending through them, revealing the expanse of blue water, stretching in every direction of the horizon. In the far right I could see a glimpse of main land, but not just any land, India. It was there and then, that I knew my life would be changed forever.
I was called into admin with three managers sitting around. My department just passed the district walk-through a week before, the department was doing great, so I was curious to see what this meeting was about. My boss and bosses boss where sitting down, a lady from human resources was phone conferencing in. Defining moments in my life have helped shape my mindset. More so, it has allowed me to venture in a way to live my life with pure happiness and fulfillment. My defining moment was being let go of my job. I was completely devastated and felt like I was kicked sideways.
The time I accomplished something would have to be ever since I got a job myself, when I told my mom about the job she didn’t like the idea she wanted me to focus on school and helping her out at the house and taking care of my sisters. She wanted me to not worry and just worry about school but I see a lot of people my age working and getting money they earned by working and I got interested myself and for me it didn’t matter where I worked as long as I did.
One thing that really bothers me is how much I changed. I used to play games all day, not focus on school, wouldn't get in serious trouble, and was very innocent compared to my present day self. There are cons and pros of my past self compared to how I am currently. I am more happy of how I am now then I am before. As time changes, so do I and I can not stop that. What’s done has already been done and can’t be changed so you always have to look towards the future and never the past. The past will not definite who you are today unless you let it. I would have never expect that I would be transferred to a continuation high school in my freshman year. It is a bad thing to many people, but I am thankful that I am sent to it because I will learn
The story about I Martranika Gross, called changing my life. It all begin with many ideals that I had in mind to become while changing my life so my daughter will fix in. First was continue my education at Strayer University and a journey to follow. Next, becoming a role model with a pathway lay out for my daughter, a showing her not to stay you can’t to become successful. Finally, overcome obstacles first you have to have faith within yourself, and the key word is knowledge.
Change. Change is a simple word but its action can pack a big punch. Looking back on to when I was young I have faint blurred memories of my childhood.
The enviornment i was raised in was a very nice and loving home. Before i moved in with my Aunt and Uncle which i call them my " mom and dad." My biological mother and farther were on drugs and they never took care of me so i lived with them for a little while and i was abused and etc. But i soon moved into my aunt and uncle house when i was ten years old. Ever since i lived them they have been the best parents ever i coudln't trade them for anything in this world. They did nothing but spoil me and just show me how any kids would want the attention from their parents. I hear nothing but stories about me from their coworkers its awesome. My mom is such an amazing women she made me who i am today, I couldn't ask for anyone better. I know i give her a little bit of drama everynow and then but that is