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The person I choose to interview is someone who is very dear to me, my Mother she is a strong woman that has taught me everything that I know now. How to be an independent freshmen in college, making bill payments, knowing how to cook, and even believing in me no matter what. That is why I am proud to call her my mother and to look up to her and strive to do my best to make her proud of me. Dechelle Carman born on September 17, 1968 raised in a small town called Duffy Ohio. Where she grew up with her mother Barbra Beisle, and her father Dawny Beisle. She had gone to grade school at Hannible elementary from kindergarden to eight grade to going to River High School for her freshman and sophomore year, when it came to her junior year she Along her years of having a job, and having a husband she also have had two kids a boy and a girl. She stayed as a working woman while raising her children, while at work their father would watch them or their grandmother would but no matter who watched them she always can home to put her children down to bed. “That was my favorite part of coming home to see my kids after a long day” she said. Having two kids in school, working full time, and a husband that was always on the road was tough some of the time but some magical way she got threw it and always made it to the next day with no trouble. After her son was in college and daughter in high school, she had decided she wanted to do more. She decided to become a phlebotomist, after work she would drive clear to St. Mary’s to take classes to get certified in it. After six long months of classes and a lot of hard work she had done it. She had passed her So for four days out of the week she had worked at the shop and on the other three days out of the week she worked at the Hospital. But by this time my father had gotten laid off so it was just her making the bills for a long time while my father looked for a job, so after four years of unemployment he worked side jobs here and there but nothing that lasted too long. After four long years of waiting he had finally got a good job that help you my Mother and all of the family, so for two out of the four years my mother had worked two jobs without a day off. “It was hard but somehow I was able to pull threw for myself and everyone”. After those two year the Hospital had to make some cuts so they were getting rid of most of the part time employees so sadly my mother had been laid off. “It was nice to have the extra money but working everyday was getting hard on me”. So for a year she just went back to working at the shop only four days a week, my father having a job again, both kids working jobs to pay for what they need. Time had gone by so fast,
In the beginning, both the narrator and her mother had a delightful time spending time together, trying to figure out the narrator’s talent. Although the narrator soon began to dislike all the test and activities her mother would put her through. After failing each of the tests she was given she would see the disappointment on her mother’s face and “something inside me began to die” (Tan, 96). While the narrator refused her mother by saying that she was not a genius her mother replied by saying “who ask you to be genius? Only ask you be your best. For you sake” (Tan, 97). The narrator’s mother worked hard for her daughter giving her options to grow and succeed in life, but the narrator felt as if she was going to be created into something she was not. Despite the time that passed the narrator still believed that she wasn’t talented enough but the mother knew that her daughter had “natural talent. You could be genius if you want to. You just not trying” (Tan, 102). The narrator was her own biggest enemy and her mother was her biggest support, which made their views so different from one another. The narrator had a mother that loved and encouraged her to be the best that she could be. She was able to live a good life, but wasn’t able to appreciate the good life that she had because she was focused on what
My mom and I were on the front porch on night talking about nonsense, until we heard the stuttering of a car late at night. The car stopped in our driveway and then we found that it was my granny, she hated being called grandma it made her feel old, her long blonde going down her back turning her head towards her blue eyes looking at my mother. She called my mother to her car talking about she went to the doctor and they discovered cancer in her stomach. After my granny left the house my mom sat on the porch crying holding a piece of paper in her hands. She told me everything about the cancer where it was as she handed me the papers. I flip through the paper, as if I didn’t know what the word cancer like I didn’t know what cancer does to the body, I looked at my mom her face red with tears. I got up
The greatest woman I’ve ever known always told me that education was important…and she was right. I came from a small town in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri prior to becoming a teenager. At the time, education was abundant in St. Ann, where I lived. I attended a decent elementary school and made good grades, despite mathematics not being my cup of tea. I have
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Senior year an unforgettable time of laughter pain and growth. When growing up in a very unstable home with your mother and father it was always great to have an outlet. For me my outlet has always been my grandparents. For us "family" did not always treat us like family but our grandparents never changed .They have always been the spine of our family since I could remember .They stepped in the parent role when they had to and remained there for life. But when I needed them most I had to move over 700 miles away back to Detroit . My senior year of high school was supposed to be a time of joys and carelessness , but was instantly replaced with struggle and hardships that I would have never learned or grew from without the move away from my grandparents . My last of high school
The person I chose to interview was my friend Deborah Hodges (Debbie). One of the reasons for interviewing her was that we had not been in contact for several months and I saw this as a great opportunity to talk to her once again. We both live a very busy life and find it difficult to meet up like we used to do since I started school in 2012. Debbie and I met 17 years ago at the church that I had been attending since 1994. Shortly after meeting, we became the best of friends and we were inseparable until she had to move away to the far end of Portland, Oregon. I consider her more like a sister rather than a friend. Debbie enjoys spending as much time as she can with her family and friends when she is not working. She has such a gentle spirit
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Women are blessed with what I consider is the biggest gift in the universe and that is to give life to what once was part of them. At some point in our lives we ask ourselves……. What is a good mother? Although there can be endless definitions, my definition of a good mother is based on what I consider to be morally right. A good mother always thinks about her children first, a good mother is always willing to give her life for her children, a good mother is soft and gentle with her children, but a good mother becomes aggressive and protective when her children are exposed to potential threats and a good mother will always want the best for her children.
It seemed like a normal day when I entered Mrs. A’s AP Language and Composition class, but little did I know that she was going to assign a very important project that was going to take forever. I took my seat and wrote down what was on the board. Then I sat patiently and waited for Mrs. A to come explain what we were doing today. When the tardy bell rang, Mrs. A glided into the room and gave us all a stack of papers. She then proceeded to discuss our upcoming assignment, a memoir. As she explained the very important assignment, I wondered whom I would write about. No one really came to mind to write about and I thought for sure I would never be able to get this thing done on time. I finally decided that I would write in on my mother, Kari Jenson. I knew I would probably put the project off until the very end and do it the weekend before even though it would get on my mom’s nerves. Putting work off was just how I did everything, it worked for me. When I arrived home from school that day, I told mom about the project. I told her I would most likely write it about her and she was overjoyed.
I come from your typical average size family which includes two wonderful parents, a sister who looks like a Barbie doll and a half-brother who is as big as a whale. My parents would always wonder why I would be so selfish and not very talkative towards my Grandma. To be fair I never liked my Dad’s step mom. However, I had my reasons, but I just kept them to myself and acted like I liked her. Everyone is always telling me, you’re so lucky to have such a wonderful family and you should be very blessed to have them. People are always telling me that not everyone has a family or can be loved by so many caring people around them and have it so good. But then suddenly, one day I uncovered a long- hidden secret that would break my family apart.
I lost my mother at a young age, when I was 10--old enough to have memories to remember her and miss her, but too young to have a clear idea of who she was. Her absence completely disrupted our family. Waking up and having breakfast made, clothes ironed and washed, and all of the little things that we took for granted were gone in an instant. But this isn 't the story of how I lost my mother or about how I was devastated by her death. My mother’s death was the reason why I became exposed to the business world, and this story is really about how I came to share my father’s love and passion for business.
Every word has its own significance and for me Flourishing defines my grandmother. To be at one’s prime does not necessarily mean they have to be famously known. You can live a prosperous and successful life, but yet be humble without needing to show off that you are luxuriant.
My brother never calls, so when I heard his voice on the phone, I knew it was bad news. “It’s about Mother,” he said. “She can’t live alone anymore.” He told me.
Has anyone ever asked you: “Who is most important to you”? To me the most wonderful mother in my life, no one can replace her in my heart. My mother, who is very nice and gentle, helps me and has always been there for me when I need her. My mother loves me very much. She is strict and educated me to become a good person. I can’t say how much love her. I am grateful to her because she gave me birth, brings me love and helped me grow up. But you know she just takes care of me a lot. Every day she tells me the same words. If you were me, you would feel very tired. I am a very happy child having my mother. I feel too tired to listen to her words, but imagine one day I don’t see her any longer and listen to her voice. What would I feel?
I could not think of a better example or provide for me than my mother. She was on the right track for the rest of her life because she got into college when she was only 17 years old. When she tells me about those kinds of stories, they always consists of being the youngest kid in the class who everybody else thinks should still be in high school.