There are many important things to me. The most important thing to me in the world is my family, my cats, and my church. Without my family, my cats, and my church I probably couldn’t be where I am today. These things have taught me the value of loyalty, happiness, and community. I don’t know what I would do without my family, my cats, and my church. My family has taught me the value of loyalty. I realize without my mom supporting me in everything I do, I probably would not be where I am today. As a young girl, I often took my family for granted and didn’t love and appreciate as much as I should have. Now, as I reflect on the past eighteen years I am so thankful for my family. When I was just a few years old, my parents were constantly fighting. The fighting and arguments untimely ended in a nasty divorce. When my parents divorced my younger sister and I were forced to go from house to house, although, that shortly stopped after a few months. My biological dad eventually found new girlfriends and the cheating never did stop. My mom would take him back constantly and there never …show more content…
My cats have showed me the true meaning of happiness. All of my life, I have loved cats and am known as a “crazy cat lady.” However, a few years ago we adopted two stray cats. Rosie was found by one of my closest friends, when she was just a few weeks old. Dopie was found on a Coca-Cola truck. I never knew how much happiness, animals and especially cats can bring to your life. These two cats have become a part of a healing process from my childhood. My cats have also taught me the importance of hard work and commitment. When we adopted Rosie and Dopie my parents made my little sister and I sign contracts, promising that we would take care of them and change their litter box daily. I often think of my cats and children because it is my responsibility to take care of them and feed them. My cats have taught me the value of
As a maturing adult I now realize the importance of having a strong parental foundation. Throughout my life there have been moments where both parents demonstrated the characteristics of all four basic parenting styles. However, as I aged it became apparent that my parents had successfully found their niche in a parenting style that was analogous with their personality and beliefs. In my father's case it was the authoritative parenting style. With this style he captured my trust and respect; never letting me down. Furthermore, it was my mother's permissive parenting that undeniably contributed towards my love and gratitude for her. There were also instances where my parents influenced my life both positively and negatively. Nevertheless, I am forever grateful for having my parents in my life, for they contributed (and continue to contribute) towards my success as a growing adult.
Deep down inside, I have always known my parents are loving parents that will do anything they can to support me to prosper and succeed in life. The only problem is that my parents came from very traditional household that used the authoritarian parenting style, so that is the style they used on me. While growing up with parents using the authoritarian parenting style, I was not exposed to their warmth or nurturing side. Instead, I was taught to respect authority and traditional structure in a demanding, controlling and punitive way. This affected me in a negative way as I was expected to follow strict rules unconditionally with absolute obedience, and my parents rarely gave me choices or options as they had very high expectations of what I should be doing. For example, when I was in junior high, my parents selected all of my courses and I had no control over my school schedule. They told me that they were doing this because they knew what was good for me and what career path I should be going into in the future. However, what they did not understand at that time is that their actions lowered my self-esteem and prevented me to act independently; as a result, I never really learned how to set my own limits and personal standards until I entered my sophomore year in high school.
It all started with my very first cat, Butter. We drove for what seemed like hours, but when we finally arrived, there was not one, but two cats at the door! The female cat was named Butter, while the male cat was named Peanut. They would come running together if you called “Peanut Butter!”. I was able to choose which cat I wanted, and I picked out Butter because she was fluffy with brown and black patches covering her white fur. She grew up with me, I declared her to be one year younger then me, with the same birthday. Those would be the wise words of a three year old. Butter tolerated a lot from me, she let me put dress up clothes on her and wheel her around in my dolly stroller. A few years down the road, when I was around 5 years old, we got our dog name Bailey! Butter and Bailey loved to torment each other all the time. Bailey would drag Butter from one end of the house to the other by her tail! By the time I was 9, Butter passed away peacefully. Bailey seemed lost for years without his playmate, but around 6 years later, Bailey passed away too. They were my first pets, and
They did not know much and everything was a struggle for them. I vowed that I wouldn’t let their sacrifices be in vain but as I grew up my resolve lessened. My grades went down quite a bit in classes that I could’ve kept them up in had tried to. I looked for excuses everywhere and I found most of them in my dad. He couldn’t adjust to being in the states very well. He started cheating on my mom and then later on moved to abusing her. In the span of the eight years we were here he had slept with so many women that he had given birth to four other kids outside of marriage with three different woman. In a last ditch attempt my mom attempted to take in my half-sister and half-brothers. That did not go over well though she tried to include them in everything and treat them equally I don’t believe she ever got over the fact that them being there is proof of how little my dad cared for her and us now. That led to her treating us better and my dad playing the favoritism card. He would do way more for them and told my mom to take care of her kids and he’d take care of
It was one of those cold rainy nights that everyone hates. On top of the horrible weather my family and I were feeling another burden, we had just lost our beloved cat, Annabelle. While, my sister was silently weeping over Annabelle in her room, I was in mine thinking and asking myself questions. Does Annabelle just want to live her real life she may have been meaning to live, does anyone who owns a pet REALLY own their pet or is the pet living a life that it was not meant to live, do all pets have a “wild side?” As I was thinking about the answers to these questions I decided no we don’t really own our pets. Our house pets are animals that are more civilized
It was a hard day for me. My dog of almost 7 years had to be put down, and it was the first pet I had ever lost. My dad wasn’t too keen on me getting a new puppy. We started looking at other dogs and my dad found one that he thought we should get. My parents decided to take me on a surprise trip to the animal shelter to get a better look at the dogs that we wanted to adopt. As we entered the dog room, barks started to echo around us and excited dogs jumped up on their kennels to make sure we saw them. As we got to Mack’s cage, I think his puppy face must have melted my dad’s heart because he agreed to adopt him and take him home. Today, years later, I still believe adopting Mack was one of the best decisions I could have made. Through adopting Mack, I was inspired to volunteer at the animal shelter as soon as I was old enough. One day I went up just to look at animals and I realized that there were many dogs that had been in the shelter for a long time. No one was interested in adopting them because they weren’t a popular breed, or they were not the right color. From that day forward, I decided that I was going to find a way for those dogs to be adopted, so they had the chance to be as happy as Mack is, in a home and out of a shelter. By finding a way to positively promote breeds prone to indifference, unwanted color, and through establishing positive behaviors and character, animal shelters will be able to increase canine adoption.
This question refers to part of the human experience. It asks a human being what is important in their life in terms of evaluating what in life is important to them.Something important to an individual varies depending upon their values. These values can consist of religion, sexuality, gender roles, education, milestones: Marriage, graduating high school/college, death, etc. Altruism too can answer the question of what should matter to me? Society tends to neglect altruism in which they do a great deed in return of receiving something back such as a reward or
I regretted what I’ve done; I wish I never had killed him especially when I realized that he was that he is actually is a boy, I would have had named him Benane instead of Cupcake. I really do wish that I never had sacrificed him. But when I think about it, it’s kind of ironic because Tay9s do sacrifices for religion practice. I wonder is that why they need sacrifice as a religion practice? Is it because nothing can be gain unless we sacrifice? He was the most important living being to me after all, since my dad was the one that gave him to me.
There are so many things that are important to me, but only a few that could greatly affect my life if I didn’t have or accomplish them. The biggest things to me are success, family, and freedom. These are all things that are essential to my life in so many different aspects.
The things that I value in my life are my child, my opportunity to receive an education, my family, the welfare of others, and my future. Throughout my short young- adult life, so far I have concluded that I value these things because they are what touch me the most inside. These things help to keep me motivated, no matter what obstacles are thrown at me. When faced with an opportunity, I will strive to succeed. When staring in the face of adversity, I will overcome. The things that I value are what have morphed me into the person th...
Have you ever been influenced by some important person that helped you be the person that you are today? I have been. The people that have had influence on me are the most important humans beings, my family. But before I begin talking about my family, I want to describe to you the place that we spend most of the time together which also means something important to me and my family. This place is called the family room. This room is small but cozy. It is painted in white and has three windows decorated with beautiful curtains. By the windows you can appreciate a nice view of some beautiful trees and a nice pool. On the walls there are some family photos like the ones that show where my brothers and I were born, my graduation photo, some family members photos like my grandparents, and some paintings made by one of my brothers. Also inside this room there is a nice home theater that includes a nice stereo and TV, and a new compact computer. But this is not all, this room has some very comfortable furniture and I can say that they are comfortable because I use them to watch TV, a movie, or just sit and rest. Also the furniture is used by my brothers to sit and play nitendo, to study, or play with the computer. But from all this furniture there is one chair that is the most cozy chair that I have ever sat upon and that is my father's chair. So this is our room, which is very important to us and has a lot of special things, but the most special part of this room is when it brings my family together.
At no point in life can you be perfect at anything, but you can prepare yourself for the adventures of life. One of life’s biggest challenges is marriage. Marriage requires preparation emotionally and spiritually. Marriage is considered to be one of the hardest aspects of life to control. Merging two different customary lifestyles into one can be difficult especially since the feelings of both are involved. I have learned both the numerous ways to destroy and build a successful marriage. Marriage is the union of man and woman becoming as one flesh according to God’s law and the law of the land.
A lot of different things can impact a person’s life in such a way that it is unforgettable. For example, it could be the time you took a hike up a towering mountain and ended up getting peaceful view of the urban cityscape, or even the time you went to your first dreadful sleepover and were trembling with fear. It could even be person or multiple people such as friends, siblings, teachers, and even mentors. Personally, my family has been the people that have ultimately had the most influence on me as an individual. Family can vary from person to person, but for me it is the absolute most important thing I have. The people that have had a profound impact on me is my family; the way that different personalities all come together as one, the way they handle hard situations, and the closeness I have with the, is very inspiring to me.
The words that appears the most are family, respect, and not giving up. These words are important in my life because that play a huge factor in making me who I am today. By following these words can make me be a successful person in life to me and my family. I know that knowing that they are important in my life is crucial in making me a better person in life.
There are only a few things that are truly important to me. These things mostly revolve around my family and machines. The most important aspect to me is my family. My family has always been the people there to back me up and support me through all the decisions I 've made throughout my life. My parents have always been very supportive in all of my life and have done a very well job getting me on track to be successful in this world. My younger sister has also always been there to support me when I needed her, and we continue to have a lot of fun to this day. The family will always be here, and I am very proud of the family I have. My wonderful girlfriend Gabby, which I have