Personal Childhood Web

The Five Amazing People In My Life

Lela-My Mother
A very special person in my life.  My mother is like a sister to me.  I tell her everything, she knows all my secrets.  When I became pregnant at an early age she never gave up on me.  She encouraged me to be a perfect parent and go to school.  She wanted me to finish high school and go on to college.  When I graduated from college she was there when I receive my degree.  I made that dream come true for her.  She was there when I had my first scratch, cut, or sick.  My mother made sure that everything was taking care of at all times.  We were like partners in the kitchen cooking holiday meals or Sunday dinner.  She  taught me how to cook when I was seven.  Unfortunately, when I cooked my first meal by myself she was the only one that did not eat.  We go shopping together, she's involve in my children life, and we are preparing Thanksgiving Dinner together.

Monroe-My Father
My father has always been in my life.  My father and mother separated when I was 7 but he was there supporting me all the time.  He took me to the Natchez Trace for picnics and to play tennis.  He taught me how to clean squirrels and how to fish.  He even taught me how to drive by age 9.  He protected me through the bad days, he onced ran out the shower when I got stung by a bumblebee.  He hit me in the back, it hurted real bad but he did kill the bee.  I would never forget that moment because he showed me that he cared and he was there no matter what.  He's still a big part in my life today.  We go fishing, ball games, and he's a big part of my boys life as well.  He supported my education through college and was there when I walked across the stage to receive my degree.

Ms. Howard-Teacher
She's a very special lady in my life too.  She always knew how to get me smiling.  She encouraged me to be the best in whatever it was I wanted to do.  In school I wanted to be like others and she told me that I was too pretty of a little girl to act that way.  With her support and me listen, I became a better person in the 7th grade.  I join the choir with her directing, I was an honor student, and she took me to church with her all the time.  She's like a member of the family.  I go visit time to time and we talk and she tells me that there was no surprise with her, she always knew I would finish high school and conitnue my education.

Hilda-Aunt
My aunt is the one who always picked up the nieces and nephews on most weekends and take us to the park so we could play and have fun.  She would make sandwiches, bring fruits, juice, cookies and so on for me and my cousins.  While at the park we would go around and look for items that we did not know what they were.  Til this day, she still cook on weekends and invite everyone over to her house for dinner.  My Aunt and I tell each other stories and talk for hours each visit.  She still gives me advice on life and assure me that I am doing a wonderful job with my children. 

Sherry-Friend
My bestie forever.  We have been friends since we both could ride bikes without training wheels.  We are like sisters.  Always together, and she always encourage me and keep me on the right path of my life.  When I have problems or she may have a problem we always know the right thing to say to make one another feel special.  We go on trips together, shopping, and going out to eat at restaurants.  We live  two blocks (walking distance) from each other in the same neighbrhood.  She works 12 hours a day now so it's hard for us to stay in touch.  Sherry only has one child to my five but through my pregnacies she was there for all the time.  She even went in the deliveryroom with me at least twice or more.

Everyone influences my life because we still have an impact on each other.  They still give me advice, support, and involvement as a whole.  We are family and we stick together.