Giving Back To Me Essay

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Kaitlin Chelsey Maka’anela Kaipo, Giving Back To Hawai’i

Throughout my life, there have been many people who have helped me along the way. I would not have gotten to where I am now, without the love and support from my family, friends, and the people in the community. They helped guide me in the right direction to achieve my goals and I cannot express how thankful I am to have them in my life. I hope that one day I will be able to give back to those who have helped me along the way.

My family has always been by my side and taught me right from wrong. They have always loved me unconditionally, even when I make mistakes. I hope that my mom will be proud of me when I achieve my goals. When I become successful in life I plan to give credit where credit is due, by paying my mom back for all of the money that she put in for me to go to college. All I want to do is make my mom proud and not disappoint her. My mom has done so much for me already. She helped me work on getting into college and provided me with very important information about college, even from her own experience. No words can truly express how thankful I am that she is still in my life and is working her hardest, so that I can go to college and achieve my dreams. She has taken care of me day in and day out, all by
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They have always been by my side and are very supportive. They are great listeners and are always ready to help me with my problems. They want to see me be successful in life and follow my dreams. I will work really hard to achieve my goals, in hopes that all of my friends will be proud of me, too. I plan on doing something special for them to show how thankful I am that they have remained by my side all those years and helped me in so many ways throughout my journey in life. My family and friends are only a few of the people who took the time to help me work to achieving my goals and following my

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