I am a mother with two sons and they are what I base all my decision making off of. I became a mother at the age of 19 and I am now 36 almost 37. I have now spent half of my life taking care of a child. Education was something I choose to be important to me because I am in college and have a children in school. I have always wanted to attend college and earn a degree and I feel blessed to finally have this opportunity. My mother was the first on in my family to graduate college after she earned her G.E.D. I was a senior in high school which, oddly is the same scenario with my son and me.
I feel I am in the process of self-identity seeking to discover what I believe in. I did not grow up with …show more content…
I am a beautiful mosaic in the making. I believe I stand for equal rights and try to not pass judgment on others. I am open to learning new cultures and still value my own culture as well. I am seeking to find my place not only in a physical location but emotionally. I have overcome some very tough obstacles in my life that I do not always realize that most people never have been through and forget to give myself credit for surviving. I exist in a social class based on an income amount but still feel as if I am less than those in this class. I feel as if I don’t belong in the generation that I was born