Growing up and being better than what everyone else said I would be. I was supposed to be 15, pregnant, and running the streets with no direction. I am going to write about my childhood growing up and how the experiences made me into the person that I am today. Self-motivation and faith is what kept me going. Here is some background information. Starting out I had a complete little family with my father, mother, big brother, and I. By the time my mother was 19 she had 2 children and a Husband of 4 years. We had a happy home and everything was great, until my mother decided to leave her family for the “street life”. Since that day from the age of 3 to 14 I had to live and grow up without a mother.
Living with multiple family members instead of a stable home can be challeneging. Since both of my parents were very young, it was best that my brother and I live with people who could afford to take care of us. Moving from home to home became the norm for us. If my parents did not try to help out the relatives with taking care of us, then my brother and I would have to leave and go some where else. Everyone doesn’t show the same effection to other kids that aren’t biologically their own.
The verbal and Physical abuse. By this time both my parents were in and out of jail.
Since my father wasn’t stable or fit to have his kids and didn’t have the …show more content…
At this point of my life I was hopeless and my grandfather had past away. The police were sending me to California to my Mother. I didn’t knoe how to feel about leaving my siblings and going to stay with a complete stranger. I didn’t feel or receive the love that I was expecting. 2 years into high school I realized my mother and I didn’t get along and that my father wasn’t there for me the way that he use to be. I started to drink and party a lot. I was really depressed and know how to talk about it with anyone. I isolated myself from everyone and tried to kill myself but by the grace of God it didn’t
Living with multiple family members instead of a stable home can be challeneging. Since both of my parents were very young, it was best that my brother and I live with people who could afford to take care of us. Moving from home to home became the norm for us. If my parents did not try to help out the relatives with taking care of us, then my brother and I would have to leave and go some where else. Everyone doesn’t show the same effection to other kids that aren’t biologically their own.
The verbal and Physical abuse. By this time both my parents were in and out of jail.
Since my father wasn’t stable or fit to have his kids and didn’t have the …show more content…
At this point of my life I was hopeless and my grandfather had past away. The police were sending me to California to my Mother. I didn’t knoe how to feel about leaving my siblings and going to stay with a complete stranger. I didn’t feel or receive the love that I was expecting. 2 years into high school I realized my mother and I didn’t get along and that my father wasn’t there for me the way that he use to be. I started to drink and party a lot. I was really depressed and know how to talk about it with anyone. I isolated myself from everyone and tried to kill myself but by the grace of God it didn’t