Personal Narrative: My Life Structure

My life structure as an 18 year old girl in her freshman year of college is almost too stereotypical of a normal college student. I am far from home, living in a dorm room, playing a sport, and always running of off little to no sleep, and everything far from a nutritional diet. Here at Grace University my life structure seems to have no structure at some points. Although that is how it may seem at times with the schedule I have, there are some definite structural values that make my life what it is. For instance, my life right now is structured by classes, my soccer team, church community, and not to mention my daily schedule. Throughout this paper I will discuss my life more in detail. From my influences as a child, my family, and my current social groups. The major influences from my childhood are my mom’s side of the family, my dad’s, my church family, school, and my soccer team. First, my mom’s side of the family influenced me by being the ones to introduce me to Christ at a young age and really guide me through life and give me the substantial values and morals I needed. Secondly, my dad’s side of the family molded me into who I am today in different ways. The running religion in my dad’s …show more content…
I was always heavily involved in anything and everything at church. I was raised to understand that church was more than just a place we go on Sunday mornings. More often than not, my church was my second home. From being the first to get there and last to leave Sunday mornings, weekly Bible studies, AWANA, work days, you name it, my family was there. Growing up in this environment taught me a lot about who we are called to be in the body of Christ, but also the reasons behind it. There were times when going to church became a chore for my family and I, rather than a service. Apart from learning and growing, my church truly did feel like my family and most of the relationships I had were built from