Looking in the mirror at the actual physical presentation of myself, I investigate what other people interpret the view as. My hair is pulled up and tight, various people have suspected military, but I have never been enlisted. though I do enjoy being organized and prepared. My glasses and crooked teeth would suggest that my parents were low income, no corrective surgery or braces for me. My body image would be identified, instantly by women, as having children and I do have two sons. After one eight pound boy and the other almost ten pound baby my body did not return to its original dimensions, there was no weight trainer or nutritionist for me. Being a mother was one of my biggest dreams and fears. I wanted to have children, a piece
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I enjoyed living on the farm surrounded by nature and wildlife. Very often I would be found with a stray kitten in my bibs while reading a book near the chicken coop, snacking on strawberries picked from the garden. I was comforted by the lull of the cows as we laid in bed at night wondering why our mother had not called or visited. Holidays were the best times, grandma always went into extravagances in decorations, food, and gifts for us; something that now I look back I guess she felt would distract us from our mother’s absence.
My first education experience was recalled by my grandmother: the first day of school stating that I came home extremely upset and crying. When she was able to discover what it was, everyone found it comical. I was upset because on the first day of kindergarten all we had done was color and write our names. They had not taught me to read on the first day. I felt they had not done their job, and that I was never going to read because of …show more content…
Upon my eighteenth birthday my mother’s boyfriend evicted me and I was on my own. I instantly enrolled in the local community college, taking electronic courses to finish my certification. I entered the work force at a local power supply factory, worked for Micro Energy for the next five years, rising from a test technician to a senior line technician. The factory would be bought out, sold and relocated to China in 2002. I took a local position as an assistant night manager at a local hotel, while I waited for a position to open at the other electrical factory, Harris Broadcast. I would eventually get the job and hold it under contract until the product line was finished, returning me to the unemployment
I enjoyed living on the farm surrounded by nature and wildlife. Very often I would be found with a stray kitten in my bibs while reading a book near the chicken coop, snacking on strawberries picked from the garden. I was comforted by the lull of the cows as we laid in bed at night wondering why our mother had not called or visited. Holidays were the best times, grandma always went into extravagances in decorations, food, and gifts for us; something that now I look back I guess she felt would distract us from our mother’s absence.
My first education experience was recalled by my grandmother: the first day of school stating that I came home extremely upset and crying. When she was able to discover what it was, everyone found it comical. I was upset because on the first day of kindergarten all we had done was color and write our names. They had not taught me to read on the first day. I felt they had not done their job, and that I was never going to read because of …show more content…
Upon my eighteenth birthday my mother’s boyfriend evicted me and I was on my own. I instantly enrolled in the local community college, taking electronic courses to finish my certification. I entered the work force at a local power supply factory, worked for Micro Energy for the next five years, rising from a test technician to a senior line technician. The factory would be bought out, sold and relocated to China in 2002. I took a local position as an assistant night manager at a local hotel, while I waited for a position to open at the other electrical factory, Harris Broadcast. I would eventually get the job and hold it under contract until the product line was finished, returning me to the unemployment