I Know My Identity

People say that “apples don't fall far from the tree” or “like father like son”, they are correct. As a person grow they become more and more like the person they grow up with. I am a perfect example, I am the product of the families that I grew up in, the people that I have met, the virtues and knowledges that they instilled in me, making the person I am today. To know my identity and characters, I will have to tell you about the people that I grew up with instead of myself. I was born in the eastern part of China, in a small city by the Changtse river. As an infant I was abandoned on the street, left alone as the cars roamed by one after another. After a little while a stranger picked me up and sent me into an orphanage. I never did uncover the identity of …show more content…
The orphanage wasn't luxurious, but it was big enough to serve as a disabled senior citizen center as well. There, I grew up to seven years old, and I had to be settled into a foster family to attend the public school. I was experimented in one of the baby sitter’s home before adopted into my first foster home, to see how I would react to living in a normal house. The babysitter was a kind, gentle, and caring lady. She was tall, skinny, and had a rich, high class looking. She always worn make ups before she went anywhere. But even without any make ups she would still pass for the prettiest woman in the world. The babysitter lived in a modern, advanced apartments, and had a son of her own, but she still loved having me in her house. She would often request to bring me to her house even before asked. She was always extra nice to me, even more than she does when she is working. She often went out of her way to buy food from outside of the orphanage for me. However, due to the lack of school in the area that she lived in, she was