In life, we always wonder who we are and how we become men. As a boy, I didn’t have a male role mottle growing up. When I think back my mother was the toughest person in my childhood. Growing up as an only child I learned many things on my own. My mother remained the biggest teacher of life lessons when it came down to it. Most of us learn not to steal, lie, cheat, and treat people with respect. She showed me to read people and to see people for what they are and listen to what they say and to form my own opinion about them and never judge. The only thing that she didn’t show me was how to feel and this I am still working on to this day. Growing up in New York city you learn street smarts which mean always expect trouble and to be on
