Personal Narrative: I Tell Me Who I Am

In order to tell you who I am, I suppose I should go back to the very beginning. I was born on the 29th of July in 1997. Now I wasn’t your average dainty baby, I came out at a whopping 10 pounds 1 ounce. Since it was still the 90’s, the ultrasound technology wasn’t as advanced as it was today. So needless to say, my parents were expecting a Jordan Troy and they got a Holly Rae. The year after I was born happened to be a very busy year for my family. We moved to a new house we were building and both my parents got new jobs. My parents were away at work for the better part of my first seven years; thankfully my Uncle Tony lived with us. So when my older sisters were picking on me I always had someone there for me. My Uncle Tony was the one who basically raised me. He taught me how to ride a bike, how I should treat others, and even how to write my name. I have never been upset with my parents for not being there when I was younger, mainly for the fact that Tony taught me things they never could have. While my parents put a lot of stress on me to succeed in life I can now handle it better than others because of Tony. He taught …show more content…
What got me looking for a job like that was Horse Power. A program I volunteered with all through middle school and part of high school. At this program we help mentally handicapped children and adults with therapy using horses. We would work on their balance and coordination skills. Along with their teamwork skills when we did group activities. I loved helping them and seeing the improvements they made over the years. Something else that got me interested in the job is my love for the human brain. When deciding on my future job I decided to combine my two favorite things and that is when I discovered Occupational Therapy and was instantly in love. I could help people with mental problems or people that have had stroke adjust or in some cases readjust to their daily