UC College Essay: The Hardships Of My Life

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UC College Essay My life so far has been wonderful despite the hardships. I was born on September 29, 2000. I come from an amazing Christian family and I am they youngest sibling in the house. I was taken to Church every Sunday. As an infant and a child, but I did not understand the true meaning of being there. So I have grown up in church and I love it now. In my family there are three people my mom, my sister, and I. My family has been through a lot and there are days where we just want to stay home because we are too sad just to go out, but that has changed over the years. I have recently put an interest in God and if it wasn’t for him I really don’t know where I would be today. I believe he does everything for a reason and I think that reason was to be able to find him. Many people don't believe in God for many reasons but I do and one of the reasons is because he has brought my family together. When my parents got divorced I prayed for my dad because I knew I wouldn’t see him as much as I used to, but I was too young to understand what was going on. In my times of …show more content…
One of the worst trait I have developed over the years is being undeceive in music. I first started with the drums and became uninterested and then began with the piano and the same thing happened and the best choice I ever mad was choosing to play the saxophone. I started playing the saxophone since I was 10 but stopped for two and half years because school got in the way but I also got lazy in playing my saxophone. A year ago I started playing again and I felt as if I just picked up where I left off which was amazing since I thought leaving my instrument for two years I would completely forget everything. I thank God for this because if it wasn’t for him giving me this intelligence I would have forgotten everything

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