In the past few years alone, I’ve overcome quite a bit in my opinion. Some of the things that I have overcome could be seen as small by others while some may see them as huge; for example, I had a fear of public speaking so I took a speech class. I signed up on the last day possible for the class because I knew that if I had given myself time to think about what I had done, I would have changed the class to something that I would have been more comfortable with. I admit, that isn’t much; the class was required in order for me to get my Associate’s Degree through the Sumner County Middle College High School Program in May 2017 so the sooner I took it the better, but I didn’t actually have to take it. Receiving the Associate’s degree right out of high school is the point of the
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Due to my parents’ previous decisions I am unable to live with them. My mother lost two of my siblings and I in 2010 due to neglect and being an addict before being a mother. She did not decide to attempt to win back custody of us until after my dad was in the process of getting us back; however, in the end what few attempts she put forth meant nothing because she never left her abusive partner. In the year that we were living with extended family, I was admitted into a hospital known as Rivendell Behavioral Health Hospital due to being a hazard to myself and possibly those around me, but because the extended family didn’t like the reasoning behind my admittance into the hospital, when I was discharged all my belongings were packed and I was sent to live with dad. I was only allowed into their house went the social worker would visit, all my attempts to tell her that I did not live with our aunt and uncle and that I would have to leave almost immediately after she did were not taken seriously because she apparently knew my
Due to my parents’ previous decisions I am unable to live with them. My mother lost two of my siblings and I in 2010 due to neglect and being an addict before being a mother. She did not decide to attempt to win back custody of us until after my dad was in the process of getting us back; however, in the end what few attempts she put forth meant nothing because she never left her abusive partner. In the year that we were living with extended family, I was admitted into a hospital known as Rivendell Behavioral Health Hospital due to being a hazard to myself and possibly those around me, but because the extended family didn’t like the reasoning behind my admittance into the hospital, when I was discharged all my belongings were packed and I was sent to live with dad. I was only allowed into their house went the social worker would visit, all my attempts to tell her that I did not live with our aunt and uncle and that I would have to leave almost immediately after she did were not taken seriously because she apparently knew my