My Life

same ways. My personal resilience is built up by my emotional, spiritual, psychological, and cultural roots. Emotionally, I cry. Although it may seem weak to cry by some people, crying prevents me from being bottled up and exploding at any moment. It helps me release everything from my system and recover faster. Spiritually, I listen to music. Music is everything to me. It helps me smile and cry, walk and dance; music helps me breathe. I love being able to put a song on and change my mood…

ever had a life experience that was extremely life changing? Well, I have and you best believe when I tell you my life hasn’t been the same since. Can you picture living without your mother, the lady who raised you, took good care of you, birthed you? Well, I had to go without her at an early age and it has taken a toll on my life. Honestly, I can say sometimes having life experiences can better your way of thinking. Let me tell you about my life changing experience. At the age of 17, my…

My mom always says that life is about choices. She says we can choose to make choices that make us proud, that we regret, and that have consequences. Ultimately though, she says that I get to choose who I want to be. I am passionate about the sports I play. I love everything about them: the hard work, sweat, tears and competitive nature that comes from playing on a team. In the fall, I’m on the football field. In the winter, I lace up my skates to play hockey. In the spring, I take to the…

Liverpool based rock band formed in the 1950s. Now over 60 years after their start, The Beatles are nearly unanimously known as the greatest musical group in at least the past 100 years. I selected their song “In My Life” as the subject of my Man Tunes assignment. The song “In My Life” was written by Lennon and McCartney for the 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song has a runtime of 2 minutes and 26 seconds and was placed 5th on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the top 100 Beatles songs of all time.…

is a unique ability to acquire and create new skills in life that no one else can, a superpower. Damian, my brother, goes through many obstacles in his life and I am there through each and every one of them, I love telling his story because it is one that me and my family are very proud to tell. Watching my brother grow up with autism has taught me the value in patience and problem solving, most of all that I can through anything in life. My brother, Damian was diagnosed with Autism at age…

Let me begin my story by telling you a little about myself. I grew up in a small town in Louisiana in a predominantly very poor neighborhood. Some would say "the projects". I like to think of it as a housing development for low income people. The only major influence I had in my life was my granny. She was my sunshine. She took my brother and me to church every Sunday and Wednesday. It was through her that we learned about God. I loved going to church with her. She would always buy us a bottle…

Sports - My Life What is a sport? If you look it up in a dictionary it is defined as “An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.” For me sports is so much more than that. Sport is dedication, determination, teamwork and self discipline, for me sports is life. I guess that if asked I would consider myself athletic, I’ve participated in sports for most of my life. I think that the first sport that I ever…

Families are formed in all different ways. Personally my family was created using open adoption and it has been an amazing and unbelievable experience. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 25, 1999 to my biological parents Melody Chase and Mike Wall. However these are not the parents that took me home. Vivian and Kevin Hurton took me home on that March day and raised me to become the person I am today. My parents have provided me with everything imaginable and open adoption made this all…

Throughout my high school career, miniscule hints of reality have appeared in my life. It has come to my understanding that life is not as easy as it seems when you are a child spending your time watching cartoons and playing with friends whenever you want. Life will keep hitting you in the face and it will bring along the most crucial, tough challenges you will go through. I do not know for how long I will live, but I am sure these difficile moments will keep entering my life. Like my parents,…

As an immigrant, I have lived a financially difficult life when my father gambled away our home, savings, and the life we had in Iowa and decided to leave us in Georgia. Overnight my mother was granted custody of my two sisters and I and became a single parent/head of household after more than 12 years of being a stay at home mom. With minimal English and no work experience, my mom initially worked for less than minimum wage jobs, food catering company during the day; where her income was based…