Me and My Family
Grandma Emma
Me and Sorority Sisters
Me and Grandma Chicken
As a child growing up I have had a few people that has come into my life that has really done a lot for me and that has made me the person that I am today. They have given me the love, care, nurture, that I needed to be the rounded and humble person that I am. I am going to give you a little incite on who some of these people are but Im gonna name a few ( hahaha). The 1st person that I am going to name is my mentor Carla Wells. I got introduce to Carla in my adolence years when I attended Girls Inc. She use to always have " Girl Talk" with me and show me things and really played that big sister role in my life because I am the only child. Carla attended Tennessee State University and pledged AKA while a student there. She use to always make sure that I stayed on top of my studies in school and to carry myself as a young lady at all times and stayed out of trouble. As I got older and attended college I followed Carla footsteps and pledge AKA. When I join her organization she was so proud of we both shared tears of joy. 2nd person Coach Danny Joe Young. He was my high school track and field coach. O.M.G.. He taught me so muchhh other than discipline, dedication, determination, and hardwork he planted in me and other teammates the real definition of " HARDWORK". Coach Young use to call himself "My white Daddy". But he cared for each and everyone of his athletes like his own child. He told us realistic stories for his past teams about how he didnt want us to turn up as stastic of teenage pregnacy of drug abuse. He wanted us to make something of ourself and let us know that anything worth having is worth working for. My 3rd, 4th, and 5th all fall together which is the most influential people. 3rd My mother, 4th My father, 5th My grannies. These last thress people taught me how to be humble, taught me how to love. Now all 3 of these people of course babied me to the upmost, the all taught me to always get an education and to finish whatever I start and taught me responsibility and if it came down to it they all disciplined me accordingly. NOW here comes where everyone is different. my mom showed me motherly part, shoe taught me to cook, clean, manners, respect, she taught me its okay to cry when yo hurt, its okay to tell people how you feel as long as u are respectful about it. She taught me how to walk in heels and how to sit in dresses, she always was there for me to talk to but that goes for my father as well and they both were all concerned.
My father " DADDY" of course I am a daddy's girl. The bond we always have had and always will be sports. Its odd but my dad me alot just by being active with him in sports. I never understood at that time, but now everything is clear. Every now and then he would always tell me " I dont ever want to see you with a nothing man" ( im sure you can figure the real words out..hahaha). My daddy is the quiet type but when it came to sports it would always start a heart to heart conversation. With that I learned that my daddy would alow my mother to play her role and he would be the background singer, but at any moment he would step up and express himself.
My grannies how to be a good ol' country gal. Taught me the real meaning of hard work in the garden, in the yard, picking plums or peaches. Snapping snap beans, picking greens cooking from scratch. They taught me not to judge and always kept me out of trouble.
From all of these people little bits and pieces have stuck with me throughout life and I soemtimes now find myself refelecting on the influences they have had on me and it motives me when i'm feeling down, depress, or even wanting to give up. At the end of the day they all taught me to KEEP GOD FIRST NO MATTER WHAT I DO.
