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AUNT MINNIE

MY GREAT AUNT WAS THE NURTRE OF THE FAMILY. THIS GREAT LADY WAS THE GLUE OF THE FAMILY SEEING HER MADE ME THE CARING AND LOVING PERSON I AM TODAY.WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IF THERE WAS A FAMILYY MEMBER SICK SHE WAS RIGHT BY THERE SIDED. A PRIME EXAMPLE MY MOM WORKED NIGHTS AND NOT WANTING ME AND MY SLIBING TO BE ALONG WE STAYED AT HER HOME ALL WEEK UNTIL FRIDAY AFTER SCHOOL WE WENT HOME.SHE INFLUENCED MY TO ALWAYS PUT FAMILY FRIST. I REMEMBER HER STATED WHEN YOU BECOME A PARENT ALWAYS PUT GOD IN THEIRS LIVES WITHOUT HIM FOR GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH.

UNCLE CHARLIE

THIS MAN WAS THE FATHER THAT I NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE. HE MADE SURE THAT EVERY SUMMER MY SISTER AND TRAVEL TO CHICAGO.THIS WAS A HAPPY TIME FOR US GETTTING TO VISIT A BIG CITY AND TO EXPERENIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURALS.GROWNIG UP AND SEEING HIM TAKING CARE OF HIS FAMILY MADE ME VAULE THE UNITY OF MARRIAGE. I CAN REMEMBER HIM SAYING TO MY SISTER AND I IF YOU FIND A GOOD MAN THERE’S NOTHING HE WOULDN’T DO FOR HIS FAMILY AND WORDS DON’T HAVE TO BE SPOKEN. THIS WAS JUST SOME OF THE WISED STATMENTS HE SHARED WITH US DURING THE YEARS AND I RECALL HIM SAYING GET YOUR EDUCATION THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM FOR ALL OF US TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND GO ON THE COLLEGE. MY BIGGEST WISH WAS TO MAKE HIM VERY PROUD OF ME AND THW PERSON I’VE BECOME THROUGH THE YEARS.

FANNIE MAE

I LOVE THIS LADY TO DEATH EVERYTIME I SAY HER THERE WAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE.

DURING THIS TIME I WAS AROUND 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD. ICAN REMBER THIS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY SITTING ON THE STEPS WATING FOR HER TO WALK PASS MY HOUSE AFTER WORK. SHE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE ME SOMETHING IN HER BAG JUST FOR ME LOOKING BACK ON THIS WAS MY FIRST STEPS OF LEARNING HOW TO EMBRACE SOMEONE WHO SHOWED ME LOVE. JUST NOT WITH THE SNACK IN HER BAG BUT HOW SHE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE WHEN HER AND I EMBRACED EACH EITHER WITH A HUG. I ALLSO REMEMBER HER SAYING TO MY MOM THIS IS MY BABY AND SHE STAY IN MY LIFE UNTIL HER DEATH NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. HAVING HER IN MY LIFE GAVE ME A SENSE OF BELONG AND HAVING A MOTHER DAUGTHER RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE YEARS.

LINDA

THIS IS MY OLDER SISTER MORE LIKE A MOTHER. THE REASON FOR THIS MY MOM WAS A SINGLE PARENT AND SHE WORKED AT NIGHT SO ALONG WITH MY AUNT SHE CARED FOR MY BROTHER AND I. MAKING SURE HOMEWORK WAS DONE AND EITHER THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE WERE OKAY. MY SISTER SHOWED ME THAT LIFE WAITS FOR KNOW ONE BUT YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BE BETTER AND STOP USING WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE AS A EXCUSE TO BE BETTER IN LIFE. ONE TIME I CAN RECALL HER COMBING MY HAIR AND IN HER MOTHER VOICE I’M NOT GOING TO KEEP ON TELLING TO STAY OUT THE GRASS PLAYING IT’S GETTING IN YOUR HAIR JUST HER VOICE ALONG SHOEWD MY THAT LISTEN OR ELSE. HAVING HER AS MY BIG SISTER WAS GREAT THE BOND THAT KNOW MATTER WHAT BIG OR SMALL I HAVE YOUR BACK. AND THAT IS WHAT SISTER LOVE IS ALL ABOUT I WOULDN’T TRADE HER ALL THE MONEY IN THWE WORLD.

MISS BARBARA ELLIS

MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER SHE MADE A BIG IMPACT IN MY LIFE. I REMEMBER SITTING IN CLASS WAITING TO SEE HOW SHE WAS DRESSED TODAY. THE CLOTHES SHE WEAR ALWAYS ON POINT AND SHE HAD THIS WALK LIKE I’M EDUCATED AND SOPHISTICATED AND THE WORLD CAN’T HOLD BE BACK. THIS WAS THE FIRST BLACK TEACHER THAT I’VE HAD AND SEEING THIS BLACK LADY WITH POISE AND GREAT GRAMMER WAS THE BEGINNING FOR THIS IS WHEN I KNEW I WANTED TO BECOME A TEACHER. JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE A BIG IMPACK ON A CHILDS LIFE SPEAKS VOLUME. AND SHE MADE EACH CHILD FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ANYTHING BIG OR SMALL THAT WE COULDN’T ACHIEVE. AND IN HER CLASS THE SAYING WAS NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN’T DO PROVE THEM ALL WRONG.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY. WITH THERE HELP IN MOLDING ME TO BECOME A NURTURING, CARING, AND LOVING PERSON THAT I HOPE ONE DAY MY LITTLE SCHOLARS WOULD SAY HOW I IMPACKED THEIR LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY.