Personal Childhood Web

When ask who are the people in my are the people in my life who cared about me? To come up with just five was not an easy task.  So I came up with five groups of people.

1. God
2.  My Family
1. My parents
2. My sister
3. Katherine Johnson my grandmother
4. My husband
3. The Harris Family
4. Laura Wright
5. The Ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.

I am a very religious person and believe with out God then nothing is possible.  My strength lies within my  faith and beliefs.  I was raised in the church since a young child with a strong since that whatever you want out of life as long as you put God first you can do the impossible.  My mother has instilled this  belief in God since I was a child.  I thank God for all the accomplishments I have achieved in my life.  All things are possible with God. God makes me feel special by waking me up every morning, blessing me with the gift to learn and teach. The strength to face the impossible. God gives me the reason to dream and believe in myself. People may ask how can you have faith in something you can see.  I see God everyday, the world is a miracle and we live in this miracle.

 

 

My parents even though they divorced when I was 5 years old have both been very supportive of me.  With every event I have had in my life my family has been there for.  My father passed away over 10 years ago but the lesson he taught me will forever be with me.  My sister has been my biggest cheerleader.  She has been my inspiration for doing what I do.  She opened her first daycare center over 20 years ago out of her home and now has three success centers.  She has raised her children as a single parent until she remarried 5 years ago.  My grandmother Katherine Johnson was my best friend.  Every summer, holiday, or break I was at her house.  I had the opportunity to learn what it meant to be a special person from my grandmother.  She never came across a stranger.  She loved everyone, I believe that from her I have my strong sense of love and family.  She was the glue that kept us together.  Last but not less my husband.  For the past 20 years he has been my study partner, my friend and the person who listen to all my good and bad times.  He stays up with me late at night, and he pushes me to be the best that I can be.  My family as a whole as always made me feel special.  They have had unconditional love for me and have stood by me through the good and the bad.  They all have motivated and push me to achieve my goals, to learn, to grow and reach for the stars.  The love my family has for me and the love I have for them is the greatest gift God could have ever given me.



The Harris family was the family that gave me that safe haven, when things were not so right at home.  We have all had issue in life with our parents and siblings, this was the place I could go to get away and think about the situation at hand.  Mr. and Mrs. Harris was not the type to tell me I was right when I was clearly wrong, the told it like it was.  There was no sugar coating or saying what I wanted to hear the were brutally honest.  I was more wrong than right.  When ever I need to get away they were there.  Angie is my best friend and her parents became my second set of parents.  They took me in and made me feel like I was truly apart of their family, and to this day I am still close to them and have a bond with the entire family that can never be broken.



Laura Wright has been my friend since before I can remember.  She is a true friend.  How she makes me feel is special is she have never left my side.  We have been through a lot together and still continue to be each other support system. We graduated together, and we started college together.  All our first we have been there for each other.  She is like my sister and I love her and she love me. 



My Sorority sisters have help me grow in ways I could never imagine.  Since joining the sorority I have come out of my shy and quite shell.  They have help to develop my leadership skills and have motivated me to continue with my education and all my goals in life.  How does this group make me feel special, it  the sisterhood, when things may not be going as well there is always someone to call.  For example, I just had to make a trip out of town to visit my Father in Law who has cancer.  I reached out to the organization to let the local chapter know I would be in town.  The support and love that these ladies who I never meet showed me and my family was amazing.   When you can go to a city and fellowship with women you never meet and instantly feel as if you have know them all your life is a special gift.  These women far and near make me feel special to be just apart of this organization.  Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. is just not 3 letters and two colors, it a whole new family and to know I am a part of it makes me feel special.