I come from a family who is very supportive and caring for one another. Earlier in my life when I was little it wasn’t always like this though. When my sister Destinie and I were growing up we didn’t really have a mother or father figure in our lives because our dad was in and out of jail for drugs and our mom was always working. Now that we’re older we have a better family and a lot more care from our step dad James and our mom.
My sister and I were raised to be responsible and respectful people who know right from wrong and to be leaders nor followers. We were raised mostly by our grandparents because we lived with them until my mom could afford to get us a new home. My mom was working at a gas station a lot and when she wasn’t at work she would go out to parties with her friends and would leave me and my sister at home with our grandparents. My dad on the other hand was in and out of jail and we didn’t have a good relationship with him until we started getting a little older. Alcoholism is very common on both sides of my family so sometimes when my grandparents would watch my sister and I one or both of them would be drinking and they’d start to fight. Luckily my great grandma lives at my grandparents too and helped take care of us a lot but when she couldn’t my sister and I had to pretty much take care of each other. This taught us how to do things and learn on our own and be strong for each other.
A few years later my mom met a guy at work when I was about 8 and my sister was 6. They started dating and were together for about 7 years until they got married. My step dad has helped my mom, sister, and myself out so much and became that father figure me and my sister needed in our life. We’re so grateful that he was willing to take us three in and take care of us for the 11 years he’s been in our life. Still till this day he has still been around to take care of us and give us everything we need to be successful and happy. Even when me, my sister, and mom have messed up he still always sticks around and for that we will always appreciate him.
Although my sister and I have faced these obstacles growing up, we’re certain that we’re going to do something good with our lives because we have a great and supportive family that will give us all of the tools we need to be successful. It was hard for both of us growing up but we’re glad we had to face all of the obstacles we did because it made us stronger peo ple and now that we have great lives we know we’re extremely blessed.