It was not until recently that I started to embrace life for what its worth. For me this meant the simple things, life, breathing, eating, talking, and sleeping. It has been my family and friends that have become the most important things to me within in the past few years. "I feel like my life has been something of a big roller coaster so far." I never thought I would learn and experience everything that I have, at only seventeen. .
Now I find myself taking a few steps backwards to experience the kid I didn't take advantage of at the time. To get out of the hectic world for a few minutes or hours, and really indulge in the things I have been so lucky to have and been given. My mother was always by biggest failure in life until just recently. I never felt I understood her and, of course, how could I when I was just a kid? However, it goes far beyond that. It was just us girls growing up, my father had left us at an early age. My mother worked so hard to give my sister and I everything we wanted. I was always blissful and pleased with what I had and received, but too young to understand that my mother was not. Nevertheless, I am older now, I do understand, and it is the best feeling in the world! I strive to do well in life and become someone that is successful, and in high spirits, all for my mother. To see her happy and repay her someday for all that she has done for me. .
I started dancing and doing gymnastics at age three and continued until I was thirteen. I always enjoyed and succeeded in both, winning state and national titles left and right. I spent twenty hours a week at the gym and forty hours at school and I learned a lot from the people I was around. They became my family and helped me to grow. They taught me many valuable lessons in life. Doing the sport for so long has given me discipline, trust, respect, commitment, so many virtues that are important to me now.
