Aim high…
I have read the material assigned for the week and just wanted to elaborate on an issue that I brought up on the dicussion board. I was fortunate enough to have my mother spend my childhood years with me everyday. She was diagnosed with heart disease and doctors orders required her to quit her job. My mother was about 35 years older than I am and 10 years older than my dad. Infact, she and my dad adopted me when I was 6 weeks old. Well actually they adopted me before I was ever born but due to the circumstances of my health at birth I was not available for them to take me home until I was 6 weeks old. The doctors did not believe that my mother and father could have children so that decided to go ahead and adopt me. WISE DECISION!!! Then after I was 3 years old they found out that my mother was pregnant. Another girl. My family never really treated me as though I wasn’t apart of them directly. I always felt wanted and loved. Like I said, my mother was with my sister and I on a daily basis and the two of us girls were the center of her world. I consider myself to be very lucky to have been able to learn from such an inspiring woman. My mother died in 2005 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Looking back over her life and all the many things she stood for and was a part of is so amazing. I am truley blessed to have had someone of such spirit and grace in my life. Anytime someone made me feel inferior to them, my mother would tell me to not worry about it because one day I would show them what’s what. My mother had a phrase that she would tell me anytime that I had a situation at hand. She would say, ”Everything happens for a reason.” Indeed it does. My poinnt that I am trying to make is that my mother taught me from the very beginning that God sees no color, no sex, and no size. There is nothing in this world that I can’t accomplish. She told me that if I reach for the stars, there is enough out there so eventually I would catch one. :) She was quiet witty. I needed her in my life and it is thanks to her that I am the woman that sits here before you. I know what I want and I know how to get it. She taught me to fight for what I believe in and never let anyone bring me down.
Cari B.
“Everything Happens For A Reason.”
