I come from a world of divorced parents sisters who argue a lot and constantly having to worry about my family. I live in Ventura County with my mom and 2 sisters. there has been a lot of tough times in my life that have brought my sisters and I closer together. I don't have a perfect family. my sister argue a lot and my mom works a lot I see my mom in the morning and at night that's it. sometimes i wish I could hangout with my mom more but she had to do what she has to do to keep us going. i am a competitive cheerleader so my sister don't see me a lot because I'm always at my gym or I'm away at a competition. sometimes I'm happy that I don't have to go home because I just don't want to deal with the arguing or having to do everything around the house. growing up like this has helped me shape who I am today. I know how to take care of myself and I know how to just block everyone out and just focus on the important things First of all, growing up with my family. in the 6th grade my parents divorced. it was a really hard and emotional time that actually brought my sister and I together. my dad left us with no warning so it was really hard to take it all in I would act like everything is fine at school and I was a happy person but at home I would cry every time I talked to my dad on the phone and when he would say bye to me. no one told me what was happening they said that I was "to young to know" but I wasn't I figured it out on my own and that was even harder. my sisters told me that everything was going to be okay and to not worry and they would try to be strong in front of me but I saw the tears in there eyes as they walked away. they couldn't hide it from me I would see my mom cry because she was sad that we were sad and that made it even worse. so 6th grade kinda sucked. I believe that i came a stronger person than I was in 5th grade or anything because I know how to handle things like that I know now that everything turns out to be okay I just have to keep my head up and keep going and to not give up. secondly is cheering. I know you may be wondering how is Cheer setting your goals for life or making you stronger? but it does cheer is my "get away place " I can be myself there and no one will judge me. Cheer can take me to so many places. it can give me scholarships to good schools and it just keeps me healthy. cheer is my place where i go to, to just relax and meet new people cheer has given me so many opportunities already and I am only 14 years old so far have gotten to stay at dorma in UCLA and Irvine and not many kids can say that they have the opportunity. cheer is such a great thing to have in my life and it has helped me through some pretty hard times with my family. Lastly my family. coming from a family that doesn't have the best background has been a crazy experience i have to worry about my family constantly and making sure they're okay. all of my uncles have been in and out of jail and there has been times where I don't see them for a couple of years. those times really sucked because i am really close with my uncles. my uncles have taught me to stand up for myself and don't hold anything back. this is good to know in life because no one should push you around and tell you what to do. there has been a lot of people in my life that has teased me when i was younger because I have always been the youngest one in the group or I had a awkward “buck teeth” but i never let them get to me i would just not care or I would say something back i don't like when people talk behind my back and I think that just rude. growing up being able to stand up for myself and have a lot of self confidence has helped a lot in my teenage age because everyone is going to tease you when you're a teenage everyone is going to judge you so why should you care about what other people think of you and standing up for myself helps me because if someone tells you something and you don't like it don't just stand there and take it stand up for yourself and say something back. in conclusion the world I come from has helped me to be who i am today with being stronger with things, knowing that everything is going to be okay and standing up for my self i am very happy with the world I come from ya its not a perfect world but its great to me.
First of all, growing up with my family. in the 6th grade my parents divorced. it was a really hard and emotional time that actually brought my sister and I together. my dad left us with no warning so it was really hard to take it all in I would act like everything is fine at school and I was a happy person but at home I would cry every time I talked to my dad on the phone and when he would say bye to me. no one told me what was happening they said that I was "to young to know" but I wasn't I figured it out on my own and that was even harder. my sisters told me that everything was going to be okay and to not worry and they would try to be strong in front of me but I saw the tears in there eyes as they walked away. they couldn't hide it from me I would see my mom cry because she was sad that we were sad and that made it even worse. so 6th grade kinda sucked. I believe that i came a stronger person than I was in 5th grade or anything because I know how to handle things like that I know now that everything turns out to be okay I just have to keep my head up and keep going and to not give up.
secondly is cheering. I know you may be wondering how is Cheer setting your goals for life or making you stronger? but it does cheer is my "get away place " I can be myself there and no one will judge me. Cheer can take me to so many places. it can give me scholarships to good schools and it just keeps me healthy. cheer is my place where i go to, to just relax and meet new
people cheer has given me so many opportunities already and I am only 14 years old so far have gotten to stay at dorma in UCLA and Irvine and not many kids can say that they have the opportunity. cheer is such a great thing to have in my life and it has helped me through some pretty hard times with my family.
Lastly my family. coming from a family that doesn't have the best background has been a crazy experience i have to worry about my family constantly and making sure they're okay. all of my uncles have been in and out of jail and there has been times where I don't see them for a couple of years. those times really sucked because i am really close with my uncles. my uncles have taught me to stand up for myself and don't hold anything back. this is good to know in life because no one should push you around and tell you what to do. there has been a lot of people in my life that has teased me when i was younger because I have always been the youngest one in the group or I had a awkward “buck teeth” but i never let them get to me i would just not care or I would say something back i don't like when people talk behind my back and I think that just rude. growing up being able to stand up for myself and have a lot of self confidence has helped a lot in my teenage age because everyone is going to tease you when you're a teenage everyone is going to judge you so why should you care about what other people think of you and standing up for myself helps me because if someone tells you something and you don't like it don't just stand there and take it stand up for yourself and say something back.
in conclusion the world I come from has helped me to be who i am today with being stronger with things, knowing that everything is going to be okay and standing up for my self i am very happy with the world I come from ya its not a perfect world but its great to me.