Saturday, September 22, 2012

Personal Childhood Web

When I was a child there were five extradionary people who made my childhood wonderful and are still a major part of my life today. Carmalisa James (my mother) is the nuturing, loving, and happy person that I could go to for anything. She made me feel so special because she told me that she loved every single day and she still does to this day. Phil James (my father) is the caring protective father and any girl would have dreamed of. He pushed me to further my education because he only has a high school degree and wished he could have gone farther. He stressed the importance of education and the main reason why I am in school today. Yaka James (my sister) is the big sis that I would not trade for the world. She taught me how to be strong in very difficult situations and how to speak up for myself. She is the person of courage that sits on my shoulder everyday when I feel that things are getting too tough to handle. Cementra Wolfe (my grandmother) is the 4'11 woman who has skin as tough as leather but her heart is so giving and loving. She was the person I would turn to for advice and she would give it to me straight, no sugar coating here with this lady. Finally Eric Robinson (my godfather) although this loving is no longer on this earth I feel the presence of him all the time. He made me laugh and brought a smile to my face everytime I saw him. He made me feel that when I was with him, I was THE only important thing that mattered to him. All of these people are the reason why I am who I am today. Independent, strong, loving, caring and educated.

4 comments:

  1. Kami:
    I do sense the strong impact that these people had and are still having on your personal development.Keep up the good work of excelling!I am like your big sister to my family members and my two daughters.

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  2. It sounds like you have a very loving family. Our families have a huge impact of how we turn out when we get older. Having a strong family influence our lives helps us grow up into responsible and procductive adults of society that have morals and values like our own families did.

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  3. Kami,

    I'm glad you had a family that supported healthy development. I'm sorry to hear about your godfather but appreciate the fact that you still believe in his presence.

    Annie P.

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  4. I am sure it was a wonderful experience growing up to always have a support system from your immediate family. Also think it is very special the bond you held with your godfather. When we are children growing up we never know how a relationship with persons other than our parents will influence our lives. In that same fashion we will never know how much we as educators can influences lives of children now.

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