Personal Childhood Web

When thinking about the people who touched my life as a child and who continue to have an influence on me I have many people in mind but I will take the top five and tell you about them.
The first person that I would have to give credit to would be the lady who kept me from the time I was born when my mama had to go back to work. Her name was Mary Lizzie Dent. She worked for the Parker family through the years but she was like a second grandmother to me. No one else could keep me if they tired I would cry all day long and mama would have to take off work and come and get me. Mary Lizze had a special touch on my heart. She taught me many thing throughout my life. She taught me that you can be anything you want to be and that you never let anyone tell you different. She taught me about how to treat people and that if I wanted to be treated right then you had to do right as a person. She was a great lady and we shared many good times together. If Mary Lizzie couldn't do it then nobody couldn't. She was a very, very, special person who today I miss greatly. I wish she was still her today so that my children could have gotten a dose of values. They wouldn't make it with Mary Lizzie but I know she would love them to the moon and back as she did me and I did her. The second person I would have to say would be my first grade teacher Mrs. Sadie Brantely. She was the best teacher anyone could ask for. She took me under her wing and showed me what learning was about. She had the special touch that touched me and left a lasting effect on me. She taught me that you have to apply yourself in school and learn all you can. She made me understand that school would be the place that would carry you on in life and just how important it was to do your best. She also found out that I had a hearing problem and brought that to my mother. I was diagnosed with a never hearing loss and had to have hearing aid to help me understand better. Without her taking the time and noticing this I might have fallen behind in school. She was the teacher that everyone would love to have had. She was everyone's favorite. She was the type of teacher that I want to be and she showed me that you have to love your job and want to serve the students you teach to the best of your ability. She wanted us all to learn and that is what I want for my students and that is to leave a lasting and great learning experience for them. The third person I would like to say was a part of my life would be my grandmother. Mama Madge was the best. She would take me and teach me the importance of how to treat people. She showed me that you must love everyone regardless of who they are. She was a Christian woman who wanted each of her grandchildren to serve the Lord. She taught us that God was an important part of our lives and that we must serve him and love him. She taught us that without him things could be hard. She basically taught us just how great life is with God on your side. Her religious values have impacted me greatly throughout my life. I have seen the many good things she talked about throughout the years and I have seen the things that happen when you stray from God. This is a lady who I greatly miss a whole lot and would give anything to have her back but I know she in happy and living a life far better than us. Just like the song goes "If Heaven wasn't so far away I would pack up the kids and go for the day" I would give them a chance to get to know her and how just wonderful she was and how much she loved life. The fourth person would have to be my mother. Without her I would be nothing. She taught me so many values about life. She was a single mother most of her life raising me. She taught me that if you want something out of life you have to work for it. She worked two jobs to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. My daddy wouldn't contribute anything to help and back then child support was if you paid you did and if you didn't it was fine. There wasn't any rules about child support then like they are today. She was a high school dropout but later and when I say later she was up into her late 30's when she decided to go back to school. She earned her GED and then off to college she went. Also, by this time she had remarried and my stepfather was the father I never had. He stood by her side. She would work all day and then at night he would drive her to college about 2 hours away and sit and wait on her until class was over. She did this until she earned her degree in business. She then got the job she retied from and that was with the Department of Family and Children Services. She continues to this day show me many things in life that I need to see. She still keeps me on the right track. She showed me that life is what you make it and when you if you want something and set your mind to it then you can do it. She is also the perfect grandmother for my children. Also, without my stepfather I would be nothing. He is the greatest and he loves my children as if they were his own. I couldn't have asked for a better life and I thank God everyday for my mother and for bringing my stepfather into our lives. The final person I give credit for is our Heavenly Father above. Where would I be without him. He is the person who gives me the stenght to carry on each day. He has been there for me through the bad and good times. He has given many wake up calls to get me back to where I need to be. Without him life would be tough. He makes things in life easier. He is a friend who is always there when you need him and he never leaves my side. I thank him each and everyday for the blessings he has given me. Each of these people have given me so much to be thankful for and each have been and still is a blessing in my life. I continue to this day to carry on the values and lesson they have taught me in life and I also share these values and lesson with my own children.