Shamika

The person who has impact my life the most is my mother Shamika. “Live Your Live Like it’s the Last Day”. My mother told me that because she said that any day in a minute you can just drop dead so you should always live your life like it's your last day. My Mom had me at a early age. Yes she was only 16 but she did a good job with that. She got through Elementary, Middle School, High School, and even college (Mount Saint Marys) with a baby on her side. My mother and I have been though happy times, sad times, hard times but hey we stand strong.

Man, my mom has done a lot for me if I really look back. I've watched my mom get physically abused right before my eyes and I didn’t know what to do. I was scared as I don’t know what but my mom is still here. And even though she knows what happened in the past she still keeps a smile on her face for me and my little brother. And I know deep down inside of her she is hurting just like I am. I know some people's parents get mad and stuff when their kids get bad grades but my mom is not like that. She tries and helps me with my work to get better. And when I do get As and Bs she is happy for me. She might get me little something but I'm not looking for that because I know that’s what I'm supposed to be doing but she get stuff for me anyway.

My mom just graduated 2 years ago from Mount Saint Mary's College to be a RN, which is a nurse. I don’t know what they do, I just know they do what regular nurses do and much more. And they make a lot of money. My mom has told me that one of the reasons she got that job is to get nice things for me and my brother and we do have very nice things. My brother and I are sometimes really bad and she tries her best to get along with me and him and I know it's hard because I know how he acts and I know how I act too and that’s just very hard and we are always arguing with her, going back and forth with her, giving her a hard time and I know it's hard for her because like I said before we can be bad.

It has been so hard for my mom since her father Fredrick passed away on June 3, 2007, and she was just getting really close to her father right before he passed and she was very sad when that happened and she had a test that next day and she tried her best to do well on her test and she did - she got an A right after the day he past and that is good because right after someone past you really can't jump up the next day and go take a test an get an A. But she did it.

My mom is a single parent and my dad comes in and out of my life so my mom is my mom and my dad and I thank her for that. It's hard to be a mom and to be a mom and a dad to two kids. That is one reason I admire her. She showed me even if somebody is not there for you, you still keep your head up high and keep pushing and don’t let anyone pull you down. I am so thankful for her. She is a cool mom. All she has to do is put food on the table a roof over my head and clothes on my body but she does so much more for me. When I grow up I want to be just like her.