3 people

                Three people who have been important in my life are my mom, my dad, and my cousin.  Obviously my mother gave me life which is why she is so important.  I am 20 years old and I moved out of my mother’s house @ age 18.  I have not contacted her since I moved out because I want to be free to express myself and do things my own way.  It was very stressful living in that house, just all of the hard times I faced growing up continued to linger.  My mother often succumbs to her emotions and this has inspired me to always exercise self-control and maintain a calm train of thought.  I feel like I have been reborn w/ a second chance at a good live and my own survival is what motivates my every action.

                Next, my father (or lack thereof) has affected my life.  He has been in n out of jail and prison  for my whole life.  He missed numerous events in my life, my 1^st day of high school, my graduation, my 1^st job, starting college.  The bulk of his criminal activity is comprised of theft.  He steals things like cases of beer, dvd players, video games, and who knows what else.  However, when he was around he gave good advice although he didn’t set a good example.  When I got a lil older I became good at stealing things.  However I decided to stop b4 I got arrested. My father’s mistakes allow me to learn from them w/o making the same ones.

                Lastly, since I would live my life without parents and didn’t have much friends I would hang around a lot with my older cousin.  He did not have a father who would serve as an example and make the mistakes for him,  so he made the mistakes himself.  He started off ditching school and smoking marijuana.  Then he developed an addiction to crystal meth.  I had a chance to witness people getting “tweeked out” and it seemed unappealing to me so I had a strong will to never try it.  Although some people suspect that I do that drug because I would be around it a lot that is the reason why I never tried it.  All the people who I have seen try it have never stopped.