Life did not start off in the way that I thought it would. As it went on, I have learned not to take anything for granted. Many people that are in your life are not always there to help you. Some are there only to help you fall. Growing up in my view was rather difficult. My mom tried to do the best she could to support our family. Since the year of 1986, my mom has given birth to six beautiful girls, Stevonda O’Dell, Ashley McCall, Lorinda McCall, Rena McCall, Saffara McCall, and Silvia McCall. Many did not believe that my family could bare the excruciating pain of our life, but we seem to have overcome it all. There were many hard trials but, we continued on with life. Growing up was different for my sisters and I. There were many things that I thought were going to hold me back to this day of my life. I did not know my place in life. There are still questions lost with no answers. Answers that I have yet gotten. I guess I was just suppose to stand here and wait? While waiting, my sisters and I went through. My sisters and I were born about a year apart. Living with mom was hard at times, or better yet it was confusing. I can remember when my sisters and I would want to just give in, we did not understand why we were getting treated the way we were. Things were beginning to fall apart. One day my older sister wrote a letter stating, we did not want to be here anymore, and placed the note underneath the door of our bedroom. My mom got hold to the letter. I’m pretty sure mom was deeply hurt. Then again, she may have realized how she treated us also. Sometimes it hurts to think back on it, but it does feel good to say that today I live a different life. I have learned that the past will always be the past. Only you can control your future. Begin your future in the right way. With the Lord in your life, there is no way that the impossible shall not be possible. I have to remind myself daily that I can do all things through Christ that Strengthens me. I finally told the storm in my life to cease. Even though it has seemed that things has gotten hard, I am learning to take control. There may be many memories that linger and won’t seem to go away, but I believe in God and he knows the purpose of everything that happens in our lives.
