In life, everyone has someone who has helped shape them into the person they have become. My mother shaped me into the person I have become because throughout my life she has always stayed by my side through everything. My mom was there for me even when she could not be there for herself.
Every day in my life my mom has lectured me to become great in order to have the life that I wanted to live. She sets her life as an example of what not to do and motivation to achieve more than she has. At the age of seventeen, my mom made a decision that affected the rest of her life. She had me. After that, her regular teenage life ended. She had to give up the option of going to college in order to provide for me as well as herself, which gave her responsibilities that she as a teenager should not have to deal with. This exploited the idea to make smart choices or else consequences would come about. I took my mom’s past and have made sure to always make responsible decisions.
My mom uses her past as an example of not to make the bad choices as she did. Not only the ones she made as a teenager, but as well as the ones she continues to make to this day. She preaches to me all the time, “The choices you make now will affect your future.”
My mom has helped me become the responsible young adult that I am today. Her advice is something I will always cherish because she has experienced so much. I now have high goals for myself because I plan on succeeding in life to create a life where my family as well as I can enjoy life to its fullest.
I will go to any extent to be successful and to always give one hundred percent in everything I do. My mom may acknowledge her life as an example, but to me she is my inspiration. I consider her my inspiration because even though she made mistakes as a teenager, I think she still came out pretty successful.