Believing That You Can Believing That You Can

them, I admit it is sometimes hard to tell if you are making
the right decision at the time, so you just pray that you have
made all the right choices to be a good person.

As I was growing up, my father felt like he had to hide
me rather than just let me enjoy life. He always thought
someone was going to do something bad to our family. The
reason he thought this is because he had taken a wrong path
in his past. So, he lived with the fear that someone would
take revenge on our family because of what he had done.
And in this town, everyone is either related or knows each
other. So instead of playing with the neighborhood children,
I had to stay at home. If I was caught outside, my daddy
would beat my tail. My mother worked long hours at the
hospital, and it seemed like she was never there for me. To
live, to laugh, to love and adore every moment was
probably someone else's childhood, but my childhood was
dark and lonely. I choose to look forward and make a better
future for my children. I will teach them to see life with
love and affection. I will teach them to love and laugh and
be their own person. I choose a different path than my
parents, so that my children will not feel overprotected and
under loved.

Planning My Daughter’s Wedding

Brian proposed to Patrice on December 18, 2012. They
came to the house for Christmas. Then he pulled me to the
side and asked if he could marry my daughter. “Lets see
what Dad says about that,” I said. Then Dad and I sat them
down and asked, “Are you sure this is what you want?”
They both said, “yes.” In January, Patrice, Allana, and I
went to David’s Bridal to find a wedding dress. We looked
at lot of dresses and she found the right one. Allana looked
at the bridesmaid dresses. Patrice picked a purple one for
Allana. We could not believe we found the right dresses and
we put them on lay-a-way. The next weekend Allana and I
went to Hobby Lobby to look for flowers and champagne
glasses. Later that week Patrice, Allana, and I went back to
Hobby Lobby to buy the flowers. Patrice found roses that
were pink, purple, red, and white.