College

  There are so many reasons why I came to college. I never got the chance to go to college after high school because I was so busy taking care of my children. I didn't really worry about going to college during these twelve years I haven't been in school because I was always too busy. I worked and always had a good job
but I felt as if I needed to go back to college. Without a college degree you can't get a good job that you actually enjoy doing these days. I would love to get a job that I love going to everyday, most likely that job would be in the medical area and I really hope after I get my degree I can find a job easily. My kids are now all in school and I thought to myself, why not go back to school now that I'm not so busy. Coming back to school was very important to me and I hope I set a good example for my children too, so they know that going to college is very important.

My mother

   Everyone has someone that inspires them. Whether it's family, a friend, or even a celebrity. The person that inspires me the most is my mother. My mother was such a wonderful person, she would always be smiling even when something goes wrong. I never understood why she would be smiling even during rough times. She always donated to charities and we always seemed to have guests over at our house whether it was family or even neighbors. Our house was always loud filled with people, my mother would invite people over to eat lunch or dinner with us pretty much every night. I miss her so much right now because I haven't seen her in about 18 years and it will be 19 years this May, 26, 2012. I remember her everyday when I take care of my kids, the love my mother gave us when I was a little girl. My mother used to work complicated hours, sometimes she worked in the morning and sometimes at night. Me and my sisters sometimes didn't see her but she was always there when we needed her. She never used to come home empty-handed, she always brought candy, clothes, or even toys everyday. My mother taught us to always love and help each other no matter what happens in life. I call her everyday, and she will always be in my heart and I hope one day she will see my own kids and how I raised them. My mother was an amazing woman and mother, she will always inspire me.

   

The Glass Castle Review

The Glass Castle was a very interesting book. The Walls family went through a lot of hardships in their life. The parents could have lived a normal life and let their kids grow up going to school with lunch, nice clothes but they chose not to. They hated the government. The children grew up and matured faster than children should. Like when Jeannette was only three years old and she was cooking herself her own hot dogs and she got burnt. The day she got out of the hospital for her burns, she was cooking her own hot dogs once again and instead of her mom stopping her she encouraged her.
Their mother was never really there for her children neither was their father. Even when he asked the children if he ever let them down they always said yes when he wasn't listening. The kids grew up taking care of themselves and soon enough they figured out that if they wanted to leave West Virginia, they were going to have to do it themselves. When Jeannette was leaving it was sad that her mom was crying because Jeannette was going to get away while she was stuck in West Virginia and not because she was going to miss her daughter. Their life was miserable. I can't imagine having my family live like that. After all that though I'm surprised that the children turned out so normal with normal jobs like being an author or a police officer.