Dianne is an inspirational woman who has changed the lives of many of her family and friends. Though Dianne has gone through some tough times, she hasn't let it slow her down. She still keeps going regardless of the situation and has lived an incredibly interesting life. This is the story of Dianne Oliphant-Birch, my mother and my best friend. I chose to do the biography on my mom because she is my hero. She has helped me through both the good times and bad. She is an encouraging woman who has taught me to keep fighting even in the toughest times when I've felt overwhelmed with school and friends. She is an amazing person who always puts her loved ones before herself. Not only does my mom work full time during the week, she also has a part time job that she does after hours and on weekends, and all while studying to get her Associates Degree in Financial Management. She …show more content…
She lived with them on their farm with her three cousins for one year. Kempton Park was about an hour away from where her parents lived and they would visit as often as they could Dianne thought she did way too much for everybody on the farm. She did everyone's laundry, woke everyone up with breakfast, made everyone lunch, cleaned the house, and between her and one other female cousin, Bernita, they made everyone dinner. While her and Bernita where doing the indoor work, her male cousins were doing the outdoor dirty work. All the kids still had to go to school between all the work that had to be done. When life on the farm became too much to handle, Dianne moved back home to her mom and dad and started back at her original high school, Bedfordview High School, half way through 11th grade. There, Dianne became friends with Elaine Pyles. Elaine was dating Maurice Robinson and Maurice was best friends with Andrew Birch. And that is how Dianne met
Deen lived in the city she was born in, Albany, up until her teen years were over. She went to Baconton Elementary School; this school was about a five mile bus ride from her grandp...
When she was just four years old, her mother had died, causing her father to take all the children to a small town Clover, Virginia, to divide the children amongst the many relatives that had lived there. Henrietta went to her grandfather to a small four-room cabin, which was formerly a slave house, and was dubbed the “home-house” by the family. Once there she helped pick the sticky tobacco in the fields that surrounded the house with her cousins after she had finished tending to the animals in at the farm her grandfather owned. At night she and her cousins would make a bonfire and tell stories and have fun like all kids do when they are young. There was one cousin in particular with whom she had grown a special connection with David Lacks, her grandfather’s other grandchild. Henrietta and Day (the family called David this because of their southern drawl) played and worked in the fields together, they also shared a bed with one another in the
Robin Does not remember what her life was like before the age of 11, but in the eighth grade she remembers going to school at Nathaniel Bowditch School in Salem, Massachusetts . This was around the same time that she got placed with the Dupuis’s. In high school Robin played volleyball and soccer cheerleading in school. After being adopted at 16 Robin did not do a lot of after school activities because she had finally gotten what she had been waiting for her whole life. A family that loved and cared for her. She spent most of her time with her family at camp in the summer boating and fishing.
Sally grew up in a very close knit neighborhood where everyone knew everybody and some of
For instance, Edie was comfortable in bathing once per week since she was used to do so in village. “I had a bath once a week” (27). In addition, her background ensured that she was full all the time and thus working at Mrs. Peebles house was that she would sometimes get hungry. This made her to find way out to fight the hunger. “I used to bring back a box of doughnuts out at home…” (24).
Without her, who knows where we would be today. She taught all of us so much. Even though she did not give birth to us she is still our mom. She was there for every basketball, football, and volleyball game my brothers and I played.
My mother was not only worry and take care of me, she always by my side when I need her help. I felt sad, my mother always by my side to talk and to console. While I am glad, my mother is always been there to share and listen to me. When I failed to do something, my mother who was gave me advices. She has always supported me in all my choices. She tried to make me strong people with independent minds. I looks to her in hopes that someday I will be as happy, as strong and as well as