Influence On Sonya Carson's Life

Novel #3

Sonya Carson influenced her sons life in many ways, such as motivation, sacrifices, and fate.

Most importantly Sonya gave Ben motivation. As he was a young boy he went through a lot of difficulties, grades started to drop, and he wasn’t believing in himself. He had told her he wanted to become a Doctor. Due to the fact that his grades were dropping Sonya made limited Television time to 2 shows a week, both boys had to go to the library, read at least 2 books a week and write a report on them. Sonya encouraged Ben to always to better, never give up and he would succeed in what he wanted to do with life.

His mother also made many sacrifices. With the divorce she was going through when Ben was eight, she fell into a depression.

She knew she had to get help with herself in order to “be a successful parent” Realizing it was effecting the boys with her being gone to rehab and the boys staying with the neighbor she had to make a move to help herself and the kids. Moving the kids to Boston where there was family and the boys could really get the love that they deserved. Still going to rehab months upon months, she also continued to work 2 to 3 jobs at a time to make sure the boys had what they needed. She would use the bill money to buy Ben clothes when he wanted to fit in.

Finally, she had fate. She always had her favorite quote in the back of her mind, “Learn to do your best, god would do the rest”. Believing in god gave her the wisdom to raise the boys on her own, helped her cope with anxiety and depression. She was a true believer of this. With god in her, she taught the Ben to believe in and he would take care of him. Ben found this to be true when he was 14 and made a stupid decision to stab a friend because of his anger issues.