What it is to be Mawmaw
Mawmaw is a brown hair brown eyed beautiful, yet fierce woman. She was born on August 18, 1947 making her 68 years old now. She was blessed with three beautiful children, two girls, and one boy. She also has nine grandchildren, with me being one of them, and spends a lot of time with them. Mama is married and has been married twice prior to the current marriage she's in now. She has four siblings and all, three brothers and one sister. This making Mawmaw the second oldest, yet she has always been the oldest when it comes to wisdom and responsibility of her siblings. With having a life that wasn't the easiest, she made the best of it and definitely has a good story to tell now.
The childhood Mawmaw had to endure wasn't
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Going into 9th grade is when it hit her; she knew she could go to school and work hard and eventually obtain a career in anything she desired. High school was her turning point, and high school became her favorite. After she came to the realization of what she could do, she worked hard, and strived to make good grades, especially because she wanted to keep playing basketball. Mawmaw played on her high school’s varsity team starting in just 9th grade, and made a big name for herself in that. She became very popular because she didn’t follow anyone and lead her own way, becoming a star player and scoring over 20 points a game. She said she lived and breathed basketball, and it helped her with so many things, including confidence, and independence. When she was 15 years old she lost her father, and not long after her father passed away and her mother remarried to his brother, which according to Mawmaw this ended up being an even worse living situation. All through high school she had her eye on her diploma and knew if she had that she could eventually do what she had dreamt of doing, and eventually moving out and making a better living situation for herself. Her parents influenced her, but not in the ways most parents do. Mawmaw said they influenced her to do the opposite of what …show more content…
Mawmaw’s adulthood wasn't as ideal as she had expected although it took years into her adulthood to find happiness. After her first marriage, which unfortunately ended in divorce, she was left with two children that were 11 months apart, the oldest being a girl, my mother, and the second a boy, to fully take care of. She never gave up them or her situation, and worked hard to provide good living situations and love for them as they grew up. According to Mawmaw she was determined to not use the same parenting style as her parents. She said that she didn’t use a particular parenting style and in her words, “I just used moderate spanking, a lot of understanding, a lot of love, with a dash of grounding”. While she was still in her first marriage and her two children were still young. She went to school for cosmetology and obtained her cosmetology license. She was married a second time and in this marriage she was blessed with her final child, being a girl. This marriage was also less than ideal and came with a lot of hardships resulting in yet one more divorce. After this marriage ended she was left to take care of her daughter who had an 18 year age difference from her last child. She raised her daughter alone basically and gave her a good life while she ran a salon she opened before her marriage to her
Your dreams of being someone may not turn out the way you think they will. The documentary Hoop Dreams is a story about two boys from the ghetto that want to play in the NBA. Arthur ¨Man”Agee goes to Marshalls and William Gates goes to St. Joseph’s which are both situated in Illinois, where their dreams of becoming a pro basketball player vanished. Both of the boys face obstacles that are outside of themselves. Arthur´s family struggled with money, education, and pressure from others hurts him. Also, William struggled with balancing his family with basketball, the pressure from others, and education.
Her birth name is Pat Sue Head. She was born in June of 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was the second to youngest in the family of seven. Pat was 5 foot 9 in the third grade, talk about a giant! Pat was raised in a strict environment. Her father Richard Head expected the best of his kids. He expected them to be hard workers and to do work around the farm. Every morning Pat had to wake up at five in the morning to go work on the farm before school. Her father never told his kids that he loved them; he never hugged them her father believed in tough love. At Pats sixteenth birthday party she had to work on the farm and missed her entire party. Pats father supported her wanting to pursue her dream in playing basketball. Richard Head built a basketball court on top of the hayloft, and strung lights so Pat and her siblings could play at night. When Pat reached high school her father moved the whole family across the county line six miles to Henrietta, so that she could play basketball, because the school she’d been assigned to in Clarksville didn’t have a team for girls. Basketball in Pats day was slowly growing. Pat Summitt took her basketball talents to play college ball at UT Martian.
Imagine your only child being killed for just for talking, flirting, or even whistling at a person who is the opposite race as you are. Well that’s exactly what happen a women name Mamie till. Her only son Emmett till was killed for just whistling at a white woman. Mamie was so anger and hurt that she exposes Emmett tills body for the whole world to see what racism lead to. Exposing Emmett tills body change on how America views on racism.
From being able to save up money to buy a car and move out to West Virginia and then leaving the responsibility of finances and income to her children, Rose Mary Wall’s helped put Jeanette and her siblings through a hard and tough childhood. Although, a debate could be made that with all the awful impacts that the mother had on her children, all she really did was actually positively influence them to be able to conquer any hardship that they may face in their life. In the end, Rose Mary Wall’s character of being independent, unreasonable, and stubborn did both positively and negatively impact her children’s lives through the hardships they all faced
In youth and throughout life, children look to their parents for answers. Providing advice, tough love, and unconditional support is part of the job description for many parents. In The Other Wes Moore, the audience witnesses first-hand accounts of having a mother that takes on both “mother” and “father” roles. Wes’s mother is strong, courageous, and compassionate, while the Other Wes Moore’s mother is just as compassionate, but naive and in denial of her child’s faults. Wes’s mother, for instance, held high expectations for her son in school, considering the sacrifices she made to send him to the school she wished she could attend in her youth. When hearing of Wes’s grades she says, “Well your grades aren’t bad because you can’t pick this stuff up or because you are stupid, you are just not working hard enough” (76). From there, she proceeds to send Wes to military school, which
Parenting has been a long practice that desires and demands unconditional sacrifices. Sacrifice is something that makes motherhood worthwhile. The mother-child relationship can be a standout amongst the most convoluted, and fulfilling, of all connections. Women are fuel by self-sacrifice and guilt - but everyone is the better for it. Their youngsters, who feel adored; whatever is left of us, who are saved disagreeable experiences with adolescents raised without affection or warmth; and mothers most importantly. For, in relinquishing, a mother feels strong and liberal; and in guild she finds the motivation to right wrong.
Kobe grew up around basketball since his father was a professional NBA player. Every time his father “Jellybean Joe” had a game, Kobe would attend and tried not to miss a game. Instantly, Kobe would challenge himself by studying his father’s moves, and imitate the moves he had studied. Kobe’s grandparents encouraged his dreams about playing basketball and would mail him NBA games and Kobe would study the tapes as well (“JockBio: Kobe Bryant Biography”). During his high school year, Kobe joined his school’s basketball team and led his team to the championship. Because of his authentic skills and keeping up with his grades, he was able to come out of high school and prepare for the NBA Draft.
Starting my freshman year at County High School, I played basketball and loved every minute of it. I wouldn’t be conceited enough to say I was good, but God did bless me with the talent to play. My life revolved around the sport of basketball; some would say I slept, ate, and breathed every part of it. I spent all my time training and practicing to make myself a more dedicated athlete. This dedication not only helped me as a player, but also molded me into the person I am today. It somehow helped to prepare me for what defeat I would face with back surgery in the future.
Terry and Gabby moved to St. Petersburg, Florida and Terry enrolled Gabby into Keswick Christian school. At first, Gabby didn’t fit in and people made fun of her (Morgan 21). Gabby got her height from both of her parents, and she always was taller than most of her friends. Her height played a large roll in how she got into sports. She joined Keswick’s basketball and volleyball team (Gabrielle Reece 1). Gabby went to state championships her in her first season for basketball. She only played basketball for two seasons, but she didn’t see herself playing it in the future. However, Gabby played volleyball on both a school team and a club volleyball te...
The greatest influence on my life has been my family. Thirty-eight family members over four generations have graduated from Cal, fourteen as athletes, with two in Cal’s Hall of Fame. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life when I was little, and that desire never changed. My athletic identity started to form at a very young age due to my family’s strong influence and their athletic connections. According to Mead, young children form their initial self-image based on engagement with their significant others. I grew up with athletic parents and grandparents, two older brothers and all guy cousins. With a very close-knit family, living only 5 to 10 minutes away from each other door to door, all I did when I was young was go to sporting events. From these individuals, “we learn the basic knowledge of our society, and we internalize this knowledge as a coherent set of expectations, feelings and attitudes” (O’brien,...
When you look at a basketball what do you see? Most would see an orange, sphere, shaped rubber ball. There are black lines and real leather. If you look closer, you would even see the size of the ball in which you are playing with. A basketball could be just a toy for many, or even represent a release for others, but for me, it means a lot more. A basketball represents my blood, sweat, tears, passion, sacrifice, and most of all, a sense of belonging, like a family. At this moment in my life, there are only three things I devote my life to- family, friends, and basketball. Basketball has shaped my life probably more than anything else. Basketball has instilled in me a vicious will to achieve and embrace my ambitions instead of fearing them. Basketball gave me an open opportunity to try something new. New opportunities and experiences are not such a big deal anymore. From academics to personal matters, the lessons that I have learned from basketball has impacted my life.
Ever since I could utter the word, “basketball”, it’s always been a dream of mine. I mimicked the moves of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant throughout our small 2-room apartment. I dreamed of having the admiration and glorious praise that they received for myself, as the best basketball player of their era. Coming home from school, before completing my homework or grabbing something to eat, my first instinct was to pick up my basketball, and shot until my arms couldn’t bear the pain any longer. I found peace in solitude, I found a friend with my basketball.
While in school, Mom didn’t have it easy. Not only did she raise a daughter and take care of a husband, she had to deal with numerous setbacks. These included such things as my father suffering a heart attack and going on to have a triple by-pass, she herself went through an emergency surgery, which sat her a semester behind, and her father also suffered a heart attack. Mom not only dealt with these setbacks, but she had the everyday task of things like cooking dinner, cleaning the house and raising a family. I don’t know how she managed it all, but somehow she did.
Laura Tavares was born in 1995. Since the day she was brought into this world she was verbally abused by her mother. Being the first child, one would have thought, “she would be the most loved”. By the age of seven, there was a new baby in the house, Samuel. He was born premature, and aside from the verbal abuse, Laura started to get neglected. By age 10, she was obese and dressed like a middle aged woman. Her mother made sure that Laura knew her place as the slave in the family, waiting on Sammy hand and foot. Evidently Laura knew she was not the favorite, and she made it her goal to change that. She became a straight A student, and was know as the best dancer at our school. She lost weight, and got a job where she made over $1000 a week. Meanwhile cleaning a house that would outshine the sun if she cleaned it anymore, all to gain the love of her mother. “I need a mother”- She
When I was four, I received my first Fisher Price basketball court. The court was in my house and the basket was only five feet tall. My parents placed it in the living room since it was the only room in the house without carpet. I practiced shooting every day. I would wear my father’s sneakers and imitate basketball moves that I had seen on T.V. At that age, I did not yet have any self-awareness about my potential for the sport, but my father knew it was very likely to become a passion. By the age of five, my father was taking me out to the park with a basketball and I can actually remember the day I made my first basket. After that, I went on to play in basketball leagues, as well as work out with my father in gyms every night. Those were the best of times.