Thanks Mom♥

From a young age, my mother always told me that I could do anything I wanted to in life. She preached the importance of having great versus good grades, as well as the importance of taking my education seriously. She wanted me to have all the opportunities she either missed out on or could not obtain. Like Ms. Smith’s parents, my mother also is an intelligent individual and financial issues prevented her from attending college. Throughout my entire my life, my mother has been both my biggest critic and supporter, because she wants the best for me. She believed in me even when I was too blind too believe in my own self. She is one of the main reasons that I am at Spelman today.

My mother encouraged me to dream big. She has always supported my career aspirations, nothing was ever too big, too small, or expensive. She was my biggest advocate for Spelman. I initially did not want to attend because I thought that it was going to be a financial burden, but she told me that if I wanted to go that she would find a way to pay for it.

In her essay, Ms. Smith said “I was never discouraged from pursuing an education as a child. I was never told that there were limitations to what I could achieve. I was free to dream and in my dreams I could become anything I wanted to be. (Smith, 186)" When I read this, I immediately thought about my mother and all of her sacrifices for me. There were times when I thought what she was doing was wrong, unfair and sometimes cruel, but now I see why and understand her logic. She wanted me to able to do more in life than the average person, because she knew that her baby girl was beyond average.