Then, Now & Later

Then, Now & Later

PSY202

1/23/2012

Then, Now & Later

Ashland, Ohio

Big involved family life

Parent’s divorce, Christian school

Was around bad influences & bad jobs

Getting married & having children

Get a degree, get a good job & continue my education to get a better job

Graduate, Get a great job to provide nice things for my family & pay for good schools for my children.

My bad experiences in my past & present have made my future hopeful. Some people might say that having a rough adolescence is unfortunate but I see my trails and errors as just a stepping stone to become a better person & have a more fulfilling life. If you never experience anything that hurts then you’ll never really be able to appreciate the things that make you feel joy.

I was born on April 20th 1984 in a small town called Ashland in Ohio. I was a premature birth due to my father hitting my mother causing her & me distress. Growing up I never thought that I had it bad; I had a mother & older brother around me. We had no way of getting to town so we would adventure on our small farm land during the day. Once a month my grandfather would pick us up to take us to the park which there was only 1 because our town. It was nice to get out & see the town with the stores and all the people. We started to feel alienated from the world living all the way out in the country with no mode of transportation.

My mother eventually divorced my father & my brother & I ended up visiting my father every other weekend. That’s when we started to actually get to know our father’s side of the family. I grew very close to my family; my cousins were my best friends for the longest time. I even went to school with my closest cousin, in the same grade. For the longest time being with my family was the only social activity that I had.

About the time that I entered 1st grade my mother was on her 3rd marriage to a really great man. I...