Webster’s Dictionary defines a mother as  … “A woman
who gives birth or who has the responsibility of physical
and emotional care for a child” . My mother was addicted
to drugs which eventually led her to prison.
 	 I had to let her go   I had to stop thinking about her so
much because it would hurt inside. When I would go to
school, people would say hurtful things. But really, they
didn’t know my situation at all. It hurt me mostly because
it made me think about her that much more.This put me to a
disadvantage in my work ethic. I wasn’t thinking about
what was right. I was thinking about what was wrong. 
I just didn’t perform the way I wanted to. I wanted to be
like everybody else because I saw them meeting their goals
.I had to learn that I could only be myself. I thought about
it  and thought about it. I wrote it down on paper, and it
became a sensational poem .I read it out loud to an
audience, the lights beaming on me. The audience cheering
and clapping elevated  my self-esteem. I won first place,
and I felt that people wanted to know my story, and that
they actually understood it.
 I faced adversity by showing persistence.  I continued to
do something even if it was difficult. I would do it again
even though it was hard at first. I would really like to
attend early college because I feel that it would be the
best opportunity for me, to show that I am better than my
circumstances. I can accomplish more when I set my mind  to
it , and I hope to accomplish getting accepted  to  this
early college.