The Past That Made Me Who I Am Today
“Your thoughts and beliefs of the past have created this moment, and all the moments up to this moment. What you are now choosing to believe and think and say will create the next moment and the next day and the next month and the next year” (Hay, 1999). Everyone has a story about who he or she is and how he or she got themselves where they are today. Lives are complicated they all have a past, a present and a future. What lies ahead in the future we do not know, but one thing is even though the past can affect you, the past does not make who you are in the future.
I am 29 years old, I residing in Montana; I was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. After I turned one my mother decided, it was best to leave mother father. She explained to me as I was older he was not stabled and abusive. Never did I understand my mother’s reason until I was in the same situation with my son. We moved around lot from the time I can remember I never had a steady home or family life.
I do have four other siblings from my mother and three others from my father. I am the oldest out of my mother’s children. I never meet my brother until I was about 24 years old; my mother left him in Ohio with his grandparents. When I was 12, my mother had my sister and when I was 14 had my brother, which I ended up helping raising. I came from a broken family my mother was busy with her addictions as I grew up and my father I never knew of until I was 22. The people my mother left me with to care for me were no better than she was. According to Witt and Mossler (2010), for infants and toddlers, (birth-2 years of age), parents or caregivers are the most important influences. They are responsible for every aspect of care, safety, and comfort during a time when humans are forming their first impressions of the world. Because parents or caregivers are so important, the quality (including quantity of time spent) of relationship has a heavy influence on early childhood development.
I am 29 years old, I residing in Montana; I was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. After I turned one my mother decided, it was best to leave mother father. She explained to me as I was older he was not stabled and abusive. Never did I understand my mother’s reason until I was in the same situation with my son. We moved around lot from the time I can remember I never had a steady home or family life.
I do have four other siblings from my mother and three others from my father. I am the oldest out of my mother’s children. I never meet my brother until I was about 24 years old; my mother left him in Ohio with his grandparents. When I was 12, my mother had my sister and when I was 14 had my brother, which I ended up helping raising. I came from a broken family my mother was busy with her addictions as I grew up and my father I never knew of until I was 22. The people my mother left me with to care for me were no better than she was. According to Witt and Mossler (2010), for infants and toddlers, (birth-2 years of age), parents or caregivers are the most important influences. They are responsible for every aspect of care, safety, and comfort during a time when humans are forming their first impressions of the world. Because parents or caregivers are so important, the quality (including quantity of time spent) of relationship has a heavy influence on early childhood development.
References: Hay, L. L. (1999). You Can Heal Your Life. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House INC. McClelland, Constantian, Regalado & Stone, (1978, p. 53). Retrieved from http://https://content.ashford.edu/books/AUPSY202.10.1/sections/sec1.3 Witt, G. A., & Mossler, R. A. (2010). Adult Development and Life Assessment. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/AUPSY202.10.1