"There is some good in the worst of us and some evil
in the best of us" Martain Luther King Jr. Dr. King has inspired me by
simply the calmness, the understanding mixed with sadness and pain in his face.
I was born in 1977 so I only really know the after effects of the struggle from
such a great man. I accept that he was just a man with both good and bad in
him. However what he choose to do with the good outweighed what he choose to do
with the bad. That is all anyone can hope for. I think like Michael Jackson
when it comes to helping the world. I start with the man in the mirror. I am a
good person by fear of God, and a sinner by nature. My husband wanted to go
back to school, so we left our home and I supported him until he graduated. It
was hard. A new state, no family a three year old and a temp job. We made it
work. A year later my step son decided he didn’t' want to live with his mom so
we fought her tooth and nail and he came to live with us. I raise him as my
own. When my husband graduated we moved again. Another new state, even further
from family. Three years later in 2012, my step daughter decides she doesn't
want to live with her mom any more either. When I was laid off, I went back to
school. Small strides, but I'm raising children that are not mine, but are my
responsibility. My mom taught me that you don't have to be a product of your
environment. That is what I'm trying to teach and show my kids. That is what I
think INDIVIDUALS like DR. Martain Luther King represent to me.
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