MY MOTIVATION
Christina Front
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“ Even a dead clock shows the right time twice a day.”
An angel is comforting, providing, guiding. We feel them even when they’ re not around. I would consider my grandmother, Amparo, my angel from the beginning. She’ s from Spain. She’ s been a hair dresser all her life. She is into home remedies, and all that. She’ s very healthy, but she’ s getting older and I’ m worried about the day that’ s coming. She’ s 86 now. When I was young, she saved my life. I was born into a family of drugs. My mom tried to kill me when I was born, and she ended up going to jail. If it wasn’ t for my grandma calling my dad to come home and take me to the hospital, I probably would have been thrown in the trash. My mom left me, and my grandma pretty much raised me. My dad tried, but he was young and into drugs.
I have my daughter now, and she is my angel too. She is twelve, but she’ s been through a lot. She lost her father in a motorcycle accident. He and I got pregnant at a young age. We wanted it. Then she came, and he was the happiest man alive. He was a dancer for the Miami Heat. He was going to make it, but then the accident happened. He was on a respirator for three years. Now he’ s breathing on his own, but he’ s still in the hospital fighting for his life and he’ s braindead. When the accident happened, my daughter comforted me. She would tell me,“ It’ s okay mom. It will be okay.” I lean on her.
I use everything that’ s happened as motivation. After the accident, it became just me taking care of my daughter. I had to stand up for her. I graduated college, got a great job, and started putting her through dance classes and school. She’ s growing up to be a beautiful young lady. I write about it, and I want to inspire people through this story. I cope by using the negativity and focusing on the positive in every situation. I saw a meme the other day that said,“ Even a dead clock shows the right time twice a day.” Ain’ t that the truth?