I think every person has a role model that they can look up to. This person is a vital part of their life, they shape them as a person, and develop their morals and values. For me this person is my mother, Toni Stewart. My mother "started young", as some would say. Becoming pregnant at seventeen, a mother by eighteen, and losing her father all at the same time, she was faced with reality at …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…my problems and helps me work through them and always gives me good advice. My mother is a huge part of my life. I know I can always look to her for guidance, respect, and knowledge. She has always been there for me when I've needed her most. I want to pass her down to my own children in stories and examples so that they can learn from her life the way that I did.