In society today, it would be quite hard to live without being influenced by someone or some type of experience during life. Life is full of influences that you choose and pick which one you're going to use for the better or worst. Not only are there positive influences but there are negative influences. The way you react to the influence determines what kind of impact you receive from the influence.
             The person that has influenced my life the most, I've known my whole life. This person has shapedmy life in so many different ways with her actions. Whether they were negative or positive I used them for the better. My mother, Rosalind Russell, is the person who set my standards with her negative actions, but I was able to take those actions and turn them into a positive outcome. My mom has never been the person I could depend on for much, and many people may have the image she's a bad mom. My sister Marquitta and I always had food to eat and clothes on our backs, so in my eyes she did a good job. Ever since I was young, I can remember how she left for long periods of time and made us lie for her. Never was I forced to go to school or to do homework, these were things I did on my own because I wanted to. I had the opportunity to decide those things on my own. I would not be where I am today, in college trying to make myself credible for the things I've learned through her actions.
             Through these actions there are many stories. When I was in the 4th grade my mom left me with a friend. She told me that she was going to do something and that she would be right back. While she was gone, my friend and her family decided to go to the movies. I had no money so I couldn't go. I went home and the door was locked so I sat outside waiting for my mom to get home. While I was waiting, I got tired and fell asleep on top of a car in the port. When I woke up, she still wasn't back. One of my neighbors noticed that I h...