Essay 2: Rough Draft

My personal heroes are a big part of my life and how I develop into the person I am and to still be. I have about three heroes overall. Each one of them represent something important in my life. For example, Jesus Christ is the hero that represents my religion, Kobe Bryant stands for the sports part of my life and last but not least my parents are my heroes in every other aspect of my life. I have chosen to describe why my parents are the biggest heroes of my life. There are three main ways of why they are so important to me. They have been and still are the biggest positive influence in my life, they have done nearly everything that good parents would do and they have helped me with my problems in religion and a couple of other problems in my life.



Positive influence is something every teenager or even person needs in their life. My parents were the people that have that positive influence. For example, there was a time in my life where I was thinking of dropping out of high school. This was my freshman year and a really hard year for me. My parents helped me get through this situation by not allowing me to drop out. I remember my dad telling me that if I dropped out he wouldn't let me go to driving school. As a fifteen year old, I yearned to get my license at sixteen and so this had a big part of what kept me in school. Another example are the friends that I had. My friends were a bad influence on me. They would skip and invite me to go with them. I did at first but my parents found out and they quickly put an end to it. Eventually smoking and alcohol came into play but I resisted that urge and stayed away. The way I look at this is that if my parents did not care about what I did in my life, I would be in some deep trouble right now.

Good parents. What this means to me is that they show and help you how to live life as an adult and provide you with the daily necessities. My dad has shown me the working part of life very well. He would take me to construction on Saturday's. He does siding which is the the outside wall of a house. Anyway, he would take me to work with him and by now I have learned the hard way of working for a living. Both of my parents have always provided our big family of eleven with all the necessities that we need. I recall wanting a car. My dad had given my older brother and sister a car, so when it was my turn he came through again. I say this because money has been and still is a problem in my family but my parents provide somehow. In my opinion, this is the mark of really good parents.

Religion is an extremely important part of my family's culture and tradition. So when I was a hard time coming to church and finding God, my parents were there to help me out. My mom got me involved with some church programs. I was in a Teen Class program that met once a week. I learned a lot in that class. Now that I am too old for that program I joined a Cell Group. This is a group of guys who occasionally meet and discuss the Bible and life. My dad helped me get involved in this. I have to say that I needed all the help I could get in this part of my life and my parents provided enough help.

As I look back, I realize that heroes are people that truly have a marvelous impact on your life. I used to think of a hero as only a figure that you want to be when you grow up. Now I know that it is both. I am glad I can say that my parents have a big impact on my life and that I truly would not mind turning out to be like them. They are my heroes!