Every Single Day

An everyday hero that strives to become better every single day is the hero that I am today. I am a hero to my two nieces and nephew. My nephew though is my very first God-child. Some may know that being a God-parent is as important as being a parent. A God-parent is a guardian to step in if anything were to happen to his or her parents. I am the youngest of four children. I have two older sisters and one older brother. My struggle in being the youngest is not only the baby (which most people think is the spoiled one) I am the opposite of being spoiled. In my culture, sometimes it is the youngest that take care of the parents as they grow older so the more attention is focused on me. For example, I was not the brightest or most well-behaved student in high school. My grades were average but outside of school I was what you called, “the life of the party" ( if you were familiar with," the wall of fame ", during senior year –you I know what I am talking about) I was a ball full of energy. One night from not coming home the day before, my father had told me, “you’re worse than a boy"! My father meant worse than having a son. We all know boys get in trouble more than girls do, but in my situation I was "the bad kid". My older siblings at my age had it more easily. They had things handed to them, such as, a car to get to school, money for food, and even just spending money. Even today my older siblings get the comfort that the youngest should be getting but I am not the one to complain. I prove to my parents everyday that I am not who I was in high school and that I will not have a child until I am married. My two older sisters got pregnant their first or second year of college and had to take care of their child which at the time was not easy for them especially being single mothers at the time. But as they grew they got back to their feet with the help of my parents and myself. Every day after school or on the weekends I am there to help babysit. The one on one time I spend with my first niece who is 10 years old now looks up to me as a role- model. She sometimes even tells me that she is my mini me. My other niece who is 3 years old , I call her my "twinsiee", meaning "twin", because I swear to you she looks exactly like me when I was a kid and this little girl is always by my side as if she was glued to me. As for my godson/nephew who is 8 years old pretends like he does not miss me when I am not home after school when he gets out of school and asks me a billion questions every day. All three of these kids look up to me. I am their hero every day who bring smiles, laughter, and even discipline sometimes when they need it most and that is what strives me to become better every day.