Personal Childhood Web

My Mom, my first and still my most nurturing and caring person in my life. Not only did she help mold me to become a caring and loving person, she also taught me to be respectful and successful. I always have and always will look up to her for being a model to be a great person, teacher, and parent. As a child she always made me feel confident in the way I looked, and acted by letting me be unique and always telling me how beautiful I was (and still does!).

Me at age 7 (I think), looking beautiful in my own unique way! I came outside dressed up like this and said "Mommy don't I look beautiful?", and my mom's response was "Oh yes you do look beautiful!".

My MomMom was another very influential person in my childhood. She always made me feel very special, whether it was making me lunch which consisted of either lettuce, cheese, and mayo sandwiches or liverwurst sandwiches, or playing games with me and teaching me to play solitaire I felt that she truly was invested in my well-being. She always had special snacks for us too, which made her the best grandmother ever!, and she let us spend the night and sleep on her recliner! which was a very special treat for me. We used to watch Creature Double Feature on  Saturday mornings, and then eat her very soggy french toast! LOL! I loved everything about her! She and my Grandpop used to take us to the ice cream shop and let us sit on her lap in the car (looking back, that was so dangerous). She was very laidback, and took her time doing everything! I love and miss her very much!

My sister Michelle. She is three years older than me, but I always have looked up to her to see what kind of person I wanted to be. As a younger sister I was probably pretty annoying to her, but she tolerated me and occasionally let me play with her and her friends. Growing up she would usually let me tag along with her whether it would be to tell knock-knock jokes with and make silly noises on the tape recorder or as I got older going to the mall with her. I loved to watch her put on her makeup and do her hair. I spent hours trying to figure out how to do it, and then when I figured out how I wanted to look just like her. I would occasionally "borrow" her clothes and jewlery without asking her, and when she found out she would be upset, but never be too mad. I loved her fun-loving style and still do.

Here we are back when I was probably 11 and she was 14.

My Dad, Albert aka Big Al. He was the one I looked up to for my musical talents. He was and still is the one that was always listening to music, loved music, and educated me in music. He was a big fan of oldies music and always was playing his 45's and usually pretty loud! He loved (and still does) dancing, and loved dancing with my sister and I. Our song was "Chantilly Lace" in which he would pick me up, and spin me around upside down. Another cool thing that he did (even though he had back problems) was be the community pool carnival ride...he would pick up all the kids in the pool and throw them, all my friends thought that was cool.

Other influences in my life consisted of teachers, who truly invested their time in me and making sure that I succeeded in school and life. I loved all those special sunday school teachers too, who made sure that I felt special! I really felt like they truly cared about me and wanted to spend their time to help me.