Growing up as a kid wasn't as easy as I would have liked it to be. But if I didn't have hard times and challenges I wouldn't be as fit as I am today. Emotionally, I am strong as an ox and I owe that to my parents. But not only by raising me, teaching me, and correcting me, did they make me into the man I am today. But by performing something so powerful …showed first 75 words of 360 total…

…showed last 75 words of 360 total…learned how to deal with the situation. This occurrence taught me that if something drastic happens always think positive.         Now I look back upon my childhood and I thank my parents. Not for the divorce am I grateful, but for the way it prepared me to take on life. I feel that since I was able to overcome my parent's separation that I am now ready for any obstacles life has to throw at me.