The Reason I Am....

Today was a great day.  I was able to spend time with my family and I learned a lot.  Sometimes if you sit back and watch each person in your family you begin to notice traits thats seem similar.  No matter what path either of the members of your family has taken there are similar traits.. Well I know today where I get my uplifting, fighting, persistent attitude from.  My mom who is my rock, my mother, my friend, a fighter, loving, accepting, spiritual, an educator, persistent, and a striver.  She is the reason I am today.  My grandparents (both sets) not educated, but fighters, persistent, way makers, pioneers, and last but not least loving.  My Father, wrong but not afraid to admit it, loving, always there.  The rest of my family are one in the same.  Today I learned where my mother received all of her traits from while my grandmother told a tragic story of an event in her life, but SHE MADE IT.  She persevered.  When I examine myself and try to figure out why I am the way I am it is evident.  I fight because its instilled in me, I love because I have been loved, I find ways at end roads because thats what I was raised to do, I blaze my own path because I choose to lead not to follow, I will admit I am wrong because my dad is not afraid to, I am spiritual because its runs through my blood, I am accepting because no one is foreign to my family, and I am your rock and your friend because that is who God made me and that a trait my family gave me.  So when I examine myself its easy for me to trace every trait back to its root.  I Am because They Are!  I love you guys.. Good Night.. Keep God 1st!

J Kelly