While I look at my life, everything and anything comes from my parents. The only things I've ever earned on my own were:

A) Cedar Branch, I started this program all on my own, my parents were never involved with it, the church was a main part seeing that they would drive me there, and that they helped tutor the children too.

B) Anything I've earned from school. When I say this I mean stupid shit like that Luitenet Governor's piece of writing crap where they provided a hotel for me to go read my writing, a poem. and of course, there's other stuff too, just little essays here and there, and of course, getting A's in school. All that, on my own.


I would say that reading would be apart of my own, but it isn't. My parents were the people who took the initiative to drive me to the library, who suggested books, "Here Tory, 'A Wrinkle In Time', this would be right up your alley." They were there even to help me through emotional troubles, when I would come down around 10 at nite to sob to my mother how no one liked me she would say "Listen, I don't want to hear you complain, so either yer gonna suck it up and watch this British movie with me, or yer gonna go to yer room and cry." I learned to suck it up. I also learned a lot about old British novels, which helped me later in life with many a person who had a major in english novels. My father always had connections too. One way or another I'd meet this person who knew my father, and we'd get off lovely. Hell, even my parent's introduced music to me. I would've been a Britney Spears sorta girl if my parents didn't let me hear a tape of Queen and Aerosmith in the Third Grade, they also helped me to physics, my writing, they even introduced such things like Monty Python, Black adder, The Simpsons, Hard Rock music, Off beat music, Music in general any form they introduced to me. *well..except emo, I've gone ahead of them and already heard that bull* They gave me books. THEY also taught me the worth of a dollar. My parents never ever wanted me to be spoiled, so if I ever wanted something I had to work for it, and they didn't go easy where taking out the trash was $20.00. I remember arguing with them over why I couldn't have an allowance, or why I could never get "$5 for an 'A' on my report card..lots of kids get money for their grades..Moooom how come I can't have it? Mooom.." I thank my mom for showing me that the only thing good from getting an 'A' is money. They also introduced physics! My god, my father would just shove book after book, and my crazy uncle, ah that one summer of staying with him and I learned so much about physics I think I read almost all of Stephen Hawking's work that summer..ah My family has just done so much for me. And for that I thank them.


Thanks mom.
Thanks dad.
Thanks everyone.
You guys will never know how much you've done for me.
Thank you. Thank you all.

I love you guys.