I Believe

Manuel - San Antonio, Texas
Entered on May 22, 2009
Age Group: Under 18

I believe in faith, freedom, equality, and responsibility. I learned these lessons at a very young age. When I was four my mom abandoned my brother, my sisters, and me. It happened when I was four years old and miserable. When I was young my mom left me, my brother Richard, and my two sisters Robin and Mariah at my dads house at four o’clock ¬in the morning, her and her boyfriend left us. The main thoughts that come to mind when I think about that day is I was scared, I was sad, I was angry, it was dark, and I was upset. When I think back to this day I feel really bad and hurt on the inside. Before this event I thought that my mom actually loved me and cared for me, but I guess not. Now I know that I don’t need my mom to help me, when I had someone there for me all along, my dad. Some values that were important to me back then were the thought that my mom actually loved me and that I loved her. Some values that are important to me now are, my family and my dad loving me so much. I believe in faith because when I have kids I want them to have faith in me and not have disbelief in me like I have for my mom. I believe in freedom because I was given my freedom when she (my mom) abandoned us because my dad lets us do tons of cool stuff and we learned valuable lessons that we never would have learned with our mom. I believe in equality because the only reason my mom abandoned us is because she cared more about her boyfriend than she did us so I think she should have either treated us equally or loved us more since she is the one that choose to have us. I believe in responsibility because if I were ever in her situation I wouldn’t abandon my kids I would take responsibility for my kids, cause it takes a guy to make a kid, but it takes a real man to raise one.