When Success Is All You Want “Life’s what you make it” When I was 17 years old I decided to get sworn into the U.S. Army. It wasn’t easy at all getting in. All the stacks of paperwork to fill out made my brain go into overload. I had to take so many tests, go through exhausting examinations, and go on so many trips back and forth to M.E.P.S with my talkative recruiter. I almost gave up on it and said I didn’t want to do it again because I was starting to get discouraged. Crying every night and getting angry made me get even more discouraged. But, I never gave up because I knew that my parents and grandparents were counting on me and they were so proud of me. All they did was smile and tell me I’m going to be a great in life; that made me feel so much joy in my heart. Finally, I got to the end of all the exams and the last station you go through was with an old man alone in a room. He looked through all my paperwork and said “everything looks good young lady, and you are going Army, congratulations!” I was so excited I didn’t know what to do. I went home and told my mom it was official. She shed tears of joy. All my mom wanted me to do was be great and do great things. She …show more content…
I sat one day and thought while I’m here doing nothing I could be in school. I didn’t want to just be working that’s so lame. I’ve been working and going to school since I’ve been in the tenth grade. So I got up, went to Central Piedmont Community College and got everything going. I did it all on my own. My parents and grandparents are so proud. They bought me a laptop, printer, and everything else I needed for school so I am set! People are always saying “Akeira you’re not tired, you don’t take no breaks you just got from A.I.T, you’re going to Limestone College in January, and you’re working” I always say “when you want success as bad as you want to breath you’ll make it all