Out of all the qualities I have, I would say that the one I value most is my strength. I had gone through a lot my whole childhood. Starting with an accident that I had when I was 5 years old which affects how I look at myself every single day mentally and physically. It was never easy growing up because I would always compare to others I had known or seen. Jealous that they were able to where what they wanted while I hid myself because I was so self-conscious. I would bring myself down and not go out. I wasn't confident. But now even though I still have the same accident and same body. My mentality had changed because I now see myself as a survivor due to the strength I had to get through it. Years later my family and I had been homeless for years, it was hard for my mom to raise 4 girls as a single parent with only one source of income. When we were homeless we moved from staying in motels to staying with cousins or family friends. There wasn't stability, no place to call home. Yet I got through it because my mom never lost hope or strength for the better, so neither did I. My mom is my rock, my hero, my idol. She was there for my sisters and I through everything that came our way. Even when we didn't catch a break because the bad just kept coming. Through all of the ups and downs my family and I had experienced we had all been strong especially my mom. She had showed me the true meaning of strength. Allowing me to see that strength isn't how much you can lift, or carry. It wasn't something you can get from going to a gym and working out. It was how you recover from difficult hardships that are thrown your way. My mom had passed down strength to me, she had helped me overcome an accident I had once used as a way to feel sorry for myself. But I know look at as a positive thing because I am strong for overcoming it, for not letting it define me. I have kept moving forward, even when I doubt myself. Kept having hope and faith. I will continue to do so now and in the future to make not just myself proud, but my mom as well. Continuing to have strength on my life journey will help me push through all the good and bad. To achieve all my hopes and dreams, even when times get hard. But that's the point of life, it isn't supposed to be easy or perfect. If you don't go through certain situations in life you don't get to have qualities you would experience if you did. Struggle happens and it's how you overcome it that matters. You can get knocked down, but that doesn't mean you stay down. I won't stay down on my life journey, I will continue to be the fighter I am to make all my loved ones proud of how much I have and will continue to achieve.