There was a point of time I used to hate how I looked. I hated my body, from my head to my toes every square inch of my body I hated. I even hated how I dressed. I hated how my clothes looked on me. I would sit in my bathroom and scroll on instagram and just cry because my body looked nothing like the girls on instagram. I constintaly compared myself to other girls in my school and they were always better than me. Not a single bit of that is true or ever was true, and I wish I could go back to myself when I was a freshman and sophmore in high school and tell her that. As I have grown up and started to love and discover myself I leared several thing about confidence and they are (as listed below) 1. It isnt about how you looks. Its 100% how you carry yourseld 2. How YOU feel in what clothes you put on. You can feel confident and sexy in sweat pants and a sweatshirt 3. Affirmations. Wake up, look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself positive things about you. 4. Your flaws are beautiful 5. You dont need a man to make you feel confident 6. Surround yourself with people who make you happy and feel good. They dont point out flaws. 7. Be yourself. You will be much happier that way

A role model is someone that you look up to, admire, adore, and some you want to be just like. Who is the first person you think of when you hear the word "role model"? is it a friend, a parent, a teammate, a teacher, or a celebrity. The first person I think of is my dad. My dad has always been someone I have looked up to in everything, sports, academics, life. I want to be just like my dad, I have always wanted to make him proud and happy. My dad and I have always had a good relationship, he has been my coach for almost my entire life. That includes coaching me in all three of my high school sports! Most sons or daughters do not get their parents as a coach in high school, let alone all three sports, for all four years. He is the head coach of the boys and girls cross country teams, the junior varsity girls basketball coach, and the head coach for girls track and field. My dad has coached me in basketball since kindergarten, and the fact that I only have one more basketball season with him (even if he is the junior varsity coach) is very sad. He is also a huge part of my running career. He always pushes me and has wanted me to succeed ever since I started running when I was in third grade. I have always wanted to be as successful as my dad was in high school. I am in some parts, I am more successful than he was in academics, and some parts of running and basketball. I wanted to break records and get state medals in track, just as he had done in high school. I have been close several times, but his love and confidence in me never waivers. My dad is a construction worker, he builds houses and is really handy arounf the house. I would also want to be handy and be able to work around my future house and know what is wrong with things. He always does everything he can to make sure our family is safe, happy, and has things we need. He never fails to make us laugh, and is always down to play games with us, and help us when we ask him for help. When I have kids, I want them to look up to my dad. I want them to want to be just like him. I would also love if my kids looked up to me and admired me the way I admire my dad. I want to be that role model for them. I want to be successful like my dad, an dprovide for my kids and make sure that they have a good and happy life. I want them to have many opprotunities for every stage of life. I want to be able to give them want they need, just like my dad has given all that to me the last seventeen years of my life. And i know he will continue to do that and be there for as long as I need it. But I know he will make sure that I am good to go and have everything I need before he sets me lose out on my own.

The picture below is of my two dogs, Rocky and Apollo. Rocky (5 years old) is the black and white one, and Apollo ( Now 5 months old) is the brown and white one. This one of the first times that they were sleeping together. We named them after the Rocky movies! We also have a baby turtle. Her name is Shelly. We rescued her from the lake because she was so little and fish were trying to eat her. My dad found her while we were out on the lake one day. We think she is 5 months old.