Sources of Identidy

Many differ people, experiences and events have have affected my life and helped to shape me into the young lady I am. My biggest influence and the biggest mold that has shaped me is my family and most importantly my sisters. I have always been the baby, growing up with two older sisters and as the youngest cousin on either my mom or my dads side of the family. As the 'baby' of my family, my sisters have really helped to show me who and what kind of young women I can grow into. Even though my title as 'baby' immediately puts me as an adolescent, my sisters have done everything except baby me. As a child my sisters always encouraged me to do things independently because, as my babysitters, they weren't going to clean up my mess for me and they sure weren't going to get into trouble for it. Besides chores, my sisters have taught me to life lessons in how to treat myself, my friends and my family by being role models and examples of the woman I want to become. 

Another huge influence in my life has been soccer and the girls I have spend the last 9+ years playing with. Soccer has helped to shape me into the woman I am today because it is a team sport. It has taught me teamwork, communication, dedication and perseverance. The game is just one part of it, the 18 other players I have grown up with in the process are really the mold that has made me into who I am. These players, my best friends, from FC Delco have been through everything with me. We got to travel all over the place for different tournaments such as Virginia, New York, Florida, Ohio and even California. With out this sport and my teammates I would not be the Lisa we know today.

My friends are another giant influence in my life. They have grown up with me and been through experiences and events in my life that I can't even explain. We have spent weeks straight with each other, months apart and gone to school together for the past 13 years. Our families are basically all one and our memories always interlace. My friends have taught me about friendship and the meaning of it. They have helped me through many tough times in my life and I have done the same for them. Together we have been through it all. They have taught me that walking behind someone is good, leading in front of someone is good, too, but that there is nothing greater than having best friends walking right beside you.