About seventeen years ago, a beautiful young woman, named Kari, was
trying to adjust and understand the purpose of her life. She was a
typical adolescent, making mistakes and hoping each lesson would guide
her in the right direction of life. At this time, she was living in
Germany, occupied in the US Army, on and off with a boyfriend, and
fighting to keep a relationship with her family, through letters. It may
not seem like an ideal situation, but everything in life has a purpose,
the challenge is discovering it. Unlike most adolescents, her life was
put into perspective very quickly. At the age of nineteen, Kari received
results from a test, which changed her life forever. She was pregnant.
In January 1995, at the age of twenty years old, Kari gave birth to a
baby girl. Her life now revolved around her child, Alexis. She got out
of her relationship, got a job, and found a safe place for the two of
them. Now living with her mom and step dad, working as a papergirl
(newspaper delivery person), and fighting for divorce, Kari was
struggling. It didn’t matter though; she made the best of it.
When Alexis was two, Kari married her husband, Mike. Together, they got a
town home. Now, with a home and family, it may seem like times were
great, but there was still a lot of life to be learned from. Mike was
constantly traveling; in fact, he was in Utah for two years after they
got married. Kari was now raising Alexis, working seven days a week, and
working to keep her marriage healthy. As with everything in her life,
Kari took sacrifices and made it work.
Fourteen years later, looking at this 36 year old, you would never
realize the struggles she has faced in life. She is a beautiful, young,
and caring, mother, friend and wife. She lives in a nice house, takes
care of kids, home-schools Alexis and, her husband is home almost every
night. She has many great qualities, but I think the characteristic that
makes her the most unique and genuine person, is her love and
creativity. She was, and is, able to take anything normal and make it
enjoyable.
By now you have probably realized, I am Alexis, her daughter. I have a
great relationship with my mom, something many girls, my age, are
lacking. In some ways, it’s like we grew up together (although twenty
years apart), best friends. She has always provided the loving, but
strict mother figure, which I can rely on, in my life. Her creativity
brought me lots of fun times, and cherished memories, throughout my
adolescents. Her strong words and lectures, many she has learned from in
the past, bring me wisdom and guidance for the rest of my life. And her
open and loving heart, gives me a safe place to share my emotions. I
never could ask for a better person to spend my memories with, for they
wouldn’t be the memories they are, without her.
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