Describe the Influence of a Person Who Has Made a Significant Impact on Your Life.

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Describe the influence of a person who has made a significant impact on your life. To say that my son, P, has had a significant impact on my life is an understatement. To say that he has turned my life upside down still wouldn’t cover it, the reality is that when he was born in April 2009 he saved my life. He gave my life a purpose, he gave me the direction and focus that I had lost, and he motivated me to work for a better future for myself so that I could give him the world. In the moment that he was born I went from being a girl to being a woman, a mother whose sole purpose was to protect and provide for the life that was now dependent on me. My life before P was that of a young woman who was aimlessly stumbling through life, I had little contact with most of my family, I had decided against pursuing higher education in favour of working a minimum-wage job and I spent all of my spare time sleeping or partying. I didn’t have any consideration for my future or my health; I was all about living in the moment and having fun. Then I fell pregnant and even though I knew that having a baby would change my life I had no idea just how much of a difference becoming a mother would make. When P was born I decided then and there that I would make something of myself, I wanted to make my son proud of me. I decided to go to college and gain some level 3 qualifications in order to be able to go onto university. It wasn’t easy balancing study and motherhood, but whenever I felt like quitting just thinking about all the things I wanted to be able to give my son, and that gave me the strength and motivation I needed to keep on going. Now here I am having passed my college course with distinctions and having had another baby, my daughter was born in March 2011, ready to go to university and work my socks off to gain the qualifications that I need to give my babies the very

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