My Family Growing Up By Dr. Cleamon Moorer - 2229 Words

â€Å"We all have the capacity to create our own destiny.† This quote from our first African American president Barack Obama truly resonated with me, along with your story, Dr. Cleamon Moorer, that was purely orchestrated by God. Two highly accomplished and successful African American men, whose lives give me and many others hope that anything is possible as long as you never give up on yourself and more importantly on God. Background: Who am I My family growing up was composed of a strong devoted mother, who was a housewife; an equally strong father who was the provider; an older sister, who taught me how to be true to myself; an older brother, who inspired me to love and live life to the fullest; and an even older brother, who influenced me to dream big. As you read, I was the youngest of four children and was known for being a smartass. I had a question and answer for everything. If I didn’t know all the answers I still had the convincing conviction of my argument like most politicians. In other words, at a very young age I had a thirst for knowledge and to be the great white hope for my family. I came from a household composed of a father making a little over minimum wage that had to be stretched paper thin to raise a family of six. Although we had very little money, we had each other and God. Therefore, I lived in a low income community and was zoned to schools which lacked a lot of materi als and programs needed to provide a quality education that equated to what was