In life, us kids can all relate in many different ways but the one way that sticks the most with us is that no matter what your parents are always in your conscious, deterring you from the good and the bad.

Growing up in a tight-knit family, my parent's opinions and perception of me always meant the world to me. The thought and fear of having either my mom or dad being disappointed in me was always something that made me cringe and till this day does.

As a kid, you never want to listen to your parents and you always think they are in the wrong. You believe that your parents don't want the best for you and they are being annoying or just saying things to you because they don't want you to grow up. But no matter how hard you try your parent's opinions and thoughts will always be in your brain as you go to do something.

Coming to college and being on my own for the first time is something that we all experience. It is a weird feeling. Finally being out of the house, not having to deal with curfews, the thousands of questions including where, when and why are you here or there and of course the no you can't do that, is a thing of the past. College is a time for you as a person to grow, succeed and learn more about yourself and who you want to become.

With that, coming to college you believe that you are going to be this reckless Freshman that has the mindset that you can do whatever your heart desires because nothing and no one is going to stop you. When I first got to school part of me believed that the stereotypical freshman was going to be who I was going to become. No matter how hard I tried I never was able to be that person. Every move I made for the first semester of college and till this day, I always think about how my parents would react if they heard what I did.

My parents are like my elf on my shoulder. They are always there, even if they aren't physically with me.

I am sure many of you can relate, maybe it isn't your parents in the back of your brain. It could be a significant other, friend or family member but no matter what as much as we don't want to think it, there is ALWAYS someone in the back of your brain helping you guide your path of choices.

In life, we have many choices. Many good and many bad but at the end of the day it is our job on to decide what is the best for us. Sometimes we may not go on the right path and try to rebel from what we were taught, our morals and values but at one point in time that will all be fixed with the help of someone you respect and look up too.

My parents are my people. They have given me the world and all I ever want is for them to be proud of who I am and who I have become.