Blog #15

I huge obstacle or difficulty rather, is overcoming abuse. A man named Dominic Carter, and he grew up in New York City very poor and living on welfare. When he was about seven years old, his mother sexually abused him. He had to carry the guilt, terror, and shame for over twenty years. His mother suffered as a paranoia schizophrenic and was instucionalized for many years. He never referred to his mother as "Mom or Mother", because he couldn't give her that type of respect. That title of great respect was reserved for his grandmother, and he tries to remember the good times with his grandmother rather than the terrors of abuse. He then went a guidance counselor and asked him about applying to schools and the man replied, "Don't waste your time because you will be dead or in jail." Carter decided that those words would make him stronger and use them as positives. He wrote a book called No Mama's Boy, which is about how he let go of his past and embraced the future. "If you believe in yourself and you're willing to work hard for any goal that you make have, you can achieve that goal." Carter claims. He tries to see the greatness in life, and the positives other than the negatives and hard times. Carter has now taken his own advice and has had tremendous highs as a journalist and became the New York anchor for political news.