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More recently, my best friend went through a breakup and it was especially hard for her. I knew that my best friend would need me to be there for her, to help her get through a tough time. As a reliable person, I am supportive and can be counted on so when she did tell me about this breakup, I knew that I had to do something to cheer her up, and I took her shopping. This not only brought us closer together, but also reminded me of my gift of being reliable and a good friend.

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Out of my group of close family friends and my siblings, I am the oldest. As they live in Northern California and Southern California, we see each other occasionally throughout the year and during that time, we go to amusement parks together, but always with our parents. Times before, we were allowed to roam the park together but our parents were still in the park.  It was only until recently when both sets of parents allowed us to be in the park without them. I had just turned 18, and this responsibility was one of the first “adult” ones. However, they relied on me and trusted me watch over everyone. Keep in mind there are six people including me to keep track and care for so I felt that this was a huge favor the parents are asking of me.

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After I was confirmed, I felt called to go back to the youth ministry and the church, so that I can be a youth leader. My own leaders had influenced me and I had hoped to do the same to the future teens that I would lead. I was 17 at the time, and the ministry was making preparations for the Year 2 retreat, and I was leading that year. The youth minister had faith in me as he assigned me to be co-leader of a retreat group. I did not have much experience with leading, so my reaction to this task assigned to me was shocking. With the help of my other leader, I was being relied on to guide these teens on a life changing experience with their faith, which is a lot of pressure. As that weekend ended, I had accomplished this task and to my surprise, some of the teens that I had led on that retreat have come back to lead as well, making me grateful and making my work all worth out.

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As I got older, my parents relied on me more and more to be a responsible teen. This led up finally allowing me to babysit both of my sisters. This was in 9th grade. I had actually waited for this day because I felt like I had this new sense of authority and trust from my parents. This event established my parents trust in me.

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I had taken a volunteer counselor position the summer before 9th grade. I was surrounded by friends at the program and of course I wanted to hang out with my friends. Even though it was my job to help the kids in their activities, I would sometimes neglect them so I would be with my friends. I know that it’s bad leadership skills but thinking about it, I realize that I joined the program to make sure the kids have fun first. I was being relied on to take care of them but at times, I would ignore my duty.

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When I was 15 years old, my second sister was born. An absolute miracle, my youngest sister came into our lives unexpectedly. I knew now that it was my responsibility to care for and be a good role model to both of my younger siblings. From then on, I would try to the best role model I could. I felt that feeling when I was younger when I first became an older sister.

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When I was 13, my younger sister was 8 years old. Now that she received actual homework assignments, she came to me for help. I was actually glad that she came to me because then I realized that she really needed me and relied on me to give her help on the assignments she got.

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Relating back to my parents relying on me to be a good student and a good daughter, there was this one time that I was unable to fulfill that. When I was in 5th grade, science and math was a weakness for me and whenever we had a test, I would hate those days. When I received my report card that trimester, I had gotten a C in science. My first C in my school history. Although I had disappointed them, I made sure that I could show my parents I could be relied on to be a good student without their help.

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This continued to the point when my first sibling was born. I was 5 at the time and I understood that I would be relied on to be a good example towards her. As I watched old home videos from when my sister was born, I was eager to give her what she needed and I wanted to make sure she was taken care of. My responsibility would to always look over her and also be someone she can rely on whenever she needed help.

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From a young age, my parents would teach me how to be a good person. At the time that I could understand how to do things, I was already relied on to be a good daughter. Living up to my parent’s expectations was one main goal of mine and one big subject that I was being relied on. I would do my chores and simply just listen to my parents. This sprouted my gift of being reliable.