'Age of Voice' blogger Deborah Scott - "My Life: The Good and Bad"

As a kid I constantly had to move from home to home because of the situation my family was put in. My mother was in jail and I lived with my Aunt. I became a hard thinker at the age of 9, can you imagine being in the 5th grade constantly worrying about everyday life situations? But growing up in a family of all mothers taught me the true value of becoming a young lady.

Even though I had a lot of trials, I always felt like my life was perfect because my family gave me the world. They always had me feeling like everything was okay,even though I barely saw my sister or brother grow up and my father moved to California when I was 13 to explore his dream of acting (which he's really doing good at by the way :)

I could continue with this story but I'm deciding to end here. Me writing about my life would take a life time to explain. And in thinking about everything all I could think about was the good that came from it. Placing my fingers on the keyboard and having nothing to say about how my life is different from yours for the first time is amazing. Feeling no regret as to why my life turned out this way is more of a freedom. I'm happy to say that I don't regret anything about my life I actually appreciate it!

So let me share with you the good in my life.... Everyday I see myself gaining confidence and determination. My father is alive and active in my life. I talk to my siblings every chance I get, and even though my mom is in jail I talk to her on the phone and write her letters.

Most importantly God gives me another day.I have wonderful cousins who stand by my side. An aunt like no other and a Grandma who engraves me with knowledge every chance she gets.

I am now a freshman student at Marygrove and my career major will be Psychology. I plan to graduate holding all of my degrees, and will use my life story to change the world.

It takes a life time to share all the negativity in your life which causes you to make more excuses for yourself but it only takes one minute to realize the good in your life. I mean what could be better than graduating high school a 4.0 student on the principles list and currently in college.

If my life were a little different maybe I wouldn't be me, feeling confident about sharing my life story with you at this moment.I guess what I'm trying to say is we focus so much on the bad in life that we forget the good.

How many people feel that if they didn't survive their struggles that they wouldn't be the person they are today?

I told you the challenging things in my life and the good.

My situation has molded me into the person that I'm supposed to be.

Now tell me, what challenges do you have in your life and how are you changing that into good?