Stella Williams

Picture this... you are a parent trying to get your three-year-old toddler in the car to Montessori school. You get them dressed, even use what your three year old called “hairspray”, but was really just detangling spray, and have finally made it to the car. As you start to feel a sense of relief that you have gotten them this far with no hiccups, you start the final step of putting on their seat belt. However, their body becomes completely rigid as they proceed to have a tantrum telling you, “I CAN DO IT MYSELF!” As a trusting parent, you tell them okay, step away, and let your three year old daughter have a little bit of independence. Before you know it they are full on sprinting down the street. I was this three year old. Little did I know that being this sassy, tantrum throwing girl would actually benefit me in the long run. This quality has stuck with me and I have been able to become a strong and independent woman. I don’t need help from others to get the things I want. Through the creativity my parents fostered as a kid and the independence I grew from that, I will do whatever it takes to achieve the things I aspire. These qualities that may have seemed like enough to throw my parents over the edge when I was three, caused me to be a force to be reckoned with.