I.+Self-Reliance+Project

Growing up as I kid I used to always want to make my own food and desserts, but I could never do those things on my own. I would sit in the kitchen and watch my mom cook all the time. It was amazing to me to see how happy my mom got when her food turned out right. She made me want to cook because I always wanted to be happy too. I would always ask if I could cook dinner, but she would say no. She would say that I would have to know how to cook a real meal before I get to cook dinner. After that my mom started to buy me all types of cooking gadgets for kids. Such as, the easy bake oven, this oven taught me how to bake everything even though it wasn’t really considered baking. The next thing she bought me was a smores maker. It wasn’t really cooking because all I did was make a marshmallow melt and put it on a gram cracker. But, it still made me feel independent. One day I made I great cake by myself and it turned out great. For the first time I had that same happiness that my mom had. Finally I realized that I do not need my mom to cook. I could cook actual cake all the time. Like Emerson said “Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string”. I trusted myself and I knew I could do it. I finally came independent.media type="file" key="PhotoStory1.wmv" width="300" height="300"