Lexi Gibson

Student, Faculty of Science

Even though they are happy for me, I still believe they doubt me. It puts more pressure on me to beat the odds and show them I can do it all.

I come from a multi-family home. I basically have three different families. I’m the youngest out of my family, I grew up having all older brothers and when I turned 12 I met my older sisters. I have a lot of cousins, too. I’m not the type of person that uses my life story as a reason to be like, ‘This is the way I am.’ I feel like it was a blessing I was able to be given a better life than I would have.

I’m the only one who graduated from high school out of my siblings. I’m only one of a couple of my grandmothers’ grandkids that graduated and the only one to go to university. I feel like my siblings are happy for me, my brothers especially. They are really happy their baby sister is doing something with her life. But even though they are happy they don’t really check up on me to make sure I’m good. And even though they are happy for me, I still believe they doubt me. It puts more pressure on me to beat the odds and show them I can do it all – go to school, get a job. I feel like whatever is thrown my way is getting thrown my way for a reason. I’m just trying to show them that they are wrong to have any doubt.

I got in touch with my religion more this winter. I found myself praying a lot and I want to learn how to pray more. I hope in my 10-year plan I don’t have to deal with it anymore. If I’m having one of those days where I want to be by myself and not in the house, I find myself going to the beach, even if I don’t get out of my car, like if I go in the fall or winter. I just feel like around the water brings me back to my childhood, when I use to live in Lawrencetown and going to the beach. It just makes me feel calm and relaxes me. I go there when I’m upset.

I think I was blessed to be raised knowing who God was. It’s becoming a bigger part of my life. When I turned 16 and started driving, I started taking myself to church because I didn’t feel comfortable going to the church my mom went to. I was so in tune but then I stopped going and when my mom recently got sick it made me want to start going again. I’m not 100 percent there, but I feel like I’m more in touch with how to pray and stuff. My mom used to always tell us to pray but now she’s on us more. I think I just learned how to be grateful and you don’t have to pray when it’s bad stuff. You give thanks whenever you can.

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