Biography Of Debra Walker s The Lady I - 2125 Words

Debra Walker, the pseudonym of the lady I decided to interview, is currently 70 years old. She is no longer married and currently has one daughter and one son with 6 grandchildren. Furthermore, she has a wonderful family that consist of 2 sisters and a brother where she was a middle child. After she graduated college and received a bachelor’s degree, she had her children in her 20’s. She is currently working as a house director in the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house at the University of Illinois. As our Alpha Xi Delta house mom, I’ve been able to observe Debra’s character and many of the qualities she’s learned from her influences have been evident in the way she cares for the girl’s in our sorority house. Our interview took place in her†¦show more content†¦She never had felt limited in what she could achieve even though she was born in a generation where women were only teachers, secretaries, or nurses. Because of this, she was able to go to college and receive a bachelor’s degree which was not too common in her time. After college, in her early 20’s, she had begun to raise her family after she gave birth to her first daughter. Although her and her daughter had differences, they were very similar. Like Barbra, her daughter pursued her talents and passion in music and her son has become successful like her in raising a family. She claims that there is â€Å"no manual to being a parent and sometimes you learn as you go.† An example of that was when she was often too harsh in punishing her daughter at times and often damaged their relationship due to the fact. She realized looking back that she was punishing her daughter too strictly because of her protective nature that her mother once acted towards her. While there were many difficult times, when she looks at her daughter and son with their 6 grandchildren, she believes family was a positive influence in her life. She not only had learned to be patient, responsible, and supportive, but she also gained pride in watching her children’s accomplishments. It is evident that Debra experienced two important influences in her life at two stages in life – parents and parenting. Often the way her parents treated Debra would directly correlate with the way she