One of the things I always tell myself and my daughter is to be my own person. In an effort to steer away from the stereotypes that we ourselves put ourselves into because of the society we live in today. I have to admit being the only one in the family to graduate college for me was a success on this effort but I feel that as we grow, we still seem to fall into these expectations that just shift from one group to the next and individuality seems lost... Sometimes thoughts that are too deep for me to consider perhaps.