d become mature enough to handle an adulterous affair. These factors have altered my life greatly. At the age of eighteen, I am as immature as I was when I was six. This is due to the fact that I was forced to grow up at age seven. I am now having the childhood fun of which I was earlier robbed and Im still trying to rebuild the concept of relationships, trust, and faith. I give my girlfriend much credit for my progress because she has been incredible and faithful to me. I know that she would never do anything to hurt me or destroy what little notion of trust and faithfulness that I have managed to rebuild. I can relate to the phrase What does not kill you only makes you stronger, after having had such a rough childhood. I am now as wise to the expectations and cruelty of the real world as most adults are. I have learned that trusts is not something that is inherited but is something that is built up over a period of time. There are only eight people who have my full trust---my girlfriend, my father, my brother, my girlfriends parents, and of three my high school friends. Life has taught me a lot. I hope that some of the hardships I have faced will not come back to haunt me in the future. I hope that no one has to go through what I have gone through. If they do, I hope they handle it as well as, if not better than, I did. Most importantly, I know that God has been with me through it all and has given me a chance to have an incredible life with the girl I love....
