Role Model

        A role model is someone that is looked up to by others as an example to be imitated. A role model is someone you admire and want to be like to some degree. As cheesy as it is, my big sister MaKayla is my biggest role model. I have looked up to her for as long as I can remember. She graduated high school early at age 16, proceeded to graduate from Arkansas State University where she was president of her sorority, and will start medical school this August. After medical school, she plans to become a pediatric physician and one day hopes to open her own practice. She is also getting married May 28^th, 2016. She is so young, but has already accomplished so much, and I've never been more proud. I want to be like my big sister because she is an all around amazing person. She will always go out of her way to help the ones she loves. She always strives to do her best and will take nothing less than perfection. It is done till it is done 100% correctly with her. She is my #1 fan, guidance councilor, The person to always put me in my place, and most importantly my best friend. She has never failed to give me her brutally, honest opinion either. She is always kind and friendly to everyone she encounters. My sister has taught me to always do my best and to go above and beyond. She sets a great example of how a proper young lady should act. My sister has engraved in my brain that giving up is never an option; you have to tough things out and keeping going. “Nothing worth having comes easy,” she says. MaKayla has also taught me that it's okay to have fun, but there are also times to be serious; find a good balance. I can't ever than her enough for shaping me into the person I am today. My sister is my favorite person in the whole world, and I would be absolutely lost without her. These are the reasons why MaKayla is my role model.

-Samantha Lyles