I Had to Mature

This is a 100% personal post.

I had to mature, from a very early age. Child of divorced parents since I was 1 year old, my childhood/adolescence was quite troubled.

Despite the difficulties, I was always very curious, I had the initiative and creativity to overcome some difficulties that have always arisen in my life.

My first job was when I was 16 years old. I couldn't go to college, I barely finished my high school, all because for the sake of survival, I had to work to support myself. I needed money to live.

I worked in stores, I was a salesman for a total of 10 years, I served in the Brazilian Army, and today I have been working as a photographer and photojournalist for exactly 5 years. I have my photos published in various newspapers and news websites around Brazil.

I practically had no father and mother to educate me, give me advice or words of motivation. All the support I needed I looked for in books, in the Bible, in God. God who never left me, who is always on my side.

Today at 33 years old, I have been married for 11 years to a beautiful wife who is always by my side, and we have a 7-month-old daughter, my baby, Bernadette.

I see that everything I went through, all the difficulties, were necessary learnings. I learned that everything passes and time is a great medicine.