By Ember Jensen

There are millions and millions of human beings that have impacted many lives but no one has impacted two daughters like Christina Sherfey, a wonderful mother of two girls and wife. Christina has had a very rough life from simple days to very atrocious days. In about 2008, a very upsetting day happened, when her daughters were about three years old and 10, their parents got divorced. Of course the youngest didn’t know what was going on but she knew something was wrong because no one seemed to be happy. She showed her two daughters, Ember and Faith, how to be successful in life and reach our goals. She wasn’t really a figure in the church but her two daughters went almost every Sunday and Wednesday with their grandmother  Later on, Christina started to be a member in church and helped her daughters to turn to Christ. She made a big impact on her daughters after the years passed. Not only did Christina make an impact on her but her sister was a big impact too. Christina got lots of help from her daughters and they always wanted to learn new things. She has taught her daughters simple things from cleaning their room to driving over the past 11 years.

Christina always had a heart for others before herself. She always told her daughters that if they couldn’t take care of themselves or love themselves then they wouldn’t know how to do it for others.

Christina always told her daughters to love everyone and be respectful to them because they won’t be here one day until the after life. She always said, “Hug and hold onto the ones you love because they won’t be here one day.” This is saying, every chance you get to love on your loved ones and show respect for them because one day they will be gone and we will never know if we will see them or not.

This story is part of a series of articles from Michael Grindstaff’s Language Arts Class at Elizabethton High School.

Students were asked to write about inspirational people in their lives. The Elizabethton Star is proud to share these with our readers.