Through It All
Description:... Through It All is a story about a young man from a small city in Mississippi, who grew up in a household with a family and in an environment that consisted of abusementally, physically, and emotionally. He was raised in a single-parent home where he experienced sexual abuse and abusive situations that caused him to gain a hunger for success while at the same surviving in an environment trying to not conform to his immediate surroundings while participating and struggling with his sexuality. During most of his adolescent years, he experienced being bullied, degraded, and discouraged regarding his education, talents, and physical actions by his mother, immediate family, and extended family members. Every day he dreamed of one day being famous, exploring his talents, having lucrative career and travel the world. He was forced to drop out of high school to attend an alternative source of education but still was not satisfied. After experiencing even more family drama, jealousy, and other domestic concerns in his surroundings, he began to move and travel to different cities and experience different things. No matter where Marques was, he always kept the great advice his grandmother instilled in him as a child. Marques began to find success and progressed more and more in different ways each time, whether it be knowledge, jobs, lessons he learned from experience or from being taught. After traveling to different cities and states and finding himself back in the same environment, he decided to attend Job Corps on two occasions, completing his education. Afterward, he was offered the opportunity to join the United States Army services where his life changed for the better in many ways with some unfortunate life-changing events. Over the years, he met many people and experienced many situations that had caused him to become the person he is today with the aspirations he has. No matter how many downfalls and challenges Marques has experienced, he maintained and fulfilled many of the things he always dreamed about ad continuing to pursue.
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