Her mother, brother and sister live in Greenville, having moved there after Gloria. Some of her husband s family also lives nearby. Family and friends help take care of the kids. She is glad her job is only three days a week, six months a year. But she said she needs the work, for financial reasons, if no other.
Every single parent has to make a choice like that.
And truth be told, Haskins loves the job. She hopes everything else from the mourning to the air-conditioning will work out in time. Last summer, I was really afraid of being on my own, she said. I went from being taken care of by my father to being taken care of by my husband. Now I feel like I ve done it all along, she said.