I am being admitted thursday. It will be the culmination of a 10 year dream. I have a lot of options open to me now. But I will not go and work 60-70 hours a week for some firm who pays me dirt at the expense of my children. I will carve my own path if necessary, just like I always have.
People open the papers all of the time and scoff at the single moms.
People scoff at those who use food stamps in the stores and assume they are shiftless people who will go no where. People may have said that I should have given my child up for adoption. I felt that scorn long ago, but that is ok, it was worth it to keep my child. And I never let her feel impoverished if I could help it. After I was off of welfare, my child had dancing lessons, softball, nice child care centers, and love.