My Support..........

Support to me does not mean having others do for you; it is the comfort of knowing I am not alone.  My greatest supports are my daughters, son, husband, family, and friends.  My kids and husband were my biggest support while I was going to school and am still now while I am going through my master degree.  My family and friends would always encourage me to go forward and tell me it is never too late to change things.  I remember a time when me and my children where living at a friend’s house because we had no place to go and I did not have a job.  Without the support and love from friends and family I think I would have given up on the world. 

So many of us has faced some type of challenges during their life but I think the biggest challenge is poverty or financial.  My biggest challenge that I faced in the world was losing my business and having to live with friends for four years.  I had to close my child care center, I was getting divorce, and during that divorce I lost my car and my house.  I became a single mom with three children and no place live, no job, or transportation.  Me and my children lived with some family for about two years and then lived with my closest friend.  During this time I finished my degree in early childhood education and got a job as a teacher assistant.  My boyfriend at the time while I was going through this major financial issues, he encouraged me to continue on, then we got a place together and after eight years we got married. 

Other support that I received was during my financial issues was a state medical card for me and my children.  I also received food stamps to help bring food into my house for me and my children. After I started working my medical card was discontinued but my children continued to keep their medical cards until they were eighteen.  The area I live single mothers can get support from the state with medical cards, food stamps, and can even get child care assistants to help pay for their children to attend child care center so they can work.