narrative
Fall 2013
Narrative
How I Got To College How I got to college was a struggle that took me ten years to get here and I am very happy that I never gave up. I will start back when I was 17 years old I was kicked out of my stepparent’s house. They had me withdraw from high school. They also did not like my boyfriend at the time because of his race. So I left and for a short time I slept in my boyfriend’s car. It would take the strong relationship with a very special role model to motivate me to attend college. This very special role model made me feel like I could take on the world just because she cared. Once my boyfriend’s mom found out I was sleeping in her son’s car she wanted to sit down and talk to me. I was scared at first because this was also my first time meeting her as well. She told me not to be scared and that I was not in trouble. I told her about how my stepmom had me withdraw from high school. I also told her that my stepmom had choked me. I told her I loved her son and that no one was going to force me to date someone I had no attraction to. She listened as I told her everything and then she asked me where my real mom was at, I told her when I was 6 years old my real mom had a mental break down and left me and my two older siblings in a hotel in Texas.
I never thought that this very special woman ever exist in my life, but she started that night to instill the drive to never give up even more. So for a year I stayed with them until I got into Joliet Job Corps to finish school. I gave birth to my daughter who was born in October 2005. When my daughter was 6 months old I found out I was pregnant. So my daughter’s father took me to court for custody and won. Even though I felt like giving up when I found out I was pregnant my special role model kept telling me to keep pushing and she would stand behind me regardless. In February 2007 my second daughter was born. I was going to give her up for adoption but my heart would not let me do so. So
Narrative
How I Got To College How I got to college was a struggle that took me ten years to get here and I am very happy that I never gave up. I will start back when I was 17 years old I was kicked out of my stepparent’s house. They had me withdraw from high school. They also did not like my boyfriend at the time because of his race. So I left and for a short time I slept in my boyfriend’s car. It would take the strong relationship with a very special role model to motivate me to attend college. This very special role model made me feel like I could take on the world just because she cared. Once my boyfriend’s mom found out I was sleeping in her son’s car she wanted to sit down and talk to me. I was scared at first because this was also my first time meeting her as well. She told me not to be scared and that I was not in trouble. I told her about how my stepmom had me withdraw from high school. I also told her that my stepmom had choked me. I told her I loved her son and that no one was going to force me to date someone I had no attraction to. She listened as I told her everything and then she asked me where my real mom was at, I told her when I was 6 years old my real mom had a mental break down and left me and my two older siblings in a hotel in Texas.
I never thought that this very special woman ever exist in my life, but she started that night to instill the drive to never give up even more. So for a year I stayed with them until I got into Joliet Job Corps to finish school. I gave birth to my daughter who was born in October 2005. When my daughter was 6 months old I found out I was pregnant. So my daughter’s father took me to court for custody and won. Even though I felt like giving up when I found out I was pregnant my special role model kept telling me to keep pushing and she would stand behind me regardless. In February 2007 my second daughter was born. I was going to give her up for adoption but my heart would not let me do so. So