* * * My mother is a great woman. I don’t mean that in a generic way either. I mean it in the sense that she has accomplished many things in her life. She has played a leading role in my life even though she hasn’t always been around to council me. It’s not that she hasn’t been around because she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t. My Parents divorced a …showed first 75 words of 1759 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1759 total…as much as I can. I have my own apartment, and I remain financially independent, although things are rough at times, but I’m only eighteen. I’m proud. As to not jeopardize my future, I am still pursuing a career in higher education, so that I might be able to achieve my goals as an artist. I owe everything I have to my mother and no one else. I love to visit her still.