Well I don't know where to even start on this post. I like to thank God 1st and fore most for allowing me to see life this long. The journey I have been on has been a long one. I've seen some harder days in my life and I never doubted God's will to make everything better. Sure enough he has pulled me out of the darkest days of my life.
Today I have reached another year in my life and this year I'm not too excited about celebrating it. I am more interested in what the future is gonna be like. My "party days" have come to its near end and some of my goals that I made when I was 15 have just now been accomplished.
Let's rewind back into time back to 1999. Sounds like along time ago but it's passed so fast to me. January 20th 1999 I was fresh out the hospital with 2 baby girls not sure what to do next. I had dropped out of high school because I was just too far behind. I had lost most of my friends because I was a teen Mom and alot of my friends played sports and were in school activities so who wants to hang with a mom..lol. I felt alone. That year I had turned 16 and I was just wondering what to do next. Thank God my Mom was around to help me with all the important things like appointments, checkups, immunizations, Ohh and of course Medical care, WIC and FOOD Stamps!! These things are vital when caring for a family and you have NO JOB!! I remember always being embarrassed because I was so young people would stare not only because I was young but because I had Twins. It was always uncomfortable.
As time progressed it became a little easier to except that I was going to grow up with them and that I was going to have to grow up fast. I went through a lot of challenges when they were young because I felt I still had my teenage years to live but little did I know that ended when I found out I was pregnant but no one let me know that. So I started experimenting different things on the streets like drugs ,alcohol. And then I was introduced to hustling I mean making a quick profit for driving a car load of whatever the dealer needed me to. From one city to the other quick hundreds just like that... it became habit forming quik money...not just the big loads but the small ones would just keep me relevant to the streets so small amounts it was too. That helped pay for my own habit.
Until one day i had enough i started seeing it wasn't putting money in my pockets anymore i started seeing me spend the money to get what i USE to make money on and i knew i had a problem and had to do something for myself.
I got an opportunity to go to Job Corps and i tell you if you know someone that is in the works of going there i will personally tell you it changed my whole life around. If it wasn't for this program i don't know where i would have been at at this point of my life. It should me life skills to succeed in the Home, as a mother, leadership skills, make new friends and most off get me the job at the University of Texas Medical Branch 12 Years after I graduated from the program. I also today im celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the start of SC Promotions!!!!! like I said it's been a journey.
I'm not exactly where I want to be in my life and I can go on about what my next goals are for the next 15 years but I will keep it like i did 15 years ago, between me and my God! I want to thank my family and the few friends that I have left from my child hood. You all have supported me so much.
I love you all
~Sara C
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