Once upon a time there was a young girl who dreamed of nothing but going to college. Her father didn't think she should and so he had her got to secretarial school. When she finished she moved to a big city and worked as a secretary and went to night school to get her degree. Not long after that she met a handsome young man and she fell madly in love with him and they were married. For seven years she worked and went to school. Then she got the most wonderful gift of all, a baby boy. Now she wanted to be the best mother she could be and she was.
Twenty-two years later the man she fell madly in love with left her and she decided to finish her school. She worked and went to school full-time while raising the last two of her six children. Finally when she was 55 she earned her bachelor degree in English. That wasn't enough, she went on to get a masters. She achieved her dream. She then spent the last ten years of her life teaching English at the local community college.
If my mother taught me nothing else, she instilled in me the fact that it is never too late to follow your dreams and never too late to be what you ought to be.
Thank you, Mom.
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