A Letter to my College Self

Nighttime Worker. Fulltime Momma.

FB_IMG_1495349206325-01Dear College Self,

Hello to the thin girl with messy hair who fights her way through college life while being a mother at the same time. The journey will not be smooth. You will stumble and fall and make bad decisions, but you have to get up, and redeem yourself. Here are a few things your future self (now with straight hair) would want tell you.

Always BE GRATEFUL

When you got pregnant, I thought you were going to stop schooling since your parents got mad and decided to not finance your studies anymore. Thanks to your ex-boyfriend ( now husband) for putting the responsibility of sending you to school on his shoulders. He worked two jobs sometimes just to sustain your and your daughter’s needs.

Your in-laws, especially your mother-in-law, your parents, and friends all played a role in your life for you to finish college and land a…

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