College

College was never something my mom or dad ever pushed on me. It wasn't an expected thing in our family, which I feel now was kind of sad. Now that I have my own children,  I am constantly talking about college with them and about how the choices they make now in school will effect them later when they go to college. Things are very different now though; you almost need some kind of further education after high school. Jobs are few and far between.


I was a young single mother and I did try college. I just didn't work. I decided at the time, I needed to work instead of go to school. So I went to work and was really unhappy. Everyday I would go to work and say to myself "Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life." It wasn't, but I felt stuck. I needed the income and also the insurance.


It is now about ten years later and I finally decided that it was time. I now have four children and I felt I was ready to put my youngest two in daycare and start school. I really feel that this was the right time in my life for it. When your older things are in a whole different perspective. College is now something that is really important to me and I am glad I waited until I felt I was really ready to come back.