Women of Strength

In recent weeks I have been letting people know about returning to school full time. In addition to school fill time I will be working full time, and of course being a full time single mom. I am doing this to be able to provide my son with a better future, but some have called me a women of strength.

I do not see myself as a women of strength. There are so many women out there that fight to protect there children from abuse, that have fought for the rights of people, or stand up and fight for so many other things. I am not saying I am not a strong women, but there are women out there that have accomplished so much more and have to fight on a day to day basis.

I have to say that my mother is one women of strength that I look up to. She had to fight to protect us from our dad, whom was abusive. She did everything in her power to protect us, and there are so many women out there that does this. I look up to those women. They are true women of strength. They put there children's lives in front of theirs. I would do the same thing if I had to, but I pray to God that I never do.

I do not consider myself a women of strength, I consider myself a mom. A mom that will work her butt off for the next few years to make sure that her son will have clothing, food, shelter, and a good education. If by some means I can give him more I will, but he will learn that things are never just given. Everyone should have to work for what they have, including him.

My Goal for 2012

I have finally sat down and made my goals for the year of 2012. As a single mommy I had to make sure that everything I plan will make my sons life better. It took me a while because I have had so much going on, but this is something I had to do to make my sons life better, as well as my own.

I recently signed up for classes at Pikes Peak Community College and that was one of my biggest goals for 2012. I still have to register for classes and get some final things finished, but it was a huge goal for me to go back to school.

My next big goal is to make an income from home so that I will be able to spend more time with my son while I am going to school. I have been making a small income from home for the last couple of years, but I want to push myself even further. I feel that I will be able to make enough of an income so that I will be able to  work exclusively from home by the time school starts in August. Even though I love my job, my son always comes first.

I have other small goals, but these are the most important to me. I am hoping that I can keep the same motivation that I have today. I know that doing all of this is going to be hard, but it is going to be worth every bit of effort that I have.

Back to School

I have made a big step in my five year plan, I am returning to school. I already received my acceptance letter from Pike Peakes Community College in Colorado Springs, CO. I will be going to get my associates degree in applied science focused on business management.It is a two year program and there are so many opportunities for this field of work.

I decided to choose something that I know and I am good at. I have seen so many single moms decide to take courses in medicine or other things, that they do not use. There are at least five women that I personally know that has a degree in some medical field, but they are sitting at home not using the skills they learned because they were not really interested in the field. They actually thought it would be easy money, and nothing in life is easy.

I am scared of this big step in my life. It is even scarier to me than becoming a single mom. I have faith though, I will work hard and focus on our future. This is something that I am doing for both my son and I. Life is to short to just wait for something to happen, we have to make things happen, and that is exactly what I am doing. I am making my life better for me and my family.