Thank you, Toni. I will check your books out. I wish I'd had your sense when I was 18. I still pay to this day for decisions I made back then.

My parents were not willing to help me for me. They only had their own self interests at heart. I was like a second-class citizen to them. I guess I didn't excel in High School enough and they figured I could be sacrificed since I wasn't going to do anything with my life anyway. They just wanted a baby.

However, I did have plans. And dreams. And I did make something of my life despite them.