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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congratulations, mom.  Clearly her essay helped set her apart from the other qualified applicants, which can be really hard to do.  You *should* be proud of what you and she have achieved.  Good luck to her![/quote]

OP here. Thank you everyone for your kind words. There have been nights when I've been exhausted and stressed about money and lonely where I thought I couldn't raise this child alone. But by the grace of God, here I am.

And PP, you're right. My daughter isn't a school superstar. She actually doesn't do ANYTHING at school beyond her classes.  DD is very, very shy and a huge introvert, but she has interests of her own and has always marched to the beat of her own drum. She's a huge crafter and I have spent way, way too much money at Michaels and other craft stores to support her interests. Her guidance counselor and teachers were actually shocked when she mentioned where she got into school. But they don't know that she spent an entire summer knitting blankets for a local hospital or that she is a part of a group of "peace quilters" or any of the other crazy crafty things she does.  She is much, much more involved with the world outside of school (and strangely a world with adults) than most kids. I wonder if that did something to set her apart. Who knows?

The crazy thing is now we are planning this road trip up the east coast and then a trip to Northern California in the next two weeks. It's going to be so, so much fun! I don't travel a ton because of money issues (we mostly spent time locally at the beaches), but I am starting to think through my empty nest life and have been fantasizing. Paris! Rome! Tokyo! So many places in the world I want to see and finally it's almost time for me to begin that journey.

Light and love to all of you in the struggle. We CAN do this. Even on the days when we think we can. Faith and love is everything. [/quote]

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