College
I’ve been helping my 17-year-old daughter, a senior in high school, apply to college.I’ve watched her type her applications, and it sparked a flashback to when I sat in the kitchen of my run-down college apartment and learned I was pregnant with her.I’ll never forget the look of the brown…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Audrey Serna, 33, who dropped out of college after two semesters. It has been edited for length and clarity.It was a horrible feeling to drop out of college when all of my peers chose that route. But I wouldn’t have done…
If someone had told me 25 years ago, as a divorced mom with a teenage son, that I was about to meet a wonderful man, marry him, and have two more children, I would not have believed it.I was 33, with a 15-year-old who lived across the country and traveled…
