Kaplan's Influence on Me

Hello everyone, hope you are all great this week. I guess we will have a little chat about the influence that schooling here at Kaplan has had on me so far!! Without sounding too much like I am bragging, this experience has given me a huge boost in confidence!! For a long time, my husband and I have been struggling to make ends meet. I was always "the smart girl" back in high school and decided, though things have been rough, I should go back to school. Since starting at Kaplan, this is my third term, I have been on the Dean's List and the President's List. Honestly, I didn't think that I had it in me. I lost a lot of self esteem throughout the past 10 years. Unfortunately, I became pregenant at 16, so I went directly from being a child, to having no choice but to become an adult. Those who have been in the same situation, probably familiarize with the simple fact, that you just don't have it all that easy when your adult life starts out that way. As I have probably said in previous posts, I did get my Medical Assistant's Certificate back in 2003. However, at that time my boys were still small and my husband decided to take up a job of over the road truck driving. Needless to say, at that point, I had been in my Medical Assisting job for only about one year. I became somewhat of a single working mom, overnight...literally. It was hard, as much as I wanted to be superwoman, and do everything. I just couldn't. It took too much out of me, and eventually ended up in a deep depression because of everything I was dealing with. So, I decided to quit my job and stay home with my boys. My husband has been driving ever since. Though it is a great job for him to have financially, I lost a lot of who I was being stuck at home and being solely a mother, wife, and homemaker. So, when my husband lost his job in January, I decided that eventually, I would like to be the one to be out in the world, making money, and providing for my family!! So, here I am. I again, wasn't sure I could handle it. But, so far it has been great, and I am finally remembering who I am, and that makes me feel great!!